AV fistula assessment - Listen for Bruit, Feel for thrill
BPH treatment - -Alpha blockers [relax bladder neck muscles in the prostate making urination
easier]; alfuzosin (Uroxatral), doxazosin (Cardura), tamsulosin (Flomax), and silodosin (Rapaflo),
-5-alpha reductase inhibitors [shrink your prostate by preventing hormonal changes that cause prostate
growth]; finasteride (Proscar), dutasteride (Avodart)
-TURP
Cause of acute renal failure - Hypoxia or direct damage to kidney cells
Cause of BPH - unknown
cause of neurogenic bladder - impairment of bladder control due to brain or nerve conduction
cause of sickle cell anemia - inherited abnormal hemoglobin
, Affected area ulcerative colitis - sigmoid
causes of anemia - blood loss, low RBC production, high RBC destruction
hemodialysis - the process by which waste products are filtered directly from the patient's blood.
Blood leaves body
how to reduce incontinence - decrease caffeine, decrease alcohol, increase water, pelvic floor
exercises
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