Questions and Answers Study Guide
ERYTHROPOIETIN
RENIN
THE ACTIVE FORM OF VIT. D - ✔✔KIDNEYS ALSO PRODUCE THREE IMPORTANT HORMONES:
ERYTHROPOIETIN - ✔✔STIMULATES THE BONE MARROW TO MAKE RBC'S
active form of vitamin D - ✔✔HELPS CONTROL THE CALCIUM BALANCE IN THE BODY
RENIN - ✔✔HELPS REGULATE BLOOD PRESSURE
•Poor feeder
•Failure to gain weight/Dehydration
•Tachypnea (from metabolic acidosis)
•Respiratory Distress
•Frequent urination
•Crying/Fussiness
•Poor urine stream
•Jaundice
•Enlarged bladder/kidney
•Seizures - ✔✔RENAL/URINARY DISORDERSAssessment •Neonate (Birth to 1 month)
-Poor feeding
-Vomiting
, -Failure to gain weight (usually dehydration)
-Excessive thirst
-Frequent urination
-Straining/screaming with urination
-Foul smelling urine
-Pallor/ Paleness
-Fever
-Persistent diaper rash
-Seizures
-Enlarged kidneys/bladder - ✔✔RENAL/URINARY DISORDERS Assessment •Infancy (1-24
months)
•GI problems (poor appetite, vomiting, FTT)
•Fatigue
•Urine pattern (frequent, enuresis, blood, pain)
•Edema (generalized, facial)
•Hypertensive
•Abdomen/back pain - ✔✔RENAL/URINARY DISORDERSAssessment •Childhood (2-14 years)
1-2 ml/kg/hr - ✔✔•RENAL OUTPUT SHOULD BE
less than 1.0 ml/kg/hr - ✔✔oligiuria
MORE THAN 3ML/KG/ HR - ✔✔•POLYURIA
30 ML/ HR - ✔✔•OLDER KIDS SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST _______ ML/HR