Quick one-liners on distinguishing renal pathologies?

[sharklasers]

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Mostly things like renal papillary necrosis, interstitial nephritis, etc (ie, not the nephrotic/nephritic syndromes or cancers)

I feel like I don't have a good grasp of how to distinguish them in questions like "Pt takes X history, has Y symptoms, where is the damage"

 

[JP2740]

do your legs hurt from running through my dreams all night?

 

[xeroun]

Mostly things like renal papillary necrosis, interstitial nephritis, etc (ie, not the nephrotic/nephritic syndromes or cancers)

I feel like I don't have a good grasp of how to distinguish them in questions like "Pt takes X history, has Y symptoms, where is the damage"

Have you tried looking through the 49 page Goljan high yield thing? Its very succinct and nice. Covers almost everything for pathology.

 

[sharklasers]

do your legs hurt from running through my dreams all night?

I don't understand are you saying you would only help me in your dreams or something? Lol

 

[Anastomoses]

I don't understand are you saying you would only help me in your dreams or something? Lol

He gave you a one-liner. With no correlation to kidneys, of course.

 

[HoboCommander]

"I'm not drunk, I'm just intoxicated by your horseshoe kidneys."

 

[FIREitUP]

Mostly things like renal papillary necrosis, interstitial nephritis, etc (ie, not the nephrotic/nephritic syndromes or cancers)

I feel like I don't have a good grasp of how to distinguish them in questions like "Pt takes X history, has Y symptoms, where is the damage"

institial nephritis--interstitial inflammatory infiltrate with eosinophilia in the urine commonly associated with methicillin, furosemide, or NSAID ingestion. pt. commonly has rash and fever

renal papillary necrosis-- gross hematuria associated with chronic pyelonephritis, diabetes, sickle cell disease, and nsaid use