MEDRADSC 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Vesicoureteral Reflux, Renal Pelvis, Chronic Kidney Disease

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Medical Radiation Sciences
• Course: MEDRADSC 1B03
• Professor: Sandra Charbonneau

Document Summary

Removes metabolic wastes, hormones, drugs & other foreign materials from the body. Very common; the most common nosocomial infections in the hospitals. Upper urinary tract (pyelonephritis; pye = pus; pus formation in the nephrons) Lower ut (urethritis (infection in the urethra), cystitis (infection in the bladder)) More are ascending; often times the infection occurs in the bladder of even somewhere in the lower urinary tract; bacteria ascends up into the ureters & can move into the kidneys (ie e coli) Females: short & wide urethra, has to do w the proximity to anus; wipe front to back so e coli doesn"t move from the anus to the bladder. Males: common structures b/n urinary & reproductive tracts. If there is an infection of prostate or testes, males can have a similar issue w respect to having common structures b/n urinary & reproductive tracts (use same route)