NR341 / NR 341 Exam 2: (Latest Update 2025 /
2026) Complex Adult Health | Questions &
Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct.
Chamberlain
1. What is pulsus paradoxus?: decrease in >10mmHG in systole during
inspiration
2. Diuretics put a patient at risk for _________________ imbalance.:
electrolyte
3. What is Chovstek's sign?: sign of hypocalcemia. facial mm spasm when
you tap in front of pt's ear.
4. What is Trousseau's sign?: BP cuff inflated and causes a carpal spasm.
sign of hypocalcemia.
5. How is urine sodium affected by poor kidney perfusion?: it decreases
6. What is creatinine clearance?: the amount of blood cleared of creatinine
in 1 minute, indicator of renal function
,7. How is serum creatinine affected by kidney damage?: serum creatinine
concentration rises with kidney damage
8. What is a KUB?: x-ray of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder
9. What can a KUB detect that makes it a helpful diagnostic study for
renal disorders?: detects renal calculi
10. What can an intravenous pyelography detect?: detects anatomical
abnormalities
11. What does a retrograde pyelography do?: assesses renal size, ureteral
obstruction, and tumors
12. What does a antegrade pyelography do?: distinguishes cysts from
hydronephrosis
13. What does an ultrasonography do?: 1. measures dimension of kidneys
2. evaluates mass lesions
3. evaluates hydronephrosis
14. What does a renal angiography do?: evaluates renal blood flow
15. What does a ultrasonography do?: 1. measures dimensions of kidneys
2. evaluates mass lesions
, 3. evaluates hydronephrosis
16. What is the hallmark sign for acute kidney injury?: decreased
glomerular filtration rate and azotemia
17. What is oliguria?: Less than 500 cc of urine in 24 hours
18. What is anuria?: Less than 50 cc of urine in 24 hours
19. What is azotemia?: Inc BUN and creatinine in blood
-often with oliguria
20. What is uremia?: urine in the blood
21. What is azotemia?: increase in nitrogenous waste products in blood (not
getting filtered out by glomerulus)
22. What is prerenal azotemia?: decreased blood flow to the kidney causing
AKI
23. What is the most common type of AKI?: prerenal
24 What are the 3 types of AKI?: 1. prerenal
2. intrarenal
3. postrenal
25. What does RIFLE stand for?: Risk
2026) Complex Adult Health | Questions &
Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct.
Chamberlain
1. What is pulsus paradoxus?: decrease in >10mmHG in systole during
inspiration
2. Diuretics put a patient at risk for _________________ imbalance.:
electrolyte
3. What is Chovstek's sign?: sign of hypocalcemia. facial mm spasm when
you tap in front of pt's ear.
4. What is Trousseau's sign?: BP cuff inflated and causes a carpal spasm.
sign of hypocalcemia.
5. How is urine sodium affected by poor kidney perfusion?: it decreases
6. What is creatinine clearance?: the amount of blood cleared of creatinine
in 1 minute, indicator of renal function
,7. How is serum creatinine affected by kidney damage?: serum creatinine
concentration rises with kidney damage
8. What is a KUB?: x-ray of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder
9. What can a KUB detect that makes it a helpful diagnostic study for
renal disorders?: detects renal calculi
10. What can an intravenous pyelography detect?: detects anatomical
abnormalities
11. What does a retrograde pyelography do?: assesses renal size, ureteral
obstruction, and tumors
12. What does a antegrade pyelography do?: distinguishes cysts from
hydronephrosis
13. What does an ultrasonography do?: 1. measures dimension of kidneys
2. evaluates mass lesions
3. evaluates hydronephrosis
14. What does a renal angiography do?: evaluates renal blood flow
15. What does a ultrasonography do?: 1. measures dimensions of kidneys
2. evaluates mass lesions
, 3. evaluates hydronephrosis
16. What is the hallmark sign for acute kidney injury?: decreased
glomerular filtration rate and azotemia
17. What is oliguria?: Less than 500 cc of urine in 24 hours
18. What is anuria?: Less than 50 cc of urine in 24 hours
19. What is azotemia?: Inc BUN and creatinine in blood
-often with oliguria
20. What is uremia?: urine in the blood
21. What is azotemia?: increase in nitrogenous waste products in blood (not
getting filtered out by glomerulus)
22. What is prerenal azotemia?: decreased blood flow to the kidney causing
AKI
23. What is the most common type of AKI?: prerenal
24 What are the 3 types of AKI?: 1. prerenal
2. intrarenal
3. postrenal
25. What does RIFLE stand for?: Risk
