Exam 3 - Urinary Elimination Definitions Flashcards
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Bacteremia
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- a life threatening bloodstream infection
- also known as urosepsis
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Bacteriuria
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- bacteria in the urine
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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
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- CAUTI
- costly and preventable
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Catheterization
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- the placement of a tube through the urethra into the bladder to drain urine
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Cystitis
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- irritation of the bladder
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Dysuria
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- burning or pain with urination
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Hematuria
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- blood in the urine
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Micturition
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- occurs when the brain triggers the bladder to empty, the bladder contracts, the urinary sphincter relaxes, and urine leaves the body through the urethra
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Nephrostomy
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- small tubes that are tunneled through the skin into the renal pelvis
- placed to drain the renal pelvis when the ureter is obstructed
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Pelvic floor muscle training
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- can help with urinary incontinence
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Postvoid residual (PVR)
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- the amount of urine left in the bladder after voiding and is measured with either ultrasonography or straight catheterization
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Proteinuria
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- protein in the urine
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Pyelonephritis
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- a serious upper UTI
14
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Suprapubic catheter
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- urinary drainage tube inserted surgically into the bladder through the abdominal wall above the symphysis pubis
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Urinary incontinence (UI)
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- the complaint of any involuntary loss of urine
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Urinary retention
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- inability to empty the bladder partially or completely
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Ureterostomy
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- a permanent incontinent urinary diversion created by transplanting the ureters into a closed off part of the ileum and bringing the other end out onto the abdominal wall forming a stoma