NUR 114 Kidney Stones Review Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 114
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NUR 114
Causes of kidney stones are? Genetic predisposition. Dehydration. Immobility. Excess dietary intake of calcium, oxalate [spinach, nuts, wheat bran] or proteins. Gout. Urinary stasis or repeated infections. Loss of calcium from bones.
The majority of kidney stones are? Idiopathic
Assessment of kid...
NUR 114 Kidney Stones Review
Questions and Correct Answers
Causes of kidney stones are? ✅Genetic predisposition.
Dehydration.
Immobility.
Excess dietary intake of calcium, oxalate [spinach, nuts, wheat bran] or proteins.
Gout.
Urinary stasis or repeated infections.
Loss of calcium from bones.
The majority of kidney stones are? ✅Idiopathic
Assessment of kidney stones. ✅Family history and genetic risk assessment.
Demographic data and personal history.
Diet history.
Socioeconomic status.
Current health problems.
Signs and symptoms of kidney stones. ✅pain.
n/v.
WBCs in urine.
HEMATURIA.
Costovertebral angle tenderness [cvat or cva] is also knows as Murphy's punch sign,
what is it? ✅A medical test in which pain is elicited by percussion of back areas.
Lab and diagnostic tests for Kidney stones. ✅Urinalysis.
Creatinine, BUN.
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) rate/minute.
Normal GFR is considered? ✅100: kidneys are working at 100 percent. Normal GFR
number is 90 or greater.
Diagnostic tests for kidney stones. ✅Intravenous pyelogram (IVP).
Cystoscopy to visualize and possibly remove calculi from bladder and ureters.
Post-void CT of kidneys, ureters, bladder (KUB).
Stone Analysis.
What is an IVP? ✅Intravenous pyelogram - *x-ray* examination of the kidneys, ureters
and urinary bladder that uses iodine contrast material injected into veins.
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