1.Dehydration: Occurs when your body loses more fluid than it takes in.
*Remember water can also be lost through breathing and sweating
2.Dehydration symptoms: dry mouth, thirst, headache,dizziness,
fatigue, and dark colored urine
3.Hyperkalemia: occurs in a patient with DM and very high blood sugar
4.Symptoms of Glomerulonephritis: sudden onset of hematuria, red
blood cell casts,mild protenuria,edema, hypertnsion and oliguria
5.Pyelonephritis: will show white blood cell cast
6.Nephrolithiasis: Patient needs to increase fluid intake
7.Most commone factor in developing bladder cancer: Smoking
8.Secondary hypertension: Renal stenosis and adrenal tumors need to
be ruled out
9.Physiological changes found in the elderly: includ an icrease in the fat
to body ratio, if not physical activity implemented, a decrease in the
ability of the liver to metabolize drugs and loss of hearing
10.Emphysema: can case respiratory acidosis
11.Nephrotic syndrome: kidnsye disorder characterized by the presence
of cer- tain symptoms and abnormalities in the urine.
12.What causes nephrotic syndrom: occurs when small blood vessles in
the kidneys called glomeruli, become damaged ad allow proteins to
leak into the urine
13.Main symptoms of nephrotic syndrome: proteinuria, edema,
hypoalbumine- mia, and hyperlipidemia
14.Hypovolemia: due to hemorrhage is cause of prerenal acute kidney
injury
15.Hypercalcemia: Is often present in patients with hyperparathyroidism
16.A k+ of 6.1: would lean towards acidosis
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