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1.Production & elimination of urine
2.Regulate water, electrolytes, and acid-base content of blood
3.Selectively filter out metabolic waste products
4.Reabsorption of vital minerals & fluid
5.B/P regulation
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2 kidneys, 2 ureters, urinary bladder, & urethra
>1 million nephrons (functional unit) /kidney
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| the loss of bladder control |
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| ischuria, is a lack of ability to urinate |
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•Amount of urine in bladder after voiding
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•Catheterization (px) & Catheter
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-HC providers
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Definition: (tool) (AKA: when a nurse inserts or performs a cath
•RN: Foley catheter, Straight or French Catheter -- urethral cath
•MD/DO: Ureteral Catheter, Nephrostomy catheter
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| is the need to get up in the night to urinate, thus interrupting sleep. Its occurrence is more frequent in pregnant women and in the elderly. |
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| is the presence of red blood cells |
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| In medicine, pyuria is the condition of urine containing pus. |
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| Prescence of protien in the urine |
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| The urgent need to uriniate. |
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| the rate at which one uriniates. |
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| Difficulty starting or maintaining a urine stream is called urinary hesitancy. |
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Common S/Sx of urinary disorders
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•Flank pain, lumbar pain
•From tenderness to intense pain
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•Fever
•low - moderate grade
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•N/V; Anorexia*
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•Malaise, fatigue, & lethargy*
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| The creatinine clearance test compares the level of creatinine in urine with the creatinine level in the blood. |
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| Cystoscopy is a test that allows your doctor to look at the interior lining of the bladder and the urethra. |
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| Cystectomy is a medical term for surgical removal of all or part of the urinary bladder. |
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| surgical transplantation of the ureters to a new site in the bladder. |
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| Surgical removal of a kidney with its ureter. |
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| A ureteral stent, sometimes as well called ureteric stent, is a thin tube inserted into the ureter to prevent or treat obstruction of the urine flow from the kidney. |
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End-Stage Renal Disease
Renal function <20-25% normal
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•Etiology must be corrected then ? Resolves
•May progress to CRF
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•*Correction of Etiology – if possible
•Diuretics
•Possibly Dialysis:
üAcute vs. Chronic
•Peritoneal Dialysis
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•Hemodialysis (blood-Cleansing)
•Possibly Renal Transplantation
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•Acute or Chronic Renal Insufficiency
Precursor to?
2ndary to?
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•Precursor to Acute or Chronic Renal Failure;
•May be secondary to other conditions: Diabetes, HTN, drugs
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•Acute or Chronic Renal Insufficiency
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•Def: Renal function deterioration resulting in BUN & serum Creatinine & decreased GFR
•Usually with Oliguria or Anuria
•Other major organs affected: Heart, brain, liver
•Can be Acute or Chronic
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*Renal Insufficiency & Renal Failure
Dx?
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•Dx:
•GFR, BUN, Creatinine
•IVP
•Renal Arteriograms
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Chronic Renal Failure
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•Def: Gradual, progressive deterioration of kidney function
•with failure to restore renal ischemia;
•resulting in BUN and serum Creatinine & decreased GFR; uremia
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Chronic Renal Failure
Causes – secondary to |
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•Unresolved ATN (Acute Tubular Necrosis)
•DM
•HTN
•Hypertensive Renal Disease
•Chronic Glomerulonephritis
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