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Goljan Renal

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First sign tubule cell dysfunction   inability to concentrate urine  
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Fixed specific gravity   chronic renal failure; cannot concentrate or dilute urine  
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Negative urine bilirubin + trace urobilinogen   normal urine  
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Positive urine bilirubin, absent urobilinogen   obstructive jaundice  
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Positive urine bilirubin + increased urobilinogen   hepatitis  
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Negative urine bilirubin + increased urobilinogen   extravascular hemolytic anemia  
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Positive urine nitrite + positive urine leukocyte esterase   urinary tract infection  
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Sterile pyuria   positive urine leukocyte esterase but negative standard culture; TB, C. trachomatis  
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Prerenal azotemia   ↑ BUN and creatinine; ↓ renal blood flow (e.g. heart failure, hypovolemia)  
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Renal azotemia   ↑ BUN and creatinine due to intrinsic renal disease (acute tubular necrosis)  
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Postrenal azotemia   ↑ BUN and creatinine due to obstruction to urine flow  
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Serum BUN:creatinine ratio   <15:1 (renal failure); >15:1 (prerenal or postrenal azotemia)  
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BUN 80 mg/dL:creatinine 8 mg/dL   ratio 10/1 - renal failure  
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BUN 80 mg/dL:creatinine 2 mg/dL   ratio 40/1 - prerenal azotemia or postrenal azotemia  
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Creatinine clearance   measures GFR  
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Proteinuria   important sign of renal dysfunction  
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RBC casts   nephritic type of glomerulonephritis  
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WBC casts   acute pyelonephritis, acute tubulointerstitial nephritis  
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Fatty casts with Maltese crosses   nephrotic syndrome  
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Hyaline casts   normal unless associated with proteinuria  
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Renal tubular cell casts   acute tubular necrosis  
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Waxy or broad casts   chronic renal failure  
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Cystinuria   hexagonal crystals  
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Horseshoe kidney   Turner’s syndrome; lower poles fused  
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Renal dysplasia   MC childhood cystic disease; abnormal development; flank mass  
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Maternal oligohydramnios   fetal juvenile polycystic kidney disease; Potter’s facies in newborn  
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Adult polycystic kidney disease   AD; hypertension MC sign; cerebral berry aneurysms  
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Visceral epithelial cells   synthesize basement membrane  
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Glomerular BM   negative charge due to heparan sulfate  
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Nephritic syndrome   oliguria; RBC casts; hypertension; mild to moderate proteinuria  
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Nephrotic syndrome   proteinuria >3.5 g/day; ascites and pitting edema; fatty casts; fusion of podocytes  
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Immunofluorescence   linear (anti-glomerular BM antibodies); granular (IC deposition)  
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IgA GN   MC GN; usually nephritic; episodic hematuria; mesangial IC (lgA-anti-IgA) deposits  
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Post-streptococcal GN   nephritic; subepithelial deposits; skin/pharyngeal infections; anti-DNAase B  
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SLE type IV GN   nephritic; subendothelial deposits; anti-DNA antibodies  
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Crescentic GN   crescents from parietal cell proliferation; worst GN; Goodpasture’s, Wegener’s  
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Goodpasture’s   nephritic; anti-BM antibodies (glomerular + pulmonary capillary); crescentic GN  
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S/S   young male with hemoptysis progressing to renal failure  
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Minimal change disease (lipoid nephrosis)   MCC childhood nephrotic syndrome  
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Lipoid nephrosis   podocyte fusion; loss of negative charge in glomerular BM  
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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis   nephrotic syndrome; AIDS and IV heroin abuse  
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Membranous GN   MCC adult nephrotic syndrome; subepithelial deposits; epimembranous spikes  
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Causes membranous GN   HBV, ACE inhibitors, cancer  
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Type I MPGN   nephrotic; subepithelial deposits; HCV association; tram tracks  
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Type II MPGN   nephrotic; C3 nephritic factor; intramembranous ICs (dense deposit disease)  
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DM nodular glomerulosclerosis   microalbuminuria first sign  
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DM glomerulosclerosis   nodules with collagen in mesangium; hyaline arteriolosclerosis of arterioles  
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ACE inhibitors   inhibit angiotensin II vasoconstriction of efferent arterioles  
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Alport’s syndrome   XD hereditary nephritis with sensorineural hearing loss  
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Ischemic ATN   prerenal azotemia MCC; renal tubular cell casts; BUN:creatinine ratio <15:1  
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Ischemic ATN   disruption of BM in proximal tubule and thick ascending limb  
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Nephrotoxic ATN   aminoglycosides, IVP dye, Pb/mercury poisoning  
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Nephrotoxic ATN   proximal tubule dysfunction; intact BM  
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Oliguria   prerenal azotemia, ATN, glomerulonephritis, postrenal azotemia  
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Acute pyelonephritis   vesicoureteral reflux with ascending infection; WBC casts, fever, flank pain  
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Chronic pyelonephritis   U-shaped scars overlying blunt calyces  
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Drug-induced tubulointerstitial nephritis   type I/IV reaction; e.g., penicillin  
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S/S   ARF, fever, rash, eosinophilia, eosinophiluria, WBC casts  
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Analgesic nephropathy   aspirin plus acetaminophen; renal papillary necrosis; IVP with ring defect  
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Myeloma kidney   BJ protein produces foreign body reaction in tubules  
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Urate nephropathy   prevent by giving allopurinol prior to chemotherapy  
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CRF   fixed specific gravity; BUN:creatinine <15:1; waxy and broad casts  
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Renal osteodystrophy CRF   hypovitaminosis D (no 1-α-hydroxylase); produces osteomalacia  
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Renal osteodystrophy CRF   osteoporosis from metabolic acidosis  
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Renal osteodystrophy CRF   secondary HPTH with increased osteoclastic activity  
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S/S CRF   pericarditis, prolonged bleeding time, normocytic anemia, pathologic fractures  
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Benign nephrosclerosis   kidney of hypertension; shrunken kidneys due to hyaline arteriolosclerosis  
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Malignant hypertension   renal failure; encephalopathy; BP >210/120 mm Hg; IV nitroprusside  
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Renal findings   necrotizing arteriolitis; “flea bitten” kidney; hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis  
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Renal infarction   pale infarcts; hematuria; common in polyarteritis nodosa  
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Hydronephrosis   renal stone MCC; atrophy of cortex/medulla; postrenal azotemia  
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Renal stones   most contain calcium (calcium oxalate/phosphate); hypercalciuria MC risk factor  
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S/S   colicky pain radiating into groin, hematuria; x-ray usually shows stone  
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Staghorn calculus   due to urease producing organisms (Proteus); alkaline urine pH; ammonia smell  
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Angiomyolipoma   hamartoma; associated with tuberous sclerosis  
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Renal cell carcinoma   smoking MCC; invasion renal vein/vena cava; lung, bone mets; yellow colored  
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S/S   flank mass, hematuria; ectopic hormones (EPO, PTH related peptide), left-sided varicocele  
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Renal pelvis transitional cell carcinoma   smoking MCC, phenacetin, aniline dyes, cyclophosphamide  
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Wilm’s tumor   hypertension, unilateral abdominal mass in child; aniridia/hemihypertrophy in AD types  
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Urine draining from umbilicus   persistent urachus  
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis   produces hydronephrosis  
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Bladder extrophy   abdominal wall defect + epispadias  
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Bladder diverticula   most commonly due to prostatic hyperplasia with urethral obstruction  
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Acute cystitis   E. coli; females > males; no fever, flank pain, or WBC casts  
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Bladder transitional cell carcinoma   smoking MCC, aniline dyes, cyclophosphamide; papillary  
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S/S   hematuria; hydronephrosis  
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Bladder adenocarcinoma   risk factors persistent urachus, extrophy  
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Bladder squamous cell carcinoma   Schistosoma hematobium infection  
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