Chapter 47: Nursing Management: Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After the insertion of an arteriovenous graft (AVG) in the right forearm‚ a 54-year-old patient complains of pain and coldness of the right fingers. Which action should the nurse take? a. Teach the patient about normal AVG function. b. Remind the patient to take a daily low-dose aspirin tablet. c. Report the patient’s symptoms to the health care provider. d. Elevate the patient’s arm on pillows
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|Chapter 44 | | | |Management of Patient with Renal Disorders | | | | | | | |Submitted by: | |Inac‚ Sarah Gaile T.
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Panel Survey‚ (MEPS‚ 2008) estimated that the percentage of uninsured Americans under age 65 represented 27% of the population. According the MEPS data‚ nearly 54 million Americans under the age of 65 were uninsured in the first-half of 2007. The study also shows that based on the effects of the recession alone (not job loss); it is projected that nearly seven (7) million Americans will lose their health insurance coverage between 2008 and 2010 (DeNavas et al.‚ 2007). Urban Institute researchers
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ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE: APPLYING THE PIRO CONCEPT Danielle Adebayo‚ Vincenzo Morabito‚ Rajiv Jalan Liver Failure Group‚ UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health‚ UCL Medical School‚ Royal Free Hospital‚ London‚ UK Disclosure: No potential conflict of interest Citation: EMJ Hepatol. 2013;1:38-43. ABSTRACT Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)‚ a clinical syndrome associated with a dismal prognosis‚ occurs acutely in previously stable cirrhotic patients. An important feature
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Renal disease case study This case relates to renal disease; therefore~ purposefully look into the medication use and vocabulary as they relate to renal patients. Vocabulary: Before attempting to work the case study‚ define each of the vocabulary words. Although the words may have several subheadings‚ it will give you a place to begin your inquiry. When reviewing the vocabulary words‚ you might want to ask several questions: who‚ what‚ where‚ when‚ why and how. This should give you a much broader
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Renal failure can be caused by many different factors. Something that would cause a failure would be impaired blood flow to the kidney. Ways this could happen could be: blood or fluid loss blood pressure medications‚ heart attack‚ heart disease‚ infection‚ liver failure‚ use of aspirin‚ ibuprofen (Advil‚ Motrin IB‚ others)‚ naproxen (Aleve‚ others) or related drugs‚ severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis)‚ severe burns‚ or severe dehydration. Another way renal failure could occur is if there is direct
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Renal tumors (neoplasms) are abnormal tissue formation on or around the kidney (Nogueras‚ Thomas‚ & Porter‚ 2015). Renal tumors may alter renal function. The most common malignant renal tumors are renal cell carcinomas‚ which originates in the renal cortex. Transitional cell carcinomas are the second most common form of renal tumors. Men and older age are at both common risk factors for renal tumors. Other risk factors include: obesity‚ exposure to asbestos‚ cadmium‚ and gasoline‚ the use of phenacetin
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Nephron Sparing Transcatheter Renal Artery Embolization in Trauma Patient Introduction: Acute renal hemorrhage is a common medical emergency‚ which can lead to hemorrhagic shock and eventual death. Complete nephrectomy is used in emergency surgery and is associated with significant postoperative complications. Employing nephron sparing super-selective Transcatheter renal artery embolization techniques can be used to treat acute renal bleeding disorders eliminating need for exploratory laparotomy
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Renal Disease Renal Disease Leading to Kidney Failure Abstract Each year hundreds of thousands of patients begin dialysis due to kidney failure. A review of diseases that cause kidney failure can help build an understanding. Glomerulonephritis‚ polycystic kidney disease and tumors are some of the many diseases that may affect the kidney. They have similarities between them in terms of symptoms and may have an association with malignancy. The epidemiology‚ pathology‚ and pathogenesis
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^2 or lbs x 703/height^2 Stoma assessment = check size‚ color‚ drainage‚ skin‚ should be shiny‚ moist‚ deep rich red Pancreatitis = autodigestion of the pancreas from premature activation of the digestive enzymes. Chronic is from ETOH usage‚ acute is from autodigestion. In pancreatitis‚ the “ases” (aces) are high. Low calcium and magnesium. s/s Ulcerative Colitis = in large intestine‚ ab pain/cramping right lower‚ anorexia‚ weight loss‚ fever‚ diarrhea 15-20x‚ mucus‚ blood‚ retal bleeding
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