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GU Alterations
Test #4
Question | Answer |
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IVP | IV injection of contrast medium and X-Rays are taken at 5, 10 & 15 minutes |
VCUG | contrast medium is instilled into bladder via urethral catheter, X-rays are taken before, during and after voiding |
Pyelonephritis & fever Tx | hospitalized and given IV antibiotics for a minimum of 48 hrs |
Vesicoureteral Reflux | Retrograde flow of bladder urine into the ureters |
Nephrotic Syndrome | a group of symptoms that defines glomeruli injury in children: Primary-restricted to glomeruli injury, Secondary-result of systemic illnes, Congenital-autosomal recessive |
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome | Acute renal failure, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia |
Nocturnal Enuresis | after 5 years of age, voiding must occur at least twice a week for at least 3 months |
Cryptorchidism | Failure of one or both testes to descend normally through the inguinal canal into the scrotum |
True undescended cryptorchidism | abdominal, canalicular, ectopic |
Retractile cryptorchidism | normally descended testes that are pulled back up into the inguinal canal, result of a hyperactive cremastic reflex |
Absence cryptorchidism | true absence of testes |
Orchiopexy | surgical repair of cryptorchidism |
Inguinal Hernia | persistance of all or part of the processus vaginalis through the inguinal canal into the scrotum |