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pelonephrits
pyelonephriti
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| PYELONEPHRITIS (tubulointerstitial nephritis) - Most commonly infectious in origin, the dominant organisms are________________ from the patient's intestinal tract. | gram negative bacteria (usually E. coli) |
| The normal kidney is resistant to blood borne infection therefore the most common route of infection is bacterial ascension from the | urinary bladder. |
| This is often associated with urinary obstruction, instrumentation of the urinary tract, vesicoureteral reflux, pregnancy, prior renal disease, and diabetes. | ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS |
| Symptoms include acute onset of fever and malaise, costovertebral angle pain, dysuria, frequency, and urgency | ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS |
| Complications of acute pylenophritis may include | necrotizing papillitis, (usually bilateral), pyonephrosis, and perinephric abscess. |
| The incidence of acute pyelonepritis recurrence, however, is as high as | 33%. |
| is a major cause of chronic renal failure | CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIs |
| Chonic pyeonehritis more commonly is the result of backward reflux of urine | from the bladder to the kidney (reflux nephropathy). |
| Clinically, it may be characterized by repeated bouts of acute pyelonephritis or it may be insidious, presenting as renal insufficiency and hypertension. | CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIs |
| Tubular damage, resulting from chronic pyelonephritis, leads to | polyuria and nocturia. |
| What does the kidney look le i a client with chronic pylonephritis? | Grossly, the kidneys are small with broad irregular cortical scars and deformed blunted calyces. |
| These may produce an interstitial nephritis either through immunologic hypersensitivity to a wide variety of drugs or direct toxic | DRUGS AND TOXINS |