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Assessment of kidney function - Coggle Diagram
Assessment of kidney function
Kidney disease
Congenital
Congenital hydronephrosis
kidneys enlarge in the case of urinary incontinence
Double kidney .
not cause symptoms, but tends to predispose to urinary tract infections
Double urethra
Nutcracker Syndrome
renal vein compressed between the abdominal aorta
Multicystic dysplastic kidney
several cysts in the kidney and it is non-functional.
Renal agenesis
1 in 750 children does not develop a single kidney
Obtained
Diabetic nephropathy
damages the glomerular capillaries
Glomerulonephritis
inflammation of the glomerular capillaries
Kidney tumors
Williams tumor
Renal cell carcinoma
Nephrotic syndrome
loss of protein in the urine
Renal failure
Acute renal failure
Chronic renal failure
Physiology
reabsorption
proteins
lipids
glycogen
Nephron
basic functional unit
made up of
tubules
Testing
blood test
creatinine levels
relating with
age
size
gender
ethnic group
Calculating
estimated glomerular filtration rate
ghealty filtration is around
90ml/min
Urine test
levels of
albumin
creatinine
albumin:creatinine ratio