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Mild proteinuria, hematuria, hypertension, fatigue fatigue, and occasional edema are often the only symptoms of this chronic condition.
What is Chronic glomerulonephritis?
What is chronic nephritic syndrome?
This acute condition can happen over a few hours or days and can be defined by an increase in serum creatinine to 1.5 times or more form baseline or urine output of < 0.5 mL/kg/hr for 6 hours.
What is Acute kidney injury? or AKI?
This breathing pattern increases with worsening kidney disease.
What is Kussmaul respiration?
In chronic glomerulonephritis, the result of this situation is diluted around 1.010.
What is urine specific gravity?
Taking a thorough history from your patient regarding their renal status is part of this nursing process.
What is Assessment?
Whether from genetic defect or altered immunity, this process causes massive loss of protein into the urine.
What is nephrotic syndrome?
Avoidance of the following examples of substances are paramount in caring for the AKI patient: Methicillin, Ibuprofen, Metformin, Myoglobin.
What are nephrotoxins?
Symptoms of this complication of CKD include: shortness of breath, tachycardia, narrow pulse pressure, severe chest pain and pericardial friction rub.
What is pericarditis?
These blood values are elevated in volume depleted states, are not electrolytes, and increase the risk for AKI.
What is osmolarity and osmolality?
Giving SBAR report to the nephrologist is an example of this part of the nursing process.
What is implementation?
A degenerative disorder resulting from changes in the kidney blood vessels, this process thickens the blood vessels, narrowing the lumen and decreasing blood flow.
What is nephrosclerosis?
An MAP of less than 65mm Hg is the most common cause of AKI in acute care and is classified as...
What is prerenal failure?
Your patient states "I am itchy "
What is uremic frost?
This serum electrolyte value can be normal, increased or decreased.
What is Sodium?
The following statement in the care plan does not represent this "The patient will have less edema"
What is a SMART goal?
This disorder is genetic and is often associated with hypertension, abdominal pain and fullness, hematuria, stones infection and systemic disease.
What is polycystic kidney disease? or PKD
Prostate or cervical cancer can result in this classification of AKI.
What is postrenal failure?
Weighing daily is related to this nursing diagnosis.
What is Fluid Volume excess?
This substance will be overloaded in CKD, and will cause secretion of a hormone from bone, leading to mineral imbalance.
What is Phosphorus?
Expecting the patient to maintain or attain improved kidney function is this part of the nursing process.
What is Planning?
Sudden onset of these symptoms are a hallmark of this disorder- Hyperlipidemia, hypoalbuminemia, lipiduria, massive proteinuria, periorbital and facial edema, elevated BUN and creatinine and decreased GFR.
What is nephrotic syndrome?
CKRT (CCRT) is only performed in the ICU setting because of this type of circulation.
What is extracorporeal circulation?
Left sided heart failure is related to this complication.
What is Pulmonary edema?
Patients suffering from this elevated electrolyte might be lethargic or comatose, have reduced or absent DTR's and are in grave danger of cardiac arrest.
What is magnesium?
"The patient verbalizes renal dietary restrictions" is an example of this nursing process.
What is evaluation?