Kidney Flashcards
(122 cards)
How much urine is excreted by the kidney each day?
1-3L
How much blood supply does the kidney get?
1200 ml
Functions of the Kidney?
Filtration of solutes water balance, renin production, electrolyte balance, acid base balance, erthropoeitin production, renin production, activation of Vitamin D
What is the normal range for BUN?
10MG/DL
What does an increase BUN mean?
Reduced kidney function, glomerulonephritits, pyelonepritis, urinary obsturction, dehydration, low protein,
What does a decrease BUN mean?
Malnutrition, severe hepatic disease
What are some upper UTI’s?
Pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis, pyelitis.
What are some lower UTI’s?
Cystistis, urethritis
What normally causes lower UTI’s?
E.coli
What are some risk factors for UTI’s?
Catherization, Incontintce, increase age
What are the Signs & Symptoms of UTI”S?
Frequency, urgency, burning, bacteria, RBC and WBC in urine, increase serum WBC.
How do you treat a lower UTI?
Urine and blood cultures needed, antibiotics, antispasmodics, urinary tract antispectics, sulfanomides, urinary tract analgesic-Pyridium
If a nigga comes in with sepsis what would you do?
IV fluid replacement, antibiotics, and nutritional support.
What are the nursing interventions?
CGS to determine appropriatness of antibiotic, increase fluids to 3-4 L daily, empty bladder every 3-4 hrs, pernial care.
For indwelling cather what should you do?
Surgical asepsis during insertion closed system, secure to leg to prevent movement in and out of urethra, keep bag lover than bladder.
What is the patho for an upper UTI? (Pyenophritis)
Urine reflux from bladder into ureter or ostruction causes inflammation of the renal pelvis.
What are the risk factors for upper UTI’S?
Calcui, stricture, enlarged prostate, incompent uterovesical valve
What are the S& S of upper UTI?
Temp, chills, nausea & vomiting, tender costoverterbral angle and flank pain,
Urinary tract above the urethra is normally?
Sterile
What are defenses of preventing UTI?
Normal voiding, normal antibacterial ablility of the bladder mucosa and urine uterovesical junction compentence, peristalic activity that propels urine towards the bladder.
Urethral stricture is narrowing of the urthehra? What are the causes?
Complication of STD’s, trauma during catherization, urologic prodcue or childbirth, 1/3 have no cause.
Urethral stricture occurs in who the most?
Men
What is the most common symptom of urtheral stricture?
Obstruction of urine flow.
How do you treat urethral stricture?
Treatment is surgical but temporary