Minimal Change Disease Treatment
- Oral Prednisolone
- For steroid resistant cases —> cyclophosphamide
Polycystic Kidney Disease Treatment
Tolvaptan
Diagnosis of Amyloidosis
CONGO RED STAINING - apple green birefringence seen
Pathogen Responsible for Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Shiga Toxin - E.coli 0175 H7
What are the causes of raised anion gap?
- hyper-albuminemia
- hypomagnesiumia
- hypocalcemia
- LACTATE - shock / sepsis
- renal failure
- salicylates
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- methanol poisoning
- alchohol
what are the causes of a normal anion gap?
- diarrhoea
- Addisons
- acute tubular necrosis
- diuretics
- acetazolamide
- increased chloride
When is an urgent 2 week wait referral (for suspected urological cancer) required
Visible haematuria in over 45s that either is not associated with a UTI
or
that persists after successful treatment of UTI
Management of Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Hospital admission
- SUPPORTIVE MANAGEMENT - IV fluids, bloods, hemodialysis
What is the common causative organism for peritonitis caused by peritoneal dialysis?
Staphylococcus epidermidis
or Staphylococcus Aureus
What test confirms recent streptococcal infection? - Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
Blood test - raised anti-streptolysin O titre and low C3
