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1. What is the formula for clearance of a substance per unit time






2. gross hematuria and proteinuria possibly triggered by infxn or immune stimulus - dz - path associated conditions






3. medullary cysts sometimes lead to fibrosis and progressive renal insuff with urinary concentrating defects






4. What substance is secreted from the kidney in response to hypoxia - and what cells do they come from






5. massive proteinuria (>3.5g/day) frothy urine - hyperlipidemia - fatty casts - edema






6. What is the effect of PTH on the proximal tubule






7. multiple - large - bilateral cysts that ultimately destroy the kidney parenchyma






8. Why does Na conc nearly match Osm






9. Subendothelial immune complexes with granular IF






10. What are JG cells and what substance do they secrete






11. What is transporter in the thick ascneding loop of Henle indirectly induces the paracellular reabsorption of Mg and Ca






12. Why is the left kidney taken during living donor transplantation






13. What are the main causes of membranous GN






14. How are amino acids reabsorbed






15. What is the compensatory response in respiratory acidosis






16. What is the BUN/Cr ratio in prerenal azotemia and why?






17. How is extracellular volume measured






18. What effect does inc plasma protein concentration have on RPF - GFR - and FF






19. Why is there anemia in renal failure






20. In renal failure - what happens to potassium






21. What is the ddx for a metabolic acidosis with nl anion gap (8-12)






22. What is the effect of AT II on the posterior pituitary






23. How can NSAIDs cause acute renal failure






24. What is the BUN/Cr ratio in instrinsic renal ARF and why






25. What is the effect of AT II on the hypothalamus






26. What is the effect of angiotensin II on RPF - GFR - and FF - why - What do ACEi do?






27. What effect does cxn of the ureter have on RPF - GFR and FF






28. What do you see in the urine with acute pyelonephritis






29. What is the least common kidney stone - What causes it and How do you treat it






30. What is the effect of aldosterone in principal cells






31. What are the associations with RTA type 4






32. With what genetic tumor syndrome is RCC associated






33. How do calcium stones appear on x ray






34. What happens to tubular inulin along the proximal tubule and why






35. In renal failure What acid - base disturbance is most likely






36. What is the genetic etiology of wilms tumor and What is WAGR complex






37. Where is ACE made and What are 2 of its fxns






38. an inflammatory process leading to hematuria and RBC casts - associated with azotemia - oliguria - HTN and proteinuria






39. Why can inulin be used to calculate GFR?






40. benign - common - incidental finding of renal cysts - thin - nonenhancing - cortical - fluid filled






41. What is ADPKD also associated with






42. What dyslipidemia is most common in renal failure






43. What is the henderson hasselbalch equation






44. Which cells sense decreases in Na delivery






45. What is the formula for excretion rate






46. Defect in proximal tubule HCO3 reabsorption






47. when polycystic kidney disease presents in an infant - What is the pattern of inheritance - What are the associations - What are concernse post neonatal period






48. membranous






49. waxy casts ddx






50. What happens in the thin descending loop of henle