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UTI
quiz 1
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Nursing
Pre-School
09/12/2014

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Term
Upper UTI's are known as ?
Definition
  • pyelonephritis(kidney)
  • ureteritis(ureters)
Term
Lower UTI's are known as ?
Definition
  • cystitis - bladder
  • Urethritis - urethra
Term
risk factors for UTI's are ?
Definition
  • to empty bladder completely
  • obstructed/strictures/contractures
  • tumors/compression
  • calculi
  • dec immune response
  • inflammation/abrasion
  • disease - MS/gout/dm
  • pregnancy
Term
UTI's and older adults ?
Definition
  • chronic medical conditions
  • frequent use of antimicrobial agents
  • infected pressure ulcers
  • immunocompromised
  • cognitive impairment
  • immobility
  • incomplete emptying of bladder
  • bedpan use
Term
routes for UTI;s are ?
Definition
  • transurethral(most common)
  • bloodstream
  • fistula from the intestine
Term
S/S of Upper UTI's / Acute Pyelonephritis ?
Definition
  • chills/fever
  • low back pain
  • flank pain
  • N/V
  • CVA tenderness
Term
Lower UTI's S/S are ?
Definition
  • back pain
  • hematuria
  • cloudy urine
  • inability to urinate
  • dysuria
  • suprapubic pain
Term
elderly patients UTI's s/s ?
Definition
  • frequency / urgency may occur
  • altered sensorium
  • lethargy
  • anorexia
  • new incontinence
  • fever
Term
uncomplicated UTI's are ?
Definition
  • community acquired  - snf prison
  • common in young women
  • not usually recurrent

 

Term
complicated uti's are ?
Definition
  • nosocomial - hospital
  • pts with urologic abnormalities
  • pregnancy
  • immunosuppression
  • dm
  • obstructions
  • often recurrent
Term
diagnostic tests for UTI's ?
Definition
  • urine culture c/s
  • wbc
  • U/A - nitrates and leukocytes
  • ct scan
  • ultrasound
  • iv pyelogram
  • cystoscopy
Term
Pharm for UTI's are ?
Definition
  • sulfamethoxazole - bactrim, septra
  • amoxicillin - amoxil, augmentin
  • nitrofurantoin- furadantin s/e dark urine
  • ampicillin
  • ciprofloxacin - cipro s/e high c diff rate
  • levofloxacin - levaquin "    "      "
Term
urinary analgesic is ?
Definition
  • pyridium - phenazopyridine
  • s/e turns urine orange
Term
pharm for pyelonephritis are?
Definition
  • ciproflaxin  - quinolone / fluoroquinolones
  • cefriaxone - rocephin cephalosporin
  • aminoglycosides
    • tobramycin
    • gentamycin
    • neomycin
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