Define the Disorder
If calculus lodges in a ureter, excruciating pain in the abdomen that radiates to the groin or the perineum:
Renal Calculi
These are bean-shaped organs located just under and below the 12th rib near the waist in the body trunk:
kidneys
Along with fluid volume maintenance this hormone is released from the kidneys to help in maintaining BP:
Renin
Check tissue turgor to access this in a renal failure patient:
dehydration or edema
This is a sterile procedure performed by a nurse to drain excess urine from a patient:
Catheterization
Inflammation of the urethra:
Urethritis
This is a muscular sac that stretches to store urine:
Bladder
Erythropoietin is secreted in the kidneys and stimulates the bone marrow to produce these:
red blood cells
While auscultating the lungs of a renal failure patient you might hear this:
crackles or rhonchi
Never use more than this amount of sterile NS to irrigate a nephrostomy tube:
5 mls
Inflammation of the urinary bladder:
Cystitis
These carry urine from renal pelvis to bladder:
Ureters
This organ is responsible for acid-base regulating mechanism:
Kidney
This assessment technique should also be performed while inspecting the abdomen to check for tenderness and bladder distention:
palpation
This procedure uses extracorporeal shock waves to shatter kidney stones:
Lithotripsy
Inflammation of the renal pelvis:
Pyelonephritis
The urethra, a muscular tube lined with mucous membranes does this:
carries urine from bladder out of the body
This process involves ultrafiltration in the glomerular capsule as fluids, electrolytes and other substances are filtered out of the blood as it passes through:
glomerular filtration
Where do you auscultate to hear a renal bruit:
the kidney area over costovertebral angle
A urinary stent is placed by a physician to do this:
give a structure support, allow fluid to flow through it
Immunologic disease causes inflammation of the capillary loops in the glomeruli:
Acute Glomerulonephritis:
This is a mass of blood vessels tucked into the cuplike Bowman’s capsule:
Glomerulus
Water, some electrolytes and non-electrolytes are reabsorbed here then go into the blood as needed to maintain fluid balance:
tubules of the kidney
These skin color changes might be evident in a renal failure patient:
ashen, yellow; crystals on skin (uremic frost)
A cystostomy, also known as a vesicostomy is: An opening into the bladder for drainage of urine
An opening into the bladder for drainage of urine