Exam 15: Acute Kidney Injury

An advantage of peritoneal dialysis is that:

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

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

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

Noninvasive diagnostic procedures used to determine kidney function include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)differs from conventional intermittent hemodialysis in that:

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 undergoes a cardiac catheterization that requires the use of contrast dyes during the procedure.To detect signs of contrast-induced kidney injury,the nurse should:

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

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

With sudden cessation of renal function,all body systems are affected by the inability to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance and eliminate metabolic waste.In critically ill patients,renal dysfunction:

The nurse is caring for an elderly patient who was admitted with renal insufficiency.The nurse realizes that with advance age often comes declining renal function.An expected laboratory finding for this patient may be:

Peritoneal dialysis is different from hemodialysis in that peritoneal dialysis:

The patient has a temporary percutaneous catheter in place for treatment of acute kidney injury.The catheter has been in place for 5 days.The nurse should:

The patient gets hemodialysis 3 days a week.He is 74 inches tall and weighs 100 kg.In planning the care for this patient,the nurse recommends:

Continuous venovenous hemofiltration is used to: