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This inflammatory bowel disease primarily affects the terminal ileum and can lead to complications such as strictures, fistulas, and bowel obstructions.
What is Crohn's disease?
This dialysis modality uses the patient's peritoneal membrane as a natural filter to remove waste products and excess fluid from the body.
What is peritoneal dialysis?
This condition is characterized by excess growth hormone secretion in adults, leading to enlargement of hands, feet, and facial features.
What is acromegaly?
Nursing interventions for diabetes include teaching patients about the importance of monitoring blood glucose levels after meals to assess this aspect of glycemic control.
What is postprandial (after-meal) glucose levels?
This invasive monitoring technique is used to directly measure intracranial pressure (ICP) by placing a catheter into the brain's ventricle.
Answer: What is intraventricular (or intracranial) catheterization? (ventriculostomy, bolt, camino)
This specialized X-ray study involves the introduction of contrast material into the colon via a rectal tube to visualize the structure and function of the large intestine.
What is a barium enema (or lower gastrointestinal series)?
This inherited disorder results in the formation of kidney stones due to defects in renal tubular reabsorption of amino acids, phosphate, and bicarbonate.
What is cystinuria?
This adrenal gland disorder is caused by excess production of cortisol, resulting in symptoms such as central obesity, hypertension, and glucose intolerance.
Answer: What is Cushing's syndrome?
The classic triad of symptoms in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) includes polyuria, polydipsia, and this symptom related to deep and rapid breathing.
What is Kussmaul breathing?
Signs of increased intracranial pressure (ICP) include:
What are headache, altered level of consciousness, vomiting (especially in the morning), and a characteristic response to light called photophobia.
This surgical intervention involves the creation of an external opening from the colon to the skin surface, allowing for the diversion of fecal material in cases of severe ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.
What is a diverting colostomy?
This term refers to the most common cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) worldwide, characterized by glomerulosclerosis and interstitial fibrosis.
What is diabetic nephropathy?
Nursing interventions for patients with a pituitary tumor may include monitoring for signs of this complication related to increased intracranial pressure.
What is visual changes or disturbances (e.g., blurry vision, loss of peripheral vision)?
In patients with DKA, frequent monitoring of this electrolyte is essential to detect and prevent potentially life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.
What is potassium (K+)?
The physiologic barrier between blood capillaries and brain tissue
What is the blood-brain barrier?
This term refers to the abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, often indicative of liver cirrhosis, heart failure, or malignancy.
What is ascites?
This type of acute kidney injury (AKI) is characterized by impaired renal blood flow leading to decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR), often caused by severe dehydration or heart failure.
What is pre-renal AKI?
Nursing interventions for hyperparathyroidism aim to encourage this lifestyle modification to help maintain calcium balance.
What is increasing fluid intake (to prevent kidney stone formation)?
Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome (HHS) is characterized by severe hyperglycemia, hyperosmolarity, and this notable laboratory finding, unlike diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
What is absence of significant ketosis or acidosis?
What is the resulting hypoxia, ischemia, hypotension, edema, or increased ICP that follows the primary injury. Can occur several hours to days after the initial injury
This assessment finding, characterized by tenderness in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, rebound tenderness, and guarding, is highly suggestive of inflammation of the appendix.
What is McBurney's point tenderness indicative of appendicitis?
This inherited disorder is characterized by the formation of multiple fluid-filled cysts in the kidneys, leading to progressive kidney enlargement and functional decline.
What is autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)?
This autoimmune disorder is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in iodine-sufficient regions, characterized by thyroid gland inflammation and eventual glandular atrophy.
What is Hashimoto's thyroiditis?
Diabetes-related foot complications include this condition characterized by ulcers, infections, and potential tissue necrosis due to impaired blood flow and nerve damage.
What is peripheral artery disease (PAD)?
The Monro-Kellie Doctrine states the volume of these three things needs to stay stable in order for normal intracranial pressure. If any one of these factors increases, another must decrease
What are brain tissue, blood, and CSF?