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Signs and symptoms of ureteral (kidney) stones - ️️flank pain, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and hematuria What is the common composition of renal calculi? - ️️calcium crystals polycystic kidney disease - ️️condition in which the kidney contains many cysts and is enlarged; the cysts will alter kidney function glomerulonephritis - ️️inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; immune complex reaction resulting in alterations in the glomerular capillary structure and function; mediated by IgE Major sign/symptom of renal cancer - ️️hematuria What forms renal calculi in patients with gouty arthritis? - ️️uric acid Acute pyelonephritis - ️️infection of the renal pelvis usually from an ascending UTI; inflammation that does not result in scarring or fibrosis What is the common bacteria that causes a UTI? - ️️E. coli Chronic Pyelonephritis - ️️infection of the renal pelvis that has scarring and fibrosis and can result in chronic kidney disease; associated with reflux or processes that lead to urine stasis clinical manifestations of acute pyelonephritis - ️️CVA tenderness, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, anorexia