Exam 16: Acute Kidney Injury

A 100-kg patient gets hemodialysis 3 days a week.In planning the care for this patient,the nurse recommends

What is a minimally acceptable urine output for a patient weighing 75 kg?

Noninvasive diagnostic procedures used to determine kidney function include which of the following?

The nurse is caring for a patient who has undergone major abdominal surgery.The nurse notices that the patient's urine output has been less than 20 mL/hour for the past 2 hours.The patient's blood pressure is 100/60 mm Hg,and the pulse is 110 beats/min.Previously,the pulse was 90 beats/min with a blood pressure of 120/80 mm Hg.The nurse should

The nurse is caring for a patient who has a temporary percutaneous dialysis catheter in place.In caring for this patient,the nurse should

The patient is in a progressive care unit following arteriovenous fistula implantation in his left upper arm,and is due to have blood drawn with his next set of vital signs and assessment.When the nurse assesses the patient,the nurse should

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

In calculating the glomerular filtration rate (GFR)results for women,the creatinine clearance is usually:

The patient is getting hemodialysis for the second time when he complains of a headache and nausea and,a little later,of becoming confused.The nurse realizes these are symptoms of

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

The patient is in the critical care unit and will receive dialysis this morning.The nurse will

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

The patient has elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN)and serum creatinine levels with a normal BUN/creatinine ratio.These levels most likely indicate

The patient is diagnosed with acute kidney injury and has been getting dialysis 3 days per week.The patient complains of general malaise and is tachypneic.An arterial blood gas shows that the patient's pH is 7.19,with a PCO₂ of 30 mm Hg and a bicarbonate level of 13 mEq/L.The nurse prepares to

The nurse is caring for a patient with acute kidney injury who is being treated with hemodialysis.The patient asks if he will need dialysis for the rest of his life.Which of the following would be the best response?

The nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted with renal insufficiency.An expected laboratory finding for this patient may be

Complications common to patients receiving hemodialysis for acute kidney injury include which of the following?

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

The term used to describe an increase in blood urea nitrogen (BUN)and serum creatinine is