Test 2: Questions Flashcards
- What is a normal constituent of urine?
a) Sodium
b) Casts
c) Protein
d) Epithelial cells
c) Protein
- A urine test that is positive for nitrates is indicative of which of the following?
a) Infection
b) Diabetes
c) Kidney stones
d) Renal failure
a) Infection
- A patient with Dysuria, frequency, suprapubic discomfort is showing signs of
a) Cysticnuria
b) Cystic fibroma
c) Cysticlerosis
d) Cystitis
d) Cystitis
- Bacteria from the intestines (most commonly _____________________) often infect the urinary tract by ascending from the perineal area into the lower urinary tract.
a) Escherichia coli
b) Bardetella pertussis
c) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
d) Listeria pyrogenesis
a) Escherichia coli
- Which of the following best describes the pathogenesis of pyelonephritis?
a) It is an obstruction of the ureter resulting an enlarged kidney
b) It is an infection of the renal pelvis and intersitium
c) It is characterized by damage to the glomerular membrane
d) It is characterized by acute tubular necrosis
b) It is an infection of the renal pelvis and intersitium
- Which of the following best describes the clinical manifestations of pyelonephritis
a) Fever, flank pain, pain at the cost vertebral angle
b) Dysuria, polyuria, hematuria, paresthesia
c) Groin pain, chills, hypothermia, cloudy urine
d) Lower back pain, dysuria, low urine specific gravity
a) Fever, flank pain, pain at the costovertebral angle
- _________________ is a condition in which urine moves from the bladder back towards the kidney
a) Ureterovesirular junction
b) Parenchyma
c) Vesicoureteral reflux
d) Benign prostatic hypertrophy
c) Vesicoureteral reflux
- What are signs and symptoms of renal calculi
a) Hematemesis, flank pain, oliguria
b) Flank pain , ipsilateral groin pain, hematuria
c) Contralateral flan pain, polyuria, hematuria
d) Nausea, vomiting, dysuria, melena
b) Flank pain , ipsilateral groin pain, hematuria
- Which of the following are disorders that increases the risk of nephrolithiasis
a) Gout
b) Enceohalopathy
c) Beaver fever
d) Maytrophic lateral sclerosis
a) gout
- Hydronephrosis may occur secondary to:
a) Syphilis
b) Pyelonephritis
c) Ectopic pregnancy
d) Nephrolithiasis
d) nephrolithiasis
- Glomerulonephritis is caused by :
a) Infection of the glomerulus secondary to a urinary tract infection
b) Autoimmune destruction of the glomerular membrane
c) Hydronephrosis from kidney stones
d) Viral infection in blood that migrate to the kidney tubules
d) Viral infection in blood that migrate to the kidney tubules
- Glomerular disease may be suspected in a patient with which of the following abnormal components of urine?
a) Hydrogen
b) Sodium
c) Protein
d) Nitrates
d) Nitrates
- The major pathophysiologic feature of glomerulonephritis is which of the following?
a) A dilated kidney resulting in interference with urine outflow
b) Inflammation of glomerular membrane resulting in increased permeability
c) Thickening of the glomerular membrane resulting in decreased permeability
d) Increased filtration resulting in dehydration
b) inflammation of glomerular membrane resulting in increased permeability
- Which of the following is true of nephritic syndrome
a) It is the excretion of more than 2 mg of sodium per day
b) It is characterized by elevated creatinine
c) It is the excretion of more than 3.5 g protein in the urine per day
c) It is the excretion of more than 3.5 g protein in the urine per day
- Nephrotic syndrome is most likely with :
a) Diabetes
b) Cirribrosis
c) Hyperthrydoisim
d) allergies
a) diabetes
- Which of the following lab results are consistent with a diagnosis of renal failure
a) Increased hemoglobin
b) Increased PTT/INR
c) Increased BUN, Creatinine
d) Increased creatinine SGOT
c) increased BUN, Creatinine
- The abnormal lab consistent with renal failure is referred to as:
a) Aplasia
b) Aphronia
c) Aphrasia
d) Azotemia
d) Azotemia
- Which of the following contribute to prerenal failure
a) Dehydration
b) Nephrolithiasis
c) Toxic drugs
d) Enlarged prostate
a) Dehydration
- Untreated prerenal failure may lead to which of the following
a) Nephrolithiasis
b) Urethral stricture
c) Acute tubular necrosis
d) Anasarea
a) Nephrolithiasis
- What is an early sign of acute renal failure
a) Oliguria
b) Polyuria
c) Tachycardia
d) Anemia
a) Oliguria
- Patients with chronic renal failure may develop anemia. This is due to which of the following?
Decrease in production of eythropoeitin needed for red blood cell production
- Benign prostatic hypertrophy is diagnosed by elevated prostatic specific antigen (PSA) in the blood stream
FALSE
- Loss of blood of bladder control secondary to laughing coughing or sneezing is referred to as:
Stress incontinence
- Absence of menses is referred to as:
amenorrhea
- Bleeding between menstrual cycles is referred to as?
Metrorrhagia
- Which of the following is consistent with ectopic pregnancy?
It is characterized by fertilized ovum implanted outside the uterine cavity
- Which of the following conditions occurs when the placenta is implanted over the cervical os?
Placenta Previa
- Which of the following is a severe form of pregnancy – induces hypertension that is characterized by clonic convulsions?
Eclampsia