Renal disorders

  1. Kidney Anatomy & Physiology 

    Balance _____ & ____ transport
    Excrete metabolic ______. 
    Conserve _____. 
    Regulate _____-_____ balance. 
    Secrete hormones to: 
    Regulate _____ ______
    Erythropoetin
    Calcium production
    • Balance Solute & H2O transport
    • Excrete metabolic waste 
    • conserve nutrients
    • Regulate Acid-base balance
    • Secrete hormones to: 
    • Regulate blood pressure 
    • Erythropoetin 
    • Calcium production
  2. Formation of urine: 
    Filtration pressure
    ______
    push 
    ______
    pull 

    JG app ⇾ ___ ⇾ __⇾___ ⇾ Systemic vasocontriction
    • Filtration pressure 
    • Hydrostatic push 
    • Osmotic pull 

    JG app ⇾ Renin ⇾ Angio I⇾ Angio II⇾ Systemic vasoconstriction
  3. Renal assessment
    -Physical exam 

    Risk factors: 
    ______ agents 
    Meds 
    A______
    Contrast dyes 
    Heavy metals poison 

    Age
    O_______
    Diseases
    Physical exam

    • Risk factors: 
    • Nephrotoxic agents 
    • meds
    • Anesthesia
    • Contrast dyes
    • Heavy metal poison

    • Age
    • Occupation 
    • Diseases
  4. Renal assessment: BUN 
    Ingest _____ 
    Broken down into _____ _____
    AA are catabolized in ______
    Free ______ is formed 
    _____ are combined to form ______ 
    ______ goes into blood and trasported to kidney for excretion 

    Rough measurement of _____ function
    Measures both 
    _____ function (excretory) 
    _____ function (metabolic)
    Renal Assessment: BUN

    • ingest protein 
    • Broken down into Amino acids
    • AA are catabolized in liver 
    • Free Ammonia is formed 
    • Ammonia are combined to form Urea
    • Urea goes into blood and transported to kidney for excretion 

    • Rough measurement of Renal function 
    • Measures both 
    • Renal function (excretory) 
    • Liver function (metabolic)
  5. Renal Assessment: BUN

    Serum: ____ mg/dL
    increased with: 
    _____ disease 
    High ____ diet
    D_______
    Reduced blood flow to kidney (C____, H___)
    GI bleeding 
    S_____
    _____ catabolism (starvation) 

    Decrease with 
    ____ disease 
    Low _____ diet/ negative ____ balance 
    Over ______ (hemodilution) 
    _____ loss in urine
    Renal assessment: BUN 

    • Serum: 6 - 20 mg/dL 
    • Increased with: 
    • Renal disease
    • High protein diet (tube feeding, nutrients)
    • Dehydration (hemo concentrated) 
    • Reduced blood flow to kidney (cardiac, hypovolemia) 
    • GI bleeding
    • Sepsis 
    • Protein catabolism (starvation) 

    • Decreased with: 
    • Liver disease 
    • Low protein diet/ negative nitrogen balance 
    • Over hydration (hemodilution) 
    • Protein loss in urine
  6. Renal assessment: Creatinine (blood)

    End product (catabolic product) of _____ and _____ metabolism. 
    Serum: _____ mg/dL
    influenced by: 
    _____ mass
    age
    gender
    ____ = serious renal impairment
    • End product (catabolic product) of muscle and protein metabolism. 
    • Serum: 0.6 - 1.3 mg/dL
    • Influenced by: 
    • muscle mass
    • age
    • gender 
    • >4 mg/dL = serious renal impairment
  7. Renal assessment: creatinine clearance (urine) 
    Creatinine is filtered by the ______ but not reabsorbed by the ______. 
    Creatinine level in the urine is equivalent to the _____ = renal function
    Creatinine is filtered by the glomeruli but not reabsorbed by the tubules. Creatinine level in the urine is equivalent to the GFR = renal function.
  8. Renal Assessment: Creatinine Clearance (urine)

    _____ ml/min/1.73 m2
    Results Influenced by
    _____ masss
    age
    (Adult values decrease ____ mL/min with each decade of life (10 years) after 20 years because of decreased GFR)
    Exercise
    Diet high in _____ 
    ______ agents = ______
    ____ urine test or spot test
    • 70 - 135 ml/min/1.73m2 
    • Results influeced by 
    • Muscle mass
    • (adult values decrease 6.5 ml/min with each decade of life after 20 years. 
    • Exercise 
    • diet high in meat 
    • Nephrotoxic agents = increase
  9. Renal assessment: estimated GFR (eGFR) 
    Equation using
    Serum ______
    age
    numbers that vary depending on ____ and ____
    Used to recognize _____ _____ ____ in early stages 
    May not be accurate if you are younger than 18, pregnant, very _____, or very ______.
    • Renal assessment: estimated GFR (eGFR)
    • Equation using
    • Serum creatinine 
    • age
    • numbers that vary depending on sex and ethnicity
    • Used to recognize chronic renal disease in early stages. 
    • May not be accuarate if you are younger than 18, pregnant, very overweight, or very muscular.
  10. Serum Cystatin C 
    New more accurate marker of ______ _____ ______. 
    Less altered by nonrenal factors than is the production of _________. 
    As age, loss of _____ mass, _______ muscle activity = serum ____ lower in older patients.
    • New more accurate marker of glomerular filtration rate
    • Less altered by nonrenal factors than is the production of Creatinine
    • As age, loss of muscle mass, decreased muscle activity = serum creatinine lower in older patients.
  11. Microalbumin (MA) and Microalbumin/creatinine ratio 

    Random urine sample (10 mL) or 24-hr urine
    Screening test on patients with chronic conditions, such as _____ and _______, that put them at an increased risk for developing _____ ______ - early indicator. 

    MA: albumin concentration in urine that is greater than normal but not detectable with routine testing. 
    Microalbumin (MA) 
    ____ mg/L
    MA/creatinine ratio
    _____ mg/g
    • Screening test on patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, that put them at an increased risk for developing kidney failure -early indicator. 
    • Microalbumin (MA) <20 mg/L
    • MA/creatinine ration 
    • 0 - 30 mg/g
  12. Who's at risk? Kidney cancer
    Twice as many ____ as _____. 
    Over age ____
    Cigarette smokers
    Occupational exposures: A____, C_____, P______
    High _____ diet 
    Obesity 
    Extended ______ treatment 
    Heredity
    • Twice as many men as women 
    • Over age 55 
    • Cigarette smokers
    • Occupational exposures: Asbestos, cadmium, petroleum 
    • High fat diet
    • obesity 
    • extended dialysis treatment 
    • Heredity
  13. Signs and symptoms: Kidney cancer
    ____ without infection 
    ____ blood pressure 
    Persistent _____ 
    _____ of legs or ankles
    Rapid, unexplained _______
    Cardinal signs: 
    _____ in the urine 
    ______/_____ mass or lump 
    _____ pain or lower back pain
    • Signs and symptoms: 
    • Fever without infection 
    • High blood pressure 
    • Persistent fatigue 
    • Edema of legs or ankles
    • Rapid, unexplained weight loss 

    • Cardinal signs: 
    • Blood in urine 
    • Abdominla/flank mass or lump 
    • Flank pain or lower back pain
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Renal disorders
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Renal disorders Exam 3
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