Post-Test for Acute Kidney Injury

• Severe dehydration
• Acute glomerulonephritis
• Pelvic tumour blocking the flow out of the urethra
• Taking too many medications that hurt the kidney (nephrotoxic)

2. Finish the following sentence. The damage to the kidney in post-renal causes is generally caused by:

• Inadequate blood flow to the kidney
• Toxic drugs
• The immune system
• Blockage of the drainage of urine

3. Which of the following signs is a result of protein loss in the urine from pathology that damages the glomerular filtration barrier?

• Elevated blood pressure (hypertension)
• Edema (swelling)
• Increased amounts of dark urine
• Increased temperature (fever)

4. Which of the following is a histological sign of acute tubular injury?

• Debris in the renal tubules
• Inflammatory cells filling the Bowmans space of the glomerulus
• Increase in brush border surface area in the PCT
• Increased number of neprhon cells (hyperplasia)

5. Fill in the blanks.

Acute glomerulonephritis is an example of a _____ cause of AKI.  It begins with damage to the _____, usually caused by the body’s own _____ system.  As a result, _____ can leak out of the blood and into the _____. This can result in inadequate osmotic gradient protein in the _____, which decreases fluid to stay in the tissues rather than be kept in the blood. Clinically, this can be seen as _____, most noticeably in the lower limbs and face.