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______ is another word for stone.
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Litho
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Most stones contain ______ and may have some ______ in them.
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Calcium; phophate
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Diet therapy
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Reduce calcium and protein ______ for calcium stones.
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intake
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For uric acid stones place the patient on a low ______ diet e.g., ______ and ______ ______.
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purine; shellfish and organ meats
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______ is the disease process you have when you have high uric acid levels in your blood.
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Gout
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Medicine for gout is ______.
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G: allopurinol; T: zyloprin
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For oxalate stones avoid ______, ______, ______, ______, and ______.
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spinish, choocolate, coffee, tea, peanuts
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Nephrolithotomy is?
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cutting into the kidney to remove the stone
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Nephrectomy is?
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removal of the kidney
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Pyelolithotomy is?
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cutting into pelvis of kidney to remove a stone
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Ureterolithotomy is?
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removing stones from the ureter
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Cystotomy is?
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removing stonesfrom the bladder, bladder stones can be as large as oranges
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Cystolitholapaxy is?
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inserting instrument into the urethra into the bladder and they crush the stone
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Complications of any renal surgery are?
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paralytic ileus (paralysis of the intestines) - it's not waking up after surgery
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Symptoms of paralytic ileus are?
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Post op two days they have abdominal distention, nausea/vomiting, and absent bowel sounds.
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Ureteral stents allow for a ______ ureter after surgery.
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patent
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The ureters are very small, and after surgery there is alot of edema and swelling which can ______ off the flow of urine and back up in the kidney's causing ______ leading to ______.
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cut; hydronephrosis; infection.
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Ureteral stents are placed down the ureters and go into the bladder out the urethra in order to keep that ______ open so urine can drain.
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ureter
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