Pyelonephritis - answer-inflammation of the renal pelvis and the kidney
Chronic Pyelonephritis - answer-Interstitial fibrosis and atrophy of tubules due to multiple bouts of acute pyelonephritis
Can be associated with chronic UTI's, vesicoureteral reflux, or kidney stones
Cystitis - answer-I...
NSG 530 Exam 3 Questions and
Solutions
Pyelonephritis - answer-✔inflammation of the renal pelvis and the kidney
Chronic Pyelonephritis - answer-✔Interstitial fibrosis and atrophy of tubules due to
multiple bouts of acute pyelonephritis
Can be associated with chronic UTI's, vesicoureteral reflux, or kidney stones
Cystitis - answer-✔Inflammation of the bladder
Common pathogens are E. Coli and staphylococcus saphrophyticus
Symptoms of cystitis - answer-✔Frequency, urgency, dysuria, lower back pain
Renal cell carcinoma - answer-✔cancerous tumor that arises from kidney tubule
cells
Renal adenoma - answer-✔small, slow-growing glandular noncancerous tumor of
the kidney
Renal transitional cell carcinoma - answer-✔rare and primarily arises in the renal
parenchyma and renal pelvis.
Transitional cell carcinoma - answer-✔a malignant tumor of the urinary tract that is
often found within the urinary bladder or within the renal pelvis. Generally occurs
in older men. Gross painless hematuria
, Gomerulonephritis - answer-✔inflammation of the glomeruli within the kidney
Primary glomerulonephritis - answer-✔inflammation of the glomeruli of the
kidneys that occurs independently of other chronic conditions; usually the result of
an acute infectious process
secondary glomerulonephritis - answer-✔inflammation of the glomeruli of the
kidneys that results from other chronic conditions, such as lupus erythematosus or
diabetes.
Symptoms of glomerulonephritis - answer-✔Hematuria with red blood cell casts,
proteinuria with albumin, oliguria, HTN, edema, nephrotic sediment
Nephrotic syndrome - answer-✔loss of large amounts of plasma protein, usually
albumin, through urine due to an increased permeability of the glomerular
membrane
Causes of nephrotic syndrome - answer-✔Membranous glomerulonephritis
Minimal change nephropathy
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