Endocrine
A condition that causes increased urine output and dilute urine with normal blood sugars.
What is Diabetes insipidus?
An elevated electrolyte that occurs with untreated kidney failure that may cause serious heart irregularities.
What is hyperkalemia (elevated serum potassium levels)?
The pH in arterial blood gasses is decreased below 7.34 and an elevation of PaCO2.
What is respiratory acidosis?
A type of Acute Kidney Injury that occurs due to reduced blood flow to the kidneys
What is Prerenal Acute Kidney Injury?
These cells are characteristic of Hodgkin lymphoma.
What are Reed-Sternberg cells
A condition that may cause elevated blood glucose levels, osteoporosis, and skin atrophy.
What is Cushing syndrome?
This electrolyte imbalance can lead to muscle cramps and spasms.
What is magnesium?
A client is diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis. The HCO3 is low, and the pH in an arterial blood gas sample is less than 7.35.
What is metabolic acidosis?
This type of acute kidney injury is caused by damage within the kidneys themselves.
What is intrarenal Acute Kidney Injury?
This type of anemia is associated with blood loss.
What is iron deficiency anemia?
This condition results from insufficient adrenal cortical hormone production.
What is Addison's Disease?
A potential cause of elevated serum sodium.
What is dehydration?
A condition where the bicarbonate levels are high.
What is metabolic alkalosis?
This type of acute kidney injury is caused by blockage of urine flow from the urinary bladder.
What is Postrenal Acute Kidney Injury?
The type anemia that is associated with lack of Vitamin B12.
What is pernicious anemia?
An overactive thyroid characterizes this condition that is associated with elevated T3 and T4.
What is hyperthyroidism?
An electrolyte disorder associated with SIADH.
What is dilutional hyponatremia?
A term for low levels of serum sodium.
What is hyponatremia
Common signs and symptoms of this condition include flank pain and white blood cells in the urine.
What is acute cystitis from a urinary bladder infection?
The hormone regulates water retention and urine output in the kidneys.
What is ADH?
A type of diabetes Mellitus associated with autoimmune destruction of beta cells in the pancreas, leading to an absolute deficiency of insulin.
What is type 1 diabetes mellitus?
The concentration of urine.
What is urine specific gravity?
The anticipated value is elevated in metabolic alkalosis.
What is bicarbonate (HCO3)
The most common type of kidney stones.
What is calcium?
The organ that produces clotting factors.
What is the liver?