chronic kidney disease case study Exam 1 Solved 100% Correct!!

accurate description of CKD? - It is a fatal disorder unless renal replacement therapy is received. known risk factor for renal failure. - Diabetes mellitus additional history may be related to the onset of ESRD? - Hypertension Polycystic Kidney Disease. African American ethnicity. what lab value is likely to be decreased in a client with chronic kidney disease? - Serum calcium -Serum calcium is decreased in CKD in response to an increase in serum phosphorous. hemoglobin level is 7.8. Which underlying pathology does the nurse recognize as the cause of this abnormal lab value? - Fewer red blood cells are being formed. additional assessment finding is consistent with ESRD? - Yellow-gray pallor. Decreased attention span. Tall tented T waves on electrocardiogram. pathology resulting in her hypertension? - Activation of the renin-angiotensin cycle and excretion of aldosterone causes hypertension. assessment finding indicates to the nurse that the desired outcome of the calcium acetate (PhosLo) has been achieved? - Serum phosphorous of 4.0 mg/dL. assessment should the nurse perform to determine if the desired outcome of the captopril (Capoten) has been achieved? - Blood sment data indicates to the nurse that the desired outcome of the epoetin alfa (Epogen) has been achieved? - Conjunctival sac returns to a reddish-pink color