Rta stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is Renal Tubular acidosis? - Answer A medical condition that involves an accumulation of acid in the body due to a failure of the kidneys to appropriately acidify the urine or reabsorb bicarbonate. Pathophysiology of renal tubular acidosis - Answer a. Normally, when blood is filtered by the kidney, the filtrate passes through the tubules of the nephron, allowing for exchange of salts, acid equivalents and other solutes before it drains into the bladder as urine. b. In renal tubular ac...

RTA - Answer broad label applied to a group of disorders that compromise renal acid-base handling RTA is characterized by - Answer a reduced ability to eliminate H+ in the urine or by wasting both of which can result in a lowered plasma pH (i.e., metabolic acidosis) and, in children, severe impairment of physical and intellectual development. RTA can follow a more generalized disruption of renal function (e.g., as a side effect of medication, autoimmune disease, multiple myeloma) ...

Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) associated with abnormal H+ secretion and nephrolithiasis - Answer Type 1 (Distal) RTA RTA associated with abnormal HCO3 and rickets - Answer Type 2 proximal RTA RTA associated with aldosterone defect - Answer Type 4 distal RTA Doughy skin - Answer hypernatremia Differential for hypervolemic Hyponatremia - Answer Cirrhosis, CHF, nephrotic syndrome Chovestks sign, and Trosseuas - Answer Hypocalcemia The most common cause of Hypercalcemia - Answer mal...