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Vascular Diseases of the Kidney
Clinical Medicine Test 4
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10/18/2010

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Term
Classification of Wegener Granulomatosis
Definition
1) upper and lower respiratory tract
2) kidneys
3) necrotizing GN with no immune deposit
4) ANCA positive w/c-ANCA
5) tx w/cyclophosphamide
Term
Classification of Polyarteritis
Definition
1) Any system involvement
2) Necrotizing GN with no immune deposit
3) ANCA positive w/p-ANCA
4) tx w/ prednisone if mild, cyclophosphamide if severe
Term
Classification of Hypersensitivity Vasculitis
Definition
1) skin purpura and renal disease
2) Proliferative GN w/immune complex deposits
3) negative ANCA
4) tx w/cyclophosamide and prednisone if severe
Term
what can be detected in 90% of wegner granulomatosis patients?
Definition
ANCA, typically c-ANCA
Term
p-ANCA is more common in which disorders?
Definition
1) microscopic polarteritis
2) idiopathic necrotizing rapidly progressive GN
Term
tx for wegner granulomatosis?
Definition
cyclophosphamide
Term
What are the 4 forms of polarteritis and Churg-Stauss syndrome?
Definition
1) Classic polyarteritis nodosa-aneurysms
2) Microscopic polarteritis nodosa-smaller vessels than classic
3) Churg-Strauss syndrome-eosinophilic infiltration
4) Overlap syndrome
4)
Term
What diagnostic finding is common in Churg Strauss?
Definition
lung involvement w/bronchospasm
Term
What diagnostic finding is commmon in classic polyarteritis nodosa?
Definition
HTN from vasculitis
Term
what manifests as a palpable purpuric rash?
Definition
leukocytoclastic vasculitis
Term
What is the classic tetrad for Henocho-Schonlein purpura?
Definition
1) abdominal pain
2) purpuritic skin rash
3) arthritis/arthralgias
4)GN
Term
What is the most common underlying cause of mixed cryoglobulinemia?
Definition
Infection w/hepatitis C
Term
What is commonly present with mixed cryoglobulinemia?
Definition
hypocomplementemia
Term
What medications cause serum sickness?
Definition
1) penicillins
2) sulfonamides
3) phenytoin
Term
What are the 3 hypersenstivity vasculitis?
Definition
1) Henoch-Schonlein purpura
2) Mixed cryoglobulinemia
3) Serum Sickness
Term
What are the most common organs involved with scleroderma?
Definition
lungs, GI, Heart, Kidneys
Term
What diagnostic findings point towards scleroderma?
Definition
1) Marked BP elevation
2) raynaud phenomenon
3) antinuclear antibodies
Term
What are Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) disorders characterized by?
Definition
1) microangipathic hemolytic anemia
2) thrombocytopenia,
3) varying degrees of renal failure
Term
pentad for TTP?
Definition
1) fever
2) thrombocyopenia
3) focal neurological abnormalities
4) microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
5) renal failure
Term
What is frequently found in childhood HUS?
Definition
1) bloody diarrhea
2) hypertension w/renal failure
Term
What is frequently found in the UA for HUS?
Definition
RBCs and RBC Casts
Term
When is preeclampsia most common?
Definition
3rd trimester of first pregnancy
Term
What 3 anti-HTN meds are safe during pregnancy?
Definition
1) methyldopa
2) hydralazine
3) labetalol

*do not use ACE-inhibitors/diuretics
Term
What labs are highly suggestive of renal infartction?
Definition
1) elevated LDH (>5X normal)
2) little/no transaminase elevation
Term
What is the principle renal manifestation of skickly cell nephropathy?
Definition
hematuria
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