Chapter 1, Problem 7FITB

A male patient calls the office complaining of bloody urine accompanied by edema, headache, and flank or pelvic pain. Additionally, he relates that he is experiencing lumbar pain, abdominal pain, and tenderness. 1. How would you handle this call?  2. Recognizing the symptoms as possible a urinary tract condition, what diagnostic procedures would you anticipate being performed? 3. If the anticipated diagnostic procedures are performed, what results would you anticipate?

A 42-year-old patient admitted with acute kidney injury due to dehydration has oliguria, anemia, and a potassium level of 6.0 meq/L. Which of the prescribed actions should the nurse do first? a.  Give sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) b.  Administer epoetin alfa (Epogen, Procrit) subcutaneous c.  Insert a urinary retention catheter to monitor I&O d.  Order a type & cross for a possible blood transfusion

Water, Water, Everywhere, But Please Don't Give IV Problem: The treatment of severe hypernatremia can be challenging, especially in patients with preexisting conditions that may seem to limit therapeutic options. Such a situation recently resulted in an ill-conceived decision to give sterile water for injection IV to an elderly patient who had been admitted to an ICU with pneumonia and severe hypernatremia. The physician did not want the patient to receive any further infusions containing sodium. But the patient also was severely hyperglycemic. The physician's concern with giving sodium or dextrose to a patient with high blood sugar led to an order to change the patient's IV to "free water" at 100 mL/hr. "Free water" refers to water not associated with organic or inorganic ions. Because hypernatremia usually results from a deficit of "free water," it's likely that the physician intended to replace this loss when he wrote the order. Water can be replaced orally, however, it should never…

1. Answer the questions below to help you write your case summary. 2. Use the scroll bar on the right to move down the page. Diagnosis Using Anthony's symptoms and initial lab results, describe how you diagnosed that the problem was kidney failure.

5-year-old Cindy has wet the bed again.  She is not being a "bad girl", she just has age-related _______________________ of ADH at night. hyposecretion hypersecretion

Please post about a urinary or renal disorder or disease of the human body.  It must be over 100 words.

You must 1) check the textbook and identify the medical term from the definition and 2) match the definition with the root(s) and/or prefix and suffix. ✓ Pertaining to Kidney and Stomach specialist in the care of the aging ✓ lack of sensation ✓ resembling a fibrous growth ✓skin disease ✓ Narrowing of a canal ✓ Increased urination ✓ Pertaining to artery intestinal disorder a. Diur-and-esis b. Sten- and -osis c. anti-and septic d. spermat/o and zoon e. normo- and volemia f.dys-and-entery g. gerle and iatrio and -ian h. an- and esthesi/o and -ia i. multi- and cellular j.per- and cutaneous k. Ren/o and Gastr/o and-ic Male reproductive cell ✓agent used to prevent infection normal blood volume 1.Psor-and-iasis ✓ consisting of many cells m. Fiber and -oid through the skin n. arter-and-ial disease affecting an entire population o.pan-and-demic

Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If the statement is incorrect, write FALSE and CORRECT the word/s that made the statement wrong.   1. Central vein TPN should be weaned off gradually to prevent rebound hyperglycemia.  2.Peripheral parenteral nutrition infuses up to 4 liters of 10%emulsion daily.  3.Low serum albumin results to increased oncotic pressure leading to diarrhea. 4.In giving tube feedings, the nurse must warm the formula to avoid diarrhea.  5.The formula given to patients should not be warmed using a microwave to avoid the destruction of fat-soluble vitamins.