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1
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WHICH IS CORRECT REGARDING THIAZIDE DIURETICS?

A

INCREASES URIC ACID IN THE BLOODSTREAM

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WHERE IS ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME MADE?

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LUNG

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETICS CAN LEAD TO BREAST DEVELOPMENT AS A SIDE EFFECT?

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SPIRONOLACTONE

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THE URIC ACID LEVEL IS MOST COMMONLY USED TO EVALUATE GOUT AND ?

A

RENAL FAILURE

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URIC ACID IS MADE IN THE

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LIVER

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URIC ACID CAN BE DEPOSITED IN JOINTS AND

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CRYSTALIZED INTO KIDNEY STONES

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IN LABORATORY STUDIES, CREATININE LEVELS ARE RELATED TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANS?

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KIDNEYS

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A PATIENT COMES TO YOU WITH FLANK PAIN, HIGH FEVER, AND BURNING URINATION. YOU SHOULD REFER HIM TO A SPECIALIST TO RULE OUT?

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KIDNEY DISEASE

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A PATIENT HAS COLICKY PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK RADIATING TO THE GROIN, NAUSEA, VOMITING, HEMATURIA, AND DIFF URINATION. YOU SHOULD SEND HIM TO A SPECIALITY TO RULE OUT

A

UROLITHIASIS

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A PERSON TAKING THE RX MEDICATION LASIX SHOULD EAT FOODS THAT ARE HIGH IN

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POTASSIUM

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A 65 YEAR OLD MAN COMPLAINS OF UNQUENCHABLE EXCESSIVE THIRST AND FREQ URINATION. YOU SHOULD REFER HIM TO A SPECIALIST TO RULE OUT

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DIABETES

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DURING URINALYSIS, THE URINE OF A PATIENT WITH DIABETES INSIPIDUS IS MOST LIKELY TO APPEAR?

A

WITHOUT COLOR

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13
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PSA LEVELS ARE TRACKED FOR THE

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PROSTATE

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EXCESSIVE LICORICE INTAKE INCREASES URINARY EXCRETION OF

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POTASSIUM

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IN PREECLAMPSIA, WHAT IS THE URINE CHECKED FOR

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PROTEIN

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WHEN A PATIENTS BLOOD PRESSURE FALLS THE KIDNEYS RELEASE WHICH ENZYME INTO THE BLOODSTREAM?

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RENIN

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17
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CYTOSCOPY IS USED TO CHECK THE

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BLADDER

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A PATIENT WITH A BLADDER INFECTION IS GIVEN PYRIDIUM. THIS URINARY ANALGESIC WILL CAUSE HER URINE TO

A

CHANGE TO AN ORANGE COLOR

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHEN ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERTENSION AND PROTEINURIA CAN INDICATE PRE-ECLAMPSIA?

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EDEMA

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20
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A SCHILLING TEST FOR PERNICIOUS ANEMIA INVOLVES COLLECTING

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URINE

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THE CORTISOL URINE TEST IS PERFORMED IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED

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HYPERFUNCTION OR HYPOFXN OF THE ADRENAL GLAND

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22
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT FOUND IN URINALYSIS?

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ENTEROCOCCUS, CLOSTRIDIUM AND SHIGELLA

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23
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THE UREA NITROGEN (BUN) BLOOD TEST MEASURES

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KIDNEY AND LIVER FXN

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24
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE ABOUT URINE GLUCOSE TEST?

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DIAGNOSES OF DIABETES

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25
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IN THE URINALYSIS TEST WHICH URINE CONSTITUENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH GALLSTONES?

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BILIRUBIN

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26
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IN THE URINALYSIS TEST, WHICH URINE CONSTITUENT INDICATES THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS SOMEWHERE IN THE URINARY TRACT?

A

NITRITES

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27
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DEMEROL IS CONTRAINDICATED FOR PATIENTS WITH

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RENAL DYSFXN

28
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GENERIC NAMES FOR THIAZIDE DIURETIC DRUGS ALL END WITH

29
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THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE URINE TEST CAN IDENTIFY DRUG USAGE FOR THE PAST

30
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THE URINE SODIUM TEST IS USEFUL IN EVALUATING PATIENTS WITH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT

31
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THE URINE POTASSIUM TEST IS USED IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT

A

CONSTIPATION

32
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TESTS CAN HELP IDENTIFY PERSONS AT RISK FOR KIDNEY STONE FORMATION?

A

URINE URIC ACID TEST

33
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DIURETIC THERAPY, LIKE THE USE OF LASIX, INCREASES URINARY EXCRETION OF

34
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IN THE URINALYSIS TEST WHICH URINE CONSTITUENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH GALLSTONES

35
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URINARY PREGNANEDIOL IS MEASURED TO EVALUATE

A

PROGESTERONE

36
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EXCESSIVE LICORICE INTAKE INCREASES URINARY EXCRETION OF

37
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CALCIUM BLOOD LEVELS ARE USED TO MONITOR PARATHYROID FXN AND

A

RENAL FAILURE

38
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WHAT IS THE AVERAGE NORMAL DAILY URINARY OUTPUT FOR AN ADULT?

39
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A MIDDLE AGED PATIENT WITH ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS MOST LIKELY

A

APPEARS PALE AND PUFFY

40
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WHAT IS A NEPHRON?

A

BASIC FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF URINARY FILTRATION

41
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HORMONE SYSTEM: RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM DOES WHAT?

A

REGULATES BLOOD PRESSURE AND FLUID BALANCE

42
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HORMONE SYSTEM:

_______ CELLS MAKE RENIN

A

JUXTAGLOMERULAR

43
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RENIN MAKES ______, WHICH IS INACTIVE

A

ANGIOTENSIN 1

44
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ANGIOTENSIN 1 IS ACTIVE OR INACTIVE?

45
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T/F

AFTER RENIN MAKES ANGIOTENSIN 1, WHICH IS INACTIVE, ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME MADE BY THE LUNGS CONVERTS ANGIOTENSIN 1 TO ANGIOTENSIN 2 THE ACTIVE FORMS

46
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WHAT ANGIOTENSIN FORM IS ACTIVE?

A

ANGIOTENSIN 2

47
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ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME IS MADE IN THE ?

48
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WHAT DOES ANGIOTENSIN 2 DO?

A

INCREASES BLOOD PRESSURE

49
Q

T/F

WATER FOLLOWS SALT

A

TRUE

WHEREVER SALT GOES, SO DOES WATER

50
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WHICH CAUSES ANKLE EDEMA?

51
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WHICH ONE CHANGES OSMOLARITY DOWN?

52
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WHICH ONE DOES NOT CHANGE OSMOLARITY?

A

ALDOSTERONE

53
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ADH REABSORBS _____, ALDOSTERONE REABSORBS _____

A

H20 , NA+ AND H20 AND KICKS OUT POTASSIUM

54
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T/F

ADH & ALDOSTERONE BOTH INCREASE BLOOD VOLUME

55
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IF A URINARY TRACT INFECTION INVOLVED THE BLADDER IT IS CALLED

A

CYSTITIS OR A SIMPLE URINARY TRACT INFECTION

56
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SYMPTOMS OF A UTI?

A

WITH OR W/O PAIN URINATION, URINARY FREQUENCY, URINARY URGENCY OR BURNING SENSATION WITH OR W/O URINATION

57
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CAUSE OF UTI

58
Q

BPH (BENIGNPROSTATIC HYPOPLASIA) ORDER OF LAB WORK?

A

RECTAL EXAM, PSA, ULTRASOUND

59
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WHAT KIND OF INFECTION IS PYELONEPHRITIS?

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IT IS AN INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION OF THE KIDNEYS, UPPER UTI

60
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T/F

PYELONEPHRITIS CAN OCCUR FROM AN ASCENDING INFECTION FROM THE LOWER UTI

61
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SYMPTOMS OF PYELONEPHRITIS?

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FEVER, ABDOMINAL PAIN RADIATING TO THE BACK, NAUSEA, FAST HEART RATE

62
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RISK FACTORS FOR KIDNEY STONES?

A

MALES, CAUCASIAN, HIGH PROTEIN AND LOW FAT DIETS

63
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KIDNEY STONES CONSIDERED ASYMPTOMATIC IF

A

SMALLER THAN 3 MM

64
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LARGER KIDNEY STONES CAUSE WHAT TYPE OF SYMPTOMS?

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CHILLS, FREQ URGE TO URINATE, BURNING SENSATION , BLOODY, CLOUDY AND SMELLY URINE

65
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WHAT CAN URINALYSIS DETECT?

A

CAN DETECT THE PRESENCE OF
RBC, NITRATE (BACTERIAL INFECTION)
PH OF URINE, SPECIFIC GRAVITY

66
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WHAT IS AN OSMOTIC DIURETIC DRUG?

67
Q

SIDE EFFECTS OF THIAZIDE DIURETICS?

A

HYPERGLYCEMIA, HYPERLIPIDEMIA, HYPERURICEMIA, HYPERCALCEMIA

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