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Interstitial Renal Disease

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Definition of Acute Interstitial (Hypersensitivity) Nephritis   Acute renal failure with interstitial inflammatory cells (activated T-lymphocytes and/or eosinophils) and interstitial edema  
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Main Causes of AIN?   Idiopathic, Drugs, Infection, Toxins, Immunologic Disease  
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What are some Drugs that can cause AIN   NSAIDS, Methicillin, Some Antibiotics, and diuretics (furosemide and thiazide)  
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What is the mechanism of AIN   Allergic hypersensitivity  
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How long does it take AIN to develop   several weeks  
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Definition of Chronic Interstitial Nephritis (CIN)   Chronic renal failure with mixed chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate in interstitium, tubular atrophy and fibrosis  
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What is the mechanism for CIN   Physical or Chemical with precipitation of substances in the medulla or ischemic due to drug induced vascular changes  
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What are the main causes of CIN   Drugs (NSAIDS, Analgesics, Lithium), Urinary Tract Obstruction, Kidney stones/infection, Polycystic Kidney Disease  
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What is the gross pathology of CIN   asymmetrically scarred small shrunken kidneys, sometimes with papillary necrosis with NSAIDS/acetaminophen  
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What is the most common bacteria responsible for Ascending infection in pyelonephritis   E. coli  
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Define Pyelonephritis   Infection involving the parenchyma, calyces and pelvis  
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Define Chronic Pyelonephritis   Multiple episodes of infection secondary to vicoureteral reflux with chronic renal damage or secondary to obstruction  
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What is the gross pathology of chronic pyelonephritis   small kidneys with coarse scars, dilated papillae, parenchymal atrophy  
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Define ATN (acute tubular necrosis)   Acute renal failure secondary to tubular damage  
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What are the four main causes of ATN   Ischemic, Post-transplantation, Toxic, and Obstructive  
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What are the three phases of ATN   Oliguric, Diuretic, Regenerative  
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What makes someone predisposed to papillary necrosis   long term analgesic use, dibetic with pyelonephritis, and sickle cell anemia  
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What is the etiology of calcium oxalate or phosphate kidney stones   idiopathic  
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what is the etiology of struvite/magnesium ammonium phosphate kidney stones   Infection  
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What are the three "urias" that can result in urolithiasis   Hypercalciuria, Hyperuricosuria, and cystinuria  
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What are the kidneys like in patients with ADPKD (Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease)   very large cystic kidneys with round cysts of variable size and no dysplasia (all parts of nephron invoved and bilateral)  
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Where else do you see cysts in pts with ADPKD   liver, spleen, pancreas (no effect on function)  
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What are two other associated problems in patients with ADPKD (Cardiovascular)   Mitral valve prolapse (25%) and Cerebral Aneurysms (10-20%)  
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How do the kidneys look in patients with ARPKD (autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease?   Large smooth kidneys with narrow cysts perpendicular to the pasule and involving the collecting ducts  
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What percent of patients on dialysis develop cysts after 5 years   75%  
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What disease results in translucent cysts on the surface of the cortex up to 10cm and is present in 50% of people >50   Benign simple cystic disease  
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What is the most common cause of an abdominal mass in newborns   Multicysitc renal dysplasia  
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What are causes for Early Non-Function following Renal Transplantation   "Plumbing" problem, ATN, Acute Cellular rejection  
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When does Acute Cellular Rejection typically occur   usually within the first 3 months  
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How do you detect Acute Cellular Rejection   increasing creatinine  
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What findings support the diagnosis of Acute Antibody Mediated Rejection   Fluorescent antibodies to C4d and Donor Specific Antibodies  
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What is the most frequent cause of graft loss   Chronic Allograft Nephropathy  
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What Renal Diseases can be recurrent after transplant   Type II Membranoproliferative GN, Diabetic glomerulosclerosis, IgA nephropathy, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis  
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