Renal replacement therapy — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ is a group of disorders of the renal tubules that lead to normal anion gap (hyperchloremic) metabolic acidosis

Answer: Renal tubular acidosis

Flashcard 2: Patients with scleroderma can present with a sclerodermal renal crisis, which is an intense renal failure that causes _____

Answer: hypertensive emergency

Flashcard 3: Which amyloidosis may present as carpal tunnel syndrome? _____

Answer: Dialysis-associated

Flashcard 4: Treatment of uric acid kidney stones involves _____ of urine (e.g. potassium bicarbonate)

Answer: alkalinization

Flashcard 5: CHF and pleural effusion is managed with _____

Answer: trial of diuretics

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/pulmonology/pleural-effusion/acquire?ref=anki 

Flashcard 6: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is treated empirically with a _____

Answer: 3rd generation cephalosporin

Flashcard 7: Complications of acute pancreatitis include _____ due to damage to the alveolar capillary interface

Answer: ARDS

Flashcard 8: One complication of Crohn disease is _____ fistula, which can cause UTI and pneumaturia

Answer: enterovesical

Flashcard 9: _____ syndrome is a complication of portal hypertension characterized by rapidly developing renal failure, secondary to cirrhosis

Answer: Hepatorenal

Flashcard 10: Besides liver involvement, severe Dengue can also result in which type of organ failure?

Answer: Renal failure

Extra: Severe Dengue (Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome) is associated with multi-organ involvement. While hepatic dysfunction is the most common organ involvement (marked by transaminase elevation >1000), acute kidney injury (renal failure) is a recognized complication often secondary to shock, rhabdomyolysis, or hemolysis.