Ch11 - Signs & Symptoms (Urinary Patho) Flashcards
1
Q
Incontinence
A
uncontrollable urine excretion; cannot hold it (older/elderly, 3rd trimester pregnant females)
2
Q
Oliguria
A
only a small amount of urine produced (scanty)
3
Q
Polyuria
A
increase in urine production but pt doesn’t go to bathroom more freq, just increase in volume excreted at once
4
Q
Nocturnal enuresis
A
wetting the bed
5
Q
Diuresis
A
increase in urine production; pt goes to the bathroom more freq
6
Q
Dysuria
A
difficult or painful urination; UTI (usu d/t infection; more common in female children)
7
Q
Enuresis
A
involuntary discharge of urine (children & infants)
8
Q
Retention
A
when urine is retained in the bladder and not excreted all the way
9
Q
Hematuria
A
blood in the urine
10
Q
Anuria
A
absence of the production of urine (you are in renal failure)
11
Q
Uremia
A
urine in the blood (renal failure)
