Keepin' It Renal
This electrolyte can often become elevated in patients with CKD leading to cardiac dysrhythmias
What is potassium?
Nurses teach patient to monitor this daily to evaluate for fluid overload
What is a daily weight?
This is a waste product of muscle metabolism
What is creatinine?
Rapid loss of kidney function due to kidney damage
What is acute kidney injury?
What is an arteriovenous graft?
Hormone deficiency often leading to anemia
What is erythropoietin?
Urine output that is less than 100 ml/24 hr
What is anuria?
This is the by-product of protein metabolism
What is ammonia?
Name the top two leading causes of chronic kidney failure when not managed well
What are diabetes and hypertension?
Ideal weight after a patient goes to dialysis and all excess fluids is removed
Hormone that regulates blood pressure
What is renin?
This lab measures the amount of nitrogen in your blood that comes from urea
What is BUN?
The liver converts ammonia to this less harmful product
What is urea?
This stage of kidney disease requires dialysis or kidney transplant
What is stage 5 CKD?
A vascular access device that is not ideal, only used when other options are not available
What is a femoral vein catheter?
This is responsible for 1/3 of hospital acquired AKI
What is contrast nephropathy?
Keep this on ice and away from the light for a whole day or else you might have a very bad day
What is a 24-hour urine collection?
Name 2 of 3 ways to treat high ammonia levels
What are lactulose, xifaxan (rifaximin), and/or dialysis?
Name the 3 types of AKI
What are prerenal, intrarenal, and postrenal?
Make sure you are assessing bowel habits if a patient has this kind of dialysis or they may not have an effective treatment
What is peritoneal dialysis?
Name the three jobs the kidneys are responsible for
What are removing waste products, balancing the body’s fluids, and regulating hormones?
This lab calculates how effectively your kidneys are filtering blood
What is GFR?
It takes this much urine for a person to feel the urge to void
What is 150-250 ml?
To diagnose AKI the serum creatinine will increase by ______mg/dL or more within 48 hours
What is 0.3 mg/dL?
You’ll feel this as part of your assessment when you have a patient with an AV fistula
What is a thrill?