Venipuncture
Placement of tourniquet above injection site
What is 6-8 inches?
A radiographic examination of the urinary bladder
What is cystography?
The ureters enter this surface of the urinary bladder.
What is the posterolateral surface?
3 examples of mild reactions.
What are (1) sensation of warmth, (2)metallic taste, and (3) sneezing?
Daily Double *****
For an AP Axial Cystogram, where the CR is directed.
For an AP Oblique Cystogram, where the CR is directed.
What is 10-15 caudal to 2" above the pubic symphysis.
What is 2 " above pubic symphysis & 2" toward elevated side.
Angle of needle to skin's surface when entering the skin at the venipuncture site,
What is 45 degrees?
What is cystourethrography?
A longitudinal slit on the concave medial border of each kidney for transmission of the blood and lymphatic vessels, nerves, and ureter.
What is hilum?
Where compression applied for Excretory Urography.
What is over the distal ureters at the level of the ASIS.
The body rotation for an AP oblique projection of the urinary bladder.
What is 40-60 degrees?
This complication occurs when medication or contrast material enters the soft tissue instead of the vein.
What is infiltration (or estravasation)?
This examination is considered to be an operative procedure.
What is retrograde urography?
!!DAILY DOUBLE!!
The length of the female and male urethras
What is 1.5" in the female and 7"-8" in the male?
The best overall indicator of kidney function.
What is glomerular filtration rate?
Essential projection for male cystourethrography.
What is AP oblique?
The treatment for infiltration.
What is (1) cold compress to alleviate pain at the injection site and (2) warm compress to increase blood flow to the site for more rapid absorption of the extravasated contrast?
How much is the patient rotated for an AP oblique projection of the urinary system?
What is 30 degrees?
A cluster of blood capillaries that serves as the filter for the blood in the kidney
What is glomerulus?
The normal GFR range.
What is 90 to 120 mL/min?
Fusion of the kidneys, usually at the lower poles.
What is horseshoe kidney?
2 inches circular area
The filling technique used to get contrast medium into the urinary bladder for a cystogram.
What is retrograde filling technique?
Extensions of the renal cortex that extend medially between the pyramids to the renal sinus.
What are renal columns?
What is 2 to 8 minutes
For which body habitus will the kidneys lie at the lowest level?
What is asthenic?