Glomerulonephritis classification — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis is a common cause of death in patients with _____

Answer: SLE

Flashcard 2: Loss of ATIII in nephrotic syndrome can predispose patients to _____ thrombosis

Answer: renal vein

Flashcard 3: What is the most common nephropathy worldwide? _____

Answer: IgA nephropathy (Berger disease)

Flashcard 4: A _____ state is due to excessive procoagulant proteins or defective anticoagulant proteins

Answer: hypercoagulable

Flashcard 5: What type of nephrotic syndrome is a patient with SLE most likely to get? _____

Answer: Membranous nephropathy

Flashcard 6: Which cause of crescentic glomerulonephritis may also cause a restrictive lung disease?_____

Answer: Goodpasture syndrome

Flashcard 7: Which class of renal disorders may be treated with loop diuretics? _____

Answer: Nephrotic syndrome

Flashcard 8: Polyarteritis nodosa associated with HBV can affect the vessels of the _____, resulting in HTN and decreased GFR

Answer: kidney

Flashcard 9: Fabry's disease

Answer:

Extra: accumulation of ceramide trihexosideperipheral neuropathy in hands/feet, angiokeratomas, cardiovascular and renal diseaseXRα-galactosidase A

Flashcard 10: autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

Answer:

Extra: in adult: flank pain, hematuria, hypertension, progressive renal failurebilateral massive enlargement of kidneys with cystsADPKD1