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Crescent moon shape on LM and IF is associated with this syndrome.
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Rapidly progressive (crescentic) glomerulonephritis; rapid progression to renal failure (prognosis in number of crescents)Continue reading
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Nephrotic syndromes
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Key finding is proteinuria greater than 3.5 g/24hrs generalized pitting edema and acites due to hypoalbuminemia, and spontanteous peritonitis (strep pnemo); hypertension in some types; hypercoaguable states due to loss of antithrombin III, hypercholesterContinue reading
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What are some common side effects of ACE inhibitors?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
1. Decreased GFR 2. Hyperkalemia 3. Cough and Angioedema (rarely)Continue reading
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Renal hypoperfusion is sensed by ________ cells, which respond with compensatory release of __________, which increases the levels of ________ and _____________.
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
JG cells; RENIN: AT II and AldosteroneContinue reading
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The collecting ducts can be water ______________, if the ADH level is ______________, or ___________________, if the ADH level is _________.
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
CT --- Permeable if ADH is high CT --- Impermeable if ADH is lowContinue reading
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Definition of GFR.
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Volume of fluid filtered from the renal glomerular capillaries into the Bowman space per unit timeContinue reading
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The increased permeability to Water and Urea by Vasopressin or Desmopressin, means?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
More water gets "out" of Collecting Tube lumen and goes into interstitium or blood vessel, in order to preserve intracellular water, and decrease its secretion, thus, causing a more concentrated urine.Continue reading
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Where is glucose reabsorbed in the nephron?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
It is absorbed in the proximal tubule via cotransport with sodium; a basolateral Na/K ATPase restores the intracellular sodium balanceContinue reading
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What is von Hippel-Lindau disease?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Autosomal dominant condition where hemangioblastomas are found in cerebellum, retina, and spinal chord; associated with renal cell carcinoma and pheochromocytomaContinue reading
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Plasma cell neoplasm produces MONOCLONAL immunoglobulin
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Multiple Myeloma (MM)Continue reading