Disorders of the kidney and urinary tract Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers.
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Disorders Of The Kidney And Urinary Tract
Disorders of the kidney and urinary tract
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Name three reasons why infants are more likely to develop fluid volume deficits than adults. -
answer1) Infants have a greater surface area for fluid losses
2) Infants have immature kidneys and are unable to c...
Disorders of the kidney and urinary tract
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Name three reasons why infants are more likely to develop fluid volume deficits than adults. -
answer✔1) Infants have a greater surface area for fluid losses
2) Infants have immature kidneys and are unable to concentrate urine
3) 80% of an infants TBW is water
As we age does ECF increase or decrease? What about ICF? - answer✔ECF increases and ICF
decreases b/c as we age, our cells die
Does hypochloremia increase or decrease cell excitability? - answer✔It increases excitability -
signs and symptoms of hypochloremia are likely to be tremors, twitching, seizures, etc.
What are two major roles of potassium? - answer✔1) transmission and conduction of nerve
impluses
2) contraction of cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle
How can glucocorticoids affect fluid/electrolyte balance and what are likely assessment
findings? - answer✔1) isotonic fluid excess and hypokalemia
2) edema, weight gain, skeletal muscle weakness, constipation, abd. distention
How can hyperventilation and crying affect fluid/electrolyte balance and what are likely
assessment findings? - answer✔1) respiratory alkalosis
2) paresthesias of fingers, lightheadedness, confusion
How can opioid overdoses affect fluid/electrolyte balance and what are likely assessment
findings? - answer✔1) respiratory acidosis
2) slow, shallow respirations, low pH, high CO2
How can excessive vomiting affect fluid/electrolyte balance and what are likely assessment
findings? - answer✔1) isotonic fluid deficit, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis
2) tachycardia, rapid weight loss, low UOP, skeletal muscle weakness, slow and shallow
respirations, lethargy
How can hyperparathyroidism affect fluid/electrolyte balance and what are likely assessment
findings? - answer✔1) hypercalcemia
What are several main functions of the kidney? - answer✔1) excretion of waste
2) regulate F/E
3) regulation of fluid osmolarity
4) regulation of arterial pressure
5) acid-base balance
6) erythrocyte production
7) secretion, metabolism, excretion of hormones
8) gluconeogenesis
What is urea? - answer✔the product of amino acid metabolism
What is creatinine? - answer✔waste product from muscle metabolism that has no real function.
Best indirect GFR measure.
What is uric acid? - answer✔a waste produce of purine (involved in gout)
What is more important, overall amount of an electrolyte, or the concentration of that electrolyte
to the amount of body fluid? - answer✔concentration! (this is why we measure labs in meq/L
etc.)
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