Prompt one
From the case study, the following potential issues may place RK at risk for acute kidney injury; Rhabdomyolysis, antibiotic therapy, Diabetes diagnosis, an overdose of painkillers, and Aminoglycoside.
Prompt two
One of the issues that can place RK at risk of developing acute kidne...
From the case study, the following potential issues may place RK at risk for acute kidney
injury; Rhabdomyolysis, antibiotic therapy, Diabetes diagnosis, an overdose of painkillers, and
Aminoglycoside.
Prompt two
One of the issues that can place RK at risk of developing acute kidney injury is
Rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis is a condition that occurs when an individual has damaged
skeletal muscle and the products of the breakdown are released into the blood circulation results
in severe kidney injury (Petejova, Martinek, & Zadrazil, 2018). RK has damaged skeletal
muscles due to fracture on the femur and tibia hence the likelihood of developing
Rhabdomyolysis is high, which consequently results in acute kidney injury as a severe
complication.
Another issue that can place RK at high risk of developing acute kidney injury is
antibiotic therapy. RK is placed on the administration of antibiotics such as prophylactic
aminoglycoside meant to heal fractures. Treatment of open fractures using antibiotics has been
impacting positively by reducing rates of infections (Pannell et al., 2016). Therefore, antibiotics
are important in the healing of open fractures. However, such antibiotics result in acute kidney
injuries in such patients (Pannell et al., 2016). Doctors in the critical care unit were treating RK
using antibiotics such as Aminoglycosides hence high chances of developing the issue.
Furthermore, diabetes mellitus is another issue that results in acute kidney injury in a
patient like RK. Acute kidney injuries are one of the clinical prognostic problems that are
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