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NUR 425 EXAM 5 COMPLETE
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The kidneys are responsible for excreting 90% of the body's ________?
Potassium
Sodium
Calcium
Magnesium
Ans: potassium
Quiz Which of the following is a function of the kidneys?
Break down platelets
Regulate blood pressure
Synthesize clotting factors
Secrete bil
Ans: regulate blood pressure
Quiz Which of the following could be considered a pre-renal cause of acute kidney
injury?
Benign prostatic hypertrophy
CT contrast dye
Aminoglycoside antibiotics
Gastrointestinal bleed
Ans: gastrointestinal bleed
Quiz Which of the following is a function of the kidneys?
Synthesize immune mediators
Synthesize calcitriol
Synthesize antidiuretic hormone
Synthesize corticosteroids
,Ans: synthesize calcitriol
Quiz Which of these is considered the "functional unit" of the kidney?
Nephron
Loop of henle
Glomerulus
Collecting duct
Ans: nephron
Quiz Which is true about acute kidney injury?
AKI is always preceded by direct trauma to the renal tissue
The most common cause is acute tubular necrosis
AKI is not reversible
The most common cause is infection
Ans: The most common cause is acute tubular necrosis
Quiz Which is a post-renal cause of acute kidney injury?
Administration of amphotericin B
Administration of excessive IV fluiids
Renal calculi
Severe dehyrdation
Ans: Renal calculi
Quiz Which is the most common cause of death for patients with acute kidney injury?
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Infection
Dehydration
Ans: infection
Quiz functions of the renal system
Ans: -filter blood plasma
-acid base balance
-fluid and electrolyte balance
-regulate blood volume
-secrete renin
-RBC production
-synthesize calcitriol
Quiz what is the number one cause of chronic kidney disease
, Ans: diabetic nephropathy
Quiz etiology of chronic kidney disease
Ans: -diabetic nephropathy
-hypertensive disease
-glomerulonephritis
-cystic kidney disease
Quiz number one cause of acute kidney disease
Ans: acute tubular necrosis
Quiz pre-renal etiology of acute kidney disease
Ans: -perfusion to the kidney
-when the heart isn't working well
-blood flow to the kidneys
kidneys stop making enough urine in response to poor perfusion
-resolves quickly with treatment of disease
Quiz intra-renal etiology of acute kidney disease
Ans: -direct hit to the kidney itself
-due to a direct problem with kidney
-acute tubular necrosis
-rhabdomyolysis
-contrast dye
-trauma
Quiz post-renal etiology of acute kidney disease
Ans: -obstruction of urine outflow
-prostate cancer
-kidney stones
-resolves quickly with treatment of cause
Quiz A patient with diabetes insipidus will present with which of the following?
Low urine output
High urine output
Low serum osmolality
High urine osmolality
Ans: High urine output
Quiz Which of the following is a disorder caused by low levels of antidiuretic
hormone?
Myxedema
Diabetes Insipidus