NUR 241:
Nutrition, Wk. 8,
Ch. 19 "Diet in
Renal Disease"
Questions with
complete
verified
solutions(GRADE
D A+)
Two leading causes of chronic kidney disease? - answer 1. Diabetes
2. Hypertension
, What are the functions of your kidney? - answer 1. Maintain blood
volume
2. Excrete waste products
3. Regulation of acid-base balance
4. Regulation of calcium & phosphorous metabolism
5. Red blood cell production
Kidneys remove? - answer toxins & waste
Kidney produces? - answer Active form of vitamin D which helps the
body to absorb calcium
Kidney regulates? - answer Calcium and Phosphorous metabolism
Kidney produces what chemical substance that stimulates your bone
marrow? - answer Production of red blood cells
One condition that a chronic kidney disease patient would have is? -
answer anemia due to the lack of red blood cell production within
ones bone marrow
What is the byproduct (waste) of protein? - answer B.U.N.
Chronic Kidney Disease patients will have a high BUN lab result due
to the kidneys inability to filter out waste or in this case BUN
Lab result showed an increased volume of Creatine in their blood.
What can you concur would also be a symptom of high creatine
levels related to the muscle? - answer loss of lean muscle mass
Nutrition, Wk. 8,
Ch. 19 "Diet in
Renal Disease"
Questions with
complete
verified
solutions(GRADE
D A+)
Two leading causes of chronic kidney disease? - answer 1. Diabetes
2. Hypertension
, What are the functions of your kidney? - answer 1. Maintain blood
volume
2. Excrete waste products
3. Regulation of acid-base balance
4. Regulation of calcium & phosphorous metabolism
5. Red blood cell production
Kidneys remove? - answer toxins & waste
Kidney produces? - answer Active form of vitamin D which helps the
body to absorb calcium
Kidney regulates? - answer Calcium and Phosphorous metabolism
Kidney produces what chemical substance that stimulates your bone
marrow? - answer Production of red blood cells
One condition that a chronic kidney disease patient would have is? -
answer anemia due to the lack of red blood cell production within
ones bone marrow
What is the byproduct (waste) of protein? - answer B.U.N.
Chronic Kidney Disease patients will have a high BUN lab result due
to the kidneys inability to filter out waste or in this case BUN
Lab result showed an increased volume of Creatine in their blood.
What can you concur would also be a symptom of high creatine
levels related to the muscle? - answer loss of lean muscle mass