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NSG530 / NSG 530 Exam 3 (Latest 2025): Advanced
Pathophysiology | Review Guide with Questions and
Verified Answers | 100% Correct - Wilkes
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
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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
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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
Types of glomerulonephritis .....ANSWER.....- membranous
nephropathy/ glomerulonephritis
- rapidly progressing glomerulonephritis
-Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease (goodpasture
syndrome)
- chronic glomerulonephritis
-diabetic neuropathy
NSG530 / NSG 530 Exam 3 (Latest 2025): Advanced
Pathophysiology | Review Guide with Questions and
Verified Answers | 100% Correct - Wilkes
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
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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
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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
Types of glomerulonephritis .....ANSWER.....- membranous
nephropathy/ glomerulonephritis
- rapidly progressing glomerulonephritis
-Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease (goodpasture
syndrome)
- chronic glomerulonephritis
-diabetic neuropathy
