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Renal Vocab
basic renal vocab for the nurse
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Undergraduate 3
04/17/2006

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Dysuria
Definition
Painful or difficult urination; UTI; interstitial cystitis
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Frequency
Definition
Increased incidence of urinating; acutely inflamed bladder, retention with overflow, excess fluid intake
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Enuresis
Definition
Involuntary nocturnal urinating; lower UT disorder
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Hesitancy
Definition
Delay or difficulty ininitiating urination; partial urethral obstruction
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Urgency
Definition
Strong desire to urinate; inflammatory lesions in bladder or urethra, acute bacterial infection
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Hematuria
Definition
Blood in the urine; cancer of GU tract, blood dyscrasias, renal disease, TUI, stones inkidney or reter, medications (anticoagulants)
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Burning on urination
Definition
Stinging pain in urethral area; urethral irritation, UTI
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Pneumaturia
Definition
Passage of urine containing gas; fistual connections between bowel and bladder, gas-forming UTI
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Retention
Definition
Ibability to urinate, even though bladder contains excessive amount of urine; finding after pelvic surgery, childbirth, catheter removal, urethral stricture or obstruction; neurogenic bladder; postanesthesia
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Pain
Definition
Presence over syprapubic area (bladder), urethral pain (irritation of bladder neck), flank (CVA) pain; infection, urinary retention, foreign body in UT, urethritis, pyelonephritis, renal colic or stones
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Pain
Definition
Presence over syprapubic area (bladder), urethral pain (irritation of bladder neck), flank (CVA) pain; infection, urinary retention, foreign body in UT, urethritis, pyelonephritis, renal colic or stones
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Incontinence
Definition
Inability to voluntarily control discharge of urine; neurogenic bladder, bladder infection, injury to external sphincter
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Stress incontinence
Definition
Involuntary urination with increased pressure (sneezing, coughing); weakness of sphincter control
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Nocturia
Definition
Frequency of urination at night; renal disease with impaired concentrating ability, bladder obstruction, CHF, DM, finding after renal transplant
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Polyuria
Definition
Large volume of urine in a given time; DM, diabetes insipidus, chronic renal failure, diuretics, excess fluid intake
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Anuria
Definition
Technically no urination (24-hr urine ouput <100ml); acute renal failure, ESRD, bilateral ureteral obstruction
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Oliguria
Definition
Diminished amount of urine in a given time (24-hr urine output of 100-400 ml); severe dehydration, shock, transfusion reaction, kidney disease, ESRD
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Proteinuria
Definition
Protein in the urine; acute and chronic renal disease especially involving glomeruli; high-protein diet; strenuous exercise; dehydration; fever; emotional stress; vaginal secretions may give false results
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Nephrectomy
Definition
Removal of kidney
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Uremia
Definition
Condition in which renal function declines to the point that symptoms develop in multiple body systems; urea accumulates in the blood
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