Exam 16: Acute Kidney Injury

Daily weights are being recorded for the patient with a urine output that has been less than the intravenous and oral intake.The weight yesterday was 97.5 kg.This morning it is 99 kg.The nurse understands that this corresponds to a(n)

The patient is in need of immediate hemodialysis,but has no vascular access.The nurse prepares the patient for insertion of

Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk of developing acute kidney injury? A patient who

A normal glomerular filtration rate is

The patient is complaining of severe flank pain when he tries to urinate.His urinalysis shows sediment and crystals along with a few bacteria.Using this information along with the clinical picture,the nurse realizes that the patient's condition is

The nurse is caring for a patient who has sustained blunt trauma to the left flank area,and is evaluating the patient's urinalysis results.The nurse should become concerned when

The patient's potassium level is 7.0 mEq/L.Besides dialysis,which of the following actually reduces plasma potassium levels and total body potassium content safely in a patient with renal dysfunction?

Identify which substances in the glomerular filtrate would indicate a problem with renal function.(Select all that apply.)

The most common cause of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients is

Complications common to patients receiving hemodialysis for acute kidney injury include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a patient receiving peritoneal dialysis.The patient suddenly complains of abdominal pain and chills.The patient's temperature is elevated.The nurse should

Acute kidney injury from postrenal etiology is caused by

The patient is in the critical care unit and will receive dialysis this morning.The nurse will (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is assessing a patient with a new arteriovenous fistula,but does not hear a bruit or feel a thrill.Pulses distal to the fistula are not palpable.The nurse should

Slow continuous ultrafiltration is also known as isolated ultrafiltration and is used to

The critical care nurse is responsible for monitoring the patient receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).In doing so,the nurse should

Conditions that produce acute kidney injury by directly acting on functioning kidney tissue are classified as intrarenal.The most common intrarenal condition is

The patient is admitted with acute kidney injury from a postrenal cause.Acceptable treatments for that diagnosis include: (Select all that apply.)

The patient has been admitted to the hospital with nausea and vomiting that started 5 days earlier.Blood pressure is 80/44 mm Hg and heart rate is 122 beats/min; the patient has not voided in 8 hours,and the bladder is not distended.The nurse anticipates a prescription for "stat" administration of

The patient's serum creatinine level is 0.7 mg/dL.The expected BUN level should be