Urology Flashcards
Renal calculi food to avoid
Cheese and milk products (calcium calculi)
Self catheterization
A clean technique procedure
Calcium renal calculi - what food/drink to avoid?
To avoid- Cheese, whole milk, skim milk, evaporated milk.
Common organism causing UTI in female
Escheria Coli (E. coli)
Common medications used in Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH)
Proscar (finasteride)
Avodart(dutasteride)
Flomax (tamsulosin)
Status post TURP
Report blood clots 24 hours post transurethral
prostatectomy
To prevent UTI
Increase fluids
Signs of Kidney transplantation rejection
- Fever and chills
- Sweating and lassitude
- Hypertension
- Peripheral edema and weight gain
- Decrease in urine output
Sports not to engage to nephrectomy patient.
Contact sports
Patient teaching for a creatinine test.
Avoid excessive exercise for 8 hours.
No red meat x 24 hours before the test.
Residual amount of urine of 50ml or more will need.
Catheterization
Antihypertensive drug that may cause suicidal depression
Reserpine
Medication administered in hyperthyroidism
Prophy|thiouracul(PTU)
Amount of urine to maintain arterial perfusion of kidneys
30-50ml/hour
PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) level for prostatic cancer
> 10 ng/ml indicates prostate cancer
After PLNP (Retro peritoneal Lymph node Dissection),
What to monitor?
Bleeding and monitor for paralytic ileus
(common after extensive abdominal surgery/bowel
resection)
Common dermatological complaint of client with ESRD
Itching
If kidney stones did not pass its own by fluid intake.
A procedure is performed called.
Shock wave treatment (lithotripsy), which can break
up a large stone into smaller pieces that are easier to
paSs
A procedure to empty the bladder of client with spinal cord
injury or other neurologic disorders.
Intermittent self catheterization
Self catheterization is performed at home by client by
Clean technique
Client teaching to a female who is performing self-
catheterization.
Client will use mirror to help locating the urinary
meatus. Catheter is inserted 7.5 cm (3 inches) into the
urethra.
Client teaching to a male who is performing self- catheterization.
Insert the straight catheter about 15-25 cm (6-10 inches)
Which testicle is normally lower than the other?
Left testicle is lower than the right testicle.
Management for peyronie’s disease
- Use of prosthesis, it helps the penis straighter.
- Surgical removal of scar tissues.
