Renal & Urology UK Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Renal & Urology Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 31: ARBs shold be used with caution in patients with _____
Answer: renovascular disease
Flashcard 32: Up to _____ is an acceptable increase in potassium when adminstering ACE Inhibitors
Answer: 5.5 mmol/l
Flashcard 33: ACE Inhibitors are contraindicated in Bilateral Renal Artery Stenosis because _____
Answer: renal perfusion is dependant on efferent arteriole constriction
Flashcard 34: What is the side-effect of ARBs:
_____
Answer: hyperkalaemia
Flashcard 35: What electrolyte imbalances can thiazide diuretics cause?
Answer:
• hypokalaemia
• hyponatraemia
• low chloride
• hypercalcaemia
• hyperuraemia
Flashcard 36: Ureteric stone surgical management:\n_____ size = Shockwave Lithotripsy (SWL)\n> 10 mm size = Ureteroscopy (URS)
Answer: < 10 mm
Flashcard 37: What rise in serum creatinine from baseline is acceptable when initiating ACE inhibitor treatment?
Answer:
• up to 30%
Flashcard 38: How do Thiazide diuretics function?
Answer:
• Blocks the thiazide sensitive sodium chloride co transporter in the distal tubule
• This Keeps Na+ and Cl- in the urine
• As water follows sodium, increased water excretion from the kidneys
Flashcard 39: What Urea scores a point in CURB-65?
Answer:
• Urea >7mmol/L
Flashcard 40: Where is the site of action of Bumetanide?
Answer:
• Ascending loop of Henle
[Loop Diuretic]
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