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Pathophysiology | Review Questions
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Grade A - Chamberlain


Question:
How do we assess/diagnose acute pyelonephritis?
Answer:
- flank pain
- fever, chills, tachy
- abd tenderness
- involves upper tract?


Diagnose
- urinalysis: WBC in urine, pyuria = lots of WBC
- CBC: elevated WBC
- imaging: abscess, ultrasound and CT scan
- WBC CASTS, WBC CASTS!!

,Question:
How to treat acute pyelonephritis?
Answer:
- prompt antibiotic therapy b/c it is infection. take all antibiotics
- analgesia for pain
- adequate hydration




Question:
Supersaturation
nucleation
crystal retention
what type of acute renal issue?
Answer:
urine become oversaturated with calcium


crystals act as nucleation sites and attract more crystals


urinary stasis or inadequate urine flow allows calcium deposits to remain in
urine tract


post acute renal failure

, Question:
How to assess renal calculi?
- what symptoms?
- who is at risk?
Answer:
- abd flank pain
- costovertebral angle tenderness
- hematuria - caused by larger crystals


imaging: where and what size
- ct scans and
- renal ultrasound to try and find stones




Question:
Treatment for Renal Calculi
- what does it depend on?
- what are methods of treating?
Answer:
- conservative treatment of stone that is less than 5mm and asymptomatic.
- treated with diuretics (calcium stones) or allopurinol (uric acid stones)


- stone removal required for larger than 5mm, treated with lithotripsy

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