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Definition:
Frequency |
frequent voiding - more than once per 3 hours
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Urgency |
Strong desire to void
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Dysuria |
Painful or difficult voiding
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Hesitancy |
Delay, difficulty in initiating voiding
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Nocturia |
Excessive urination and night
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Incontinence |
Involutary loss of urine
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Definition:
Enuresis |
involuntary voiding during sleep
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Polyuria |
Increased volume of urine voided
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Definition:
Oliguria |
Urine output less than 400mL/day
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Definition:
Anuria |
Urine output less than 50mL/day
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Hematuria |
Red blood cells in urine
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Proteinuria |
Abnormal amounts of protein in urine
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Symptoms:
Increased urinary urgency and frequency with decreasing urine volumes... |
Urinary retention
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Functions of renal system
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-urine formation
-excretion of waste -regulation of eletrolytes -regulation of acid-base balance -control of water balance -control of BP -regulation of RBC formation -synthesis of Vitamin D -secretion of prostaglandins |
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Simplified Bloodflow through kidneys
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Renal Artery > Afferent arteriole > Glomerulus > Efferent arteriole > renal tubule capillaries > Renal vein
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Urinary calculi
-Risk Factors |
warm
dehydration infection obstruction immobility metabolic factors: parathyroid, damage removal |
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Urinary calculi CM
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PAIN
N/V Abd distention fever chills |
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Urinary calculi Meds
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IV Morphine
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Urinary calculi Medical Tx
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Lithotripsy
Lithotomy Percutaneous Nephrostomy Transurethral Urostomy |
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Lithotripsy
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extracorporeal shockwaves
under gen. anesth. HIGH RISK: Pt with Bleeding disorders |