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Renal Disorders NURS 5315 Test 4 Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass Nephrolithiasis - ANSWER-also known as kidney stones or renal calculi, is the presence of renal stones within the renal pelvis and/or calyces Risk factors of Nephrolithiasis - ANSWER-age, male gender, fluid intake, ...

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Nephrolithiasis - ANSWER✔✔-also known as kidney stones or renal

calculi, is the presence of renal stones within the renal pelvis and/or

calyces


Risk factors of Nephrolithiasis - ANSWER✔✔-age, male gender, fluid

intake, Caucasian, diet, HTN, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, obesity

and DM Type 2


Renal calculi are made up of - ANSWER✔✔-calcium, struvite, uric acid or

cystine (an amino acid found in most proteins)


idiopathic hypercalciuria or in the setting of hyperparathyroidism. -

ANSWER✔✔-Calcium stones typically occur from




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, What is the second most common type of renal calculi? - ANSWER✔✔-

Struvite stones


The most common type of renal calculi? - ANSWER✔✔-Calcium stones


Struvite stones are made of - ANSWER✔✔-magnesium, ammonium, and

phosphate salts


Which stones are the most troubling ones? - ANSWER✔✔-Struvite stones

because they frequently cause complications with intractable urinary tract

infections, pain, bleeding, and abscess


What are the third most common renal calculi? - ANSWER✔✔-Uric Acid

stones


What is the least common type of stone and most commonly occurs in

children? - ANSWER✔✔-Cystine stones


What results from the obstruction of the ureter and causes the urine to back

up into the kidney? - ANSWER✔✔-Hydronephrosis and renal failure


Gout results from.... - ANSWER✔✔-an accumulation of uric acid




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