Nursing Care: Acute Renal Failure. Marvelous Series.

Postrenal Client with stones in the ureterClient with benign prostatic hypertrophy The nurse is caring for a client with acute kidney injury. The provider prescribes continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). What is the most common indication for using CRRT? cardiogenic shock What are intrarenal causes of acute kidney injury (AKI)? lacerated kidney chronic overuse of ibuprofen contrast medium acute glomerulonephritis The nurse frequently cares for clients at risk for acute renal failure. Which diagnostic studies are used to stage acute kidney injury (AKI)? serum creatinine and urine output Identifying abnormal kidney-related laboratory values is essential to the early recognition and management of acute kidney injury. Match the lab testing with normal results. urine specific gravity= 0.010 - 0.030 blood urea nitrogen (BUN)= 10 - 20 mg/dL bicarbonate= 22 -26 mEq/L calcium= 9 - 10.5 mg/dL glomerular filtration rate (GFR)= 90 - 120 mL/min blood urea nitrogen (BUN)/creatinine Ratio= 12:1 - 20:1 The nurse is caring for a client in the oliguric phase of acute kidney injury (AKI). Select the assessment findings the nurse anticipates.