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GU & Renal
exam 4
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Pathology
Undergraduate 3
04/26/2011

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Urgency, delayed starting urine flow, and decrease urine output
Definition
In Benign prostatic hypertrophy, the prostate gland enlarges & compresses the urethra causing what S&S?
Term
prostate cancer
Definition
Elevated PSA (prostate-specific antigen), is a sign of what malignant neoplastic condition?
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testicular cancer
Definition
Unresolved crytorchidism (undescended testes) is a risk factor for what?
Term
dysmenorrhea
Definition
Painful menstruation that is more frequent, and larger in bleeding volume
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ovarian cancer
Definition
Patient comes in complaining of feeling bloated, having mild abdominal discomfort, and constipation.. What is the possible sequela?
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"colicky"
Definition
A patient with kidney stones will have this type of movement in which moving around seems to help their pain?
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PID, pelvis inflammatory disease
Definition
Patient with this type of infection would want to "stay still" because movement with this type of infection worsens the pain?
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HSV1 aka cold sores
Definition
Which herpes simple virus is not considered an STI, HSV1 or HSV2?
Term
uterine prolapse (falling down of uterus)
Definition
What is the best example of a specific obstruction in women that leads to decreased urine flow?
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kidney stones
Definition
Renal calculi, renal lithiasis, and neprolithiasis are all words that refer to ___________ ____________
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high; low
Definition
If the kidney are not functioning properly, the serum creatinine & urea nitrogen levels would be _______ and the amount of creatinine & urea nitrogen in the urine would be ______
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Intrarenal AKI
Definition
This type of AKI (acute kidney injury) involves the formation of casts?
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BPH; uterine prolapse
Definition
Examples of postrenal AKI would be urethel obstruction such as _______ in a man & _________ __________ in a woman.
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Calcium
Definition
If the kidneys are not functioning properly, vitamin D is not being activated.. This would lead to decreased absorption of what cation?
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Creatinine
Definition
High serum levels of this waste is almost always a sign of renal dysfunction
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metabolic acidosis
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Sick kidneys inability to regulate/synthesize HCO3 would lead to what type of acid-base imbalance?
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azotemia
Definition
High serum waste levels in your blood is referred to as __________
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low
Definition
Low concentration of the urine would equal a high or low specific gravity?
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anemia
Definition
A sick kidneys' inability to secrete EPO can lead to what?
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HYPERkalemic & HYPERnatremic
Definition
In a sick kidney, the DCT is nonresponsive to Aldosterone... that would cause the patient to be ____kalemic and ______natremic (hypo or hyper)?
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hydronephritis
Definition
Enlargement of & pressure in the renal pelvis and calyces due to a retrograde of urinary flow is?
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