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| complete cessation of urinary secretion |
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| slowness of heartbeat <50 beats per min. |
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| agent that increases secretion of urine |
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| fecal matter in the urine |
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| below normal blood pressure |
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| technique using sound waves to shatter large kidney stones into smaller bits that can pass easily |
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| act of voiding or urination |
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| excessive downward movement of kidney when erect. |
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| excretion of diminished amounts of urine. |
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| presence of gas in the urine. |
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| passage of a large volume of urine in a given time; associated with diabetes. |
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| absence of a functioning kidney |
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| involuntary passage or urine |
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| backward flow of urine from bladder into ureters or kidney |
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| nonfunctional exam of the urinary bladder.contrast is inserted through catheterization.The contrast is allowed to flow in by gravity only. |
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demonstrates cystitis,obstruction, reflux or calculi. reason for angle-to ensure bladder is not superimposed by pubic bones. 400-600 obliques. |
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| study of the urethra and the patients ablility to urinate; functional study. A Brodney clamp is used on male patients to "hold" penis and inject contrast. |
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Voiding Cystourethrography |
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| what is demonstrated best on a Voiding Cystourethrography |
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| Males urethra is best demonstrated on a 300 RPO |
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| enlargement of the prostate, may cause urethral compression and obstruction |
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| Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia-BPH |
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| stones that form in the bladder |
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| kidney that remains in the pelvis |
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| fusion of the kidneys at the lower poles |
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| stones formed in the kidney |
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| large stone that completely fills the renal pelvis, blocking the flow of urine. |
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| distension of the renal pelvis as the result of obstruction |
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| artifical opening between the rectum and bladder, 60% are a result of diverticulosis |
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| number of protons in the nuclei |
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| factors of a patients history or present status that indicate that a medical procedure should not be performed or that a medication should not be given. |
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| nitrogen waste products of metabolism excreted by the kidneys filtration system; high levels indicated poor filtration. |
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| leakage from a vessel into surrounding tissue |
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| diagnostic agents that are placed in the body to enchance subject contrast in anatomic areas where low subject contrast exists |
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| the ablility to enchance contrast depends on the |
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| contrast medias are classified as |
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| negative or positive agents |
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| decrease attenuation of the beam and produce increased areas of density on the film |
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| agents increase the attenuation of the beam and produce areas of decreased density on the film |
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| the body absorbs x-ray photons according to the various tissue atomic numbers. High atomic number tissue absorbs more photons than low atomic number tissues |
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Brace my fat ankle (bone muscle fat air) |
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| an upright ----will demonstrate;an enlarge prostate,bladder prolapse or positional change of the kidneys |
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