NSG 2113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kidney Failure, Oncotic Pressure, Creatinine
2 Feb 2017
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He will be responsible for 20 mcqs on the midterm: any text on his slides can be phrased as a question. End stage renal disease: dialysis is needed; less than 15% of kidney function. 10% of population has some degree of kidney disease. 1200 ml of blood flowing through the kidney per minute: this is roughly 25% of your cardiac output, 99% of fluid that is going through the kidney in a day i reabsorbed into the body. Filtration occurs exclusively in the cortex (glomeruli): have ~1 million glomeruli. Not everyone has the same amount, there is a range. If you have fewer nephrons, you are predisposed to kidney disease: capillary bodies (in glomeruli; cream loops w/ red and blue spots in diagram) create a glomerular filtration barrier. Tell you how well your kidneys are functioning. Def: rate at which plasma moves through glomerular capillaries.
