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Subject : health-sciences
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1. benign - common - incidental finding of renal cysts - thin - nonenhancing - cortical - fluid filled






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






3. fever - CVA tenderness - N/V - affects cortex with relative sparing of glomeruli/vessels






4. what happens to pH - PCO2 - and bicarb in respiratory alkalosis






5. RBC casts - ddx






6. How do struvite stones appear on xray






7. What does US show with medullary cystic disease






8. What do you see on LM for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis






9. Why does Na conc nearly match Osm






10. What aspect of vitamin D metabolism occurs in the proximal tubule of the kidney and What effect does that have on calcium and phosphate






11. net tubular reabsorption of x






12. What substance is secreted in response increase atrial pressure






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






14. how does this present in adults and What is the pattern of inheritence






15. What is winter's formula and when do you use it






16. What is the ddx for a respiratory alkalosis






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






18. What effect does ANP have on GFR






19. dense deposits on EM - type and association






20. no net secretion or reabsorption of x






21. What is the compensatory response in metabolic alkalosis






22. In renal failure What are the consquence sof Na/H20 retention






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






24. How can NSAIDs cause acute renal failure






25. Why can inulin be used to calculate GFR?






26. what happens to pH - PCO2 - and bicarb in metabolic alkalosis






27. What happens to the urine in the descending limb






28. What happens to urine in the ascending limb






29. What are the associations with RTA type 2






30. waxy casts ddx






31. What receptor responds to inc sympathetic discharge leading to renin secretion from JG cells






32. in acute cystitis with pyuria - do you see casts






33. What cells create the epithelial layer of the glomerular filtration barrier






34. What is the formula for excretion rate






35. What does aldosterone do in the collecting tubule






36. How are amino acids reabsorbed






37. What dyslipidemia is most common in renal failure






38. What does NEG lead to in the efferent arterioles






39. Subendothelial immune complexes with granular IF






40. What happens in the thin descending loop of henle






41. acute generalized cortical infarction of both kidneys - dz - causes and associations






42. What is the ddx for respiratory acidosis






43. What are the associations with RTA type 4






44. proliferative






45. What happens to Cl in the proximal 1/3 of the proximal tubule relative to Na






46. What is the ddx for metabolic alkalosis with compensation






47. most common cause of acute renal faiure in hospital - self reversible but fatal - dz and associations - key finding






48. What is generated and secreted in the proximal tubule






49. membranous






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