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What is the most important thing to do when a pt is in renal failure daily weights
if a 3rd heart sound is heard what does that mean they is strain on the right ventrical
protein is normally ____ in the urine absent
glucose is normally ________in the urine completly absent there should be none
if there is casts in the urine what does that mean tells there is a prob in the nephrons
what does it mean when there are RBCin the urine possible kidney stones
what does myoglobin in the urine mean there is a breakdown of muscles present
once serum glucose is greater than ___ it spills into the urine 200
in renal failure you will see an increase in potassium, and phosphates and a decrease in calcium
increased when renal function deteriorates BUN
Most accurate lab in telling kidney failure creatinine
BUN/creatinine ratio 10:1
change in the BUN/creatinine ratio indicated renal failure
die study IVP
test to outline kidney, ureters and bladder KUB
cath in the bladder through the urethera retrograde pyelogram
sudden decline in GFR with retention of metabolic waste, inability to maintain electrolyte and acidbase balance, problems with BP regulation and erythropoiesis Acute renal failure
acute rise in BUN and Cr azotemia
azotemia increase of serum creatinine of 0.5 or double the baseline
insult occurs before blood reaches kidneys, hypoperfusion, decreased GFR and oliguria pre-renal failure
involves nephrons, glomerular, vascular, interstitial , tubular, intra-renal renal failure
most common form of intrarenal failure, most common prolonged prerenal condition, effect of toxins on the tubules Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN)
past kindeys noe in the remainder of the urinary tract and there is obstruction post renal failure
the removal of excess fluid and electrolytes ouside the body via a dialyzer hemodialysis
hemodialysis uses when type of access vascular access
sew artery and vein together to make the vein big and have high flow, listen for a brui and feel for a thrill-no BP taken in this arm arterial-vein fistula
during hemodialysis you want to watch for clotting, temp, sterility
indications for hemodialysis chronic renal failure, complications of acute renal failure
contraindications for hemodialysis hemodynamicaly unstable, if bleeding dont use
complications of dialysis dysequillbrium, hypovolemia, hypotension, hypertension, muscle cramps, dysrhythmias, angina
what happens when you remove fluid to quickly muscle cramping
removes waste products slowly at a slow continuous siltration, used when uric acid needs to be aggressively managed and it is tolerated better in hemodynamically unstable patients (CRRT) continuous renal replacement therapies
the peritoneum is used as the semipermeabe membrane, osmosis is used to remov fluid, peritoneal cath is placed in surgery, used for pts who do not live close to a dialysis center Peritoneal dialysis
with peritoneal dialysis you need to watch for retained fluids if there are what do you do turn pt
patient needs to be in what position for peritoneal dialysis semifowlers
what is epogen used for to produce red blood cells eary on in renal failure
How to quickly treat Hypokalemia in renal failure insulin/glusose: 100ml D50 and 20 units insluin to fore K out of serum and into the cells
what is kayexalate an enema used to bind potassium
when administering meds to a pt with renal failure always have a ________check the med doses before giving them clinical pharmacist
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