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symptoms. Patient admitted cannabis use and smokes around 2-3 joints /day. On presentation patient had stable vitals with no fever. Physical exam was unremarkable with soft abdomen. His labs were significant for hypokalemia and mild elevation of creatinine from baseline. (0.7 on admission and next day 1.1). His hepatic panel…

abdominal aortogram and left lower extremity angiogram, which revealed occlusion of the posterior tibial and peroneal arteries; but patent dorsalis pedis. His lab studies showed a hemoglobin 9.6, white count of 6.7, platelet of 400. BUN of 26, serum creatinine of 1.4. Glomerular filtration rate of 53. Coagulation profile was slightly elevated, BT of 16.6, _____ of 1.43. The APTT 32.2, shows normal.…

Canine Renal Dysplasia An autosomal-dominant disease characterized by delayed maturation of renal tissue. This leads to renal degeneration, protein-losing nephropathy and prolonged renal disease. A genetic predisposition is seen in the Bull terrier, Carin terrier and German Shepherd. Early onset of the disease is rare and is typically seen over the age of 5. The penetrance of Renal Dysplasia is low and small percentages are clinically affected. The percentage of fetal glomeruli…

progressing over a certain period of time, what the cause is, what treatment to begin or if the treatment is already working, and lastly to determine if dialysis needs to be started or kidney transplant may be the only option. The creatinine levels are checked by a blood creatinine test and that establishes the glomerular filtration rate and that helps to determine how well the kidneys are functioning and how far along the disease is, a blood urea nitrogen test or BUN is done, a fasting blood…

Nursing school is a door that opens many great opportunities and experiences in life. Some of those experiences make you fall in love with nursing all over again and others test your limits. No matter the circumstances, one will always get something out of each experience. The Operating Room (OR) observational day provided to us during third semester is a good example of a great learning experience. Purpose As my day started on Thursday, I couldn’t help, but feel nervous. I remembered the time…

acute renal failure, and intrauterine growth restrictions for the fetus (Norton 2007).” This decreased circulation leads to significant changes as follows: Decreased renal perfusion reduces the glomerular filtration rate causing blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, and uric acid levels to rise; Glomerular damage from the reduced renal blood flow allowing protein to leak across the glomerular membrane; Loss of protein from the kidneys reduces colloid osmotic pressure allowing fluid to shift to…

Sickle Cell Disorder [ICD-10 D57] Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) may be one cause to this child’s previously listed symptoms. SCD is an inherited disease in which an abnormal hemoglobin S [HbS] leads to chronic hemolytic anemia, pain, and organ failure (Grossman & Porth, 2014). SCD is transmitted by a recessive gene and can manifest as a sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease. The sickle cell trait may manifest as a heterozygote with one HbS gene [HbS], and SCD may manifest as a homozygote with…

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is defined as a decrease in kidney function occurring in the glomerular filtration ability of the kidney causing an increase in nitrogenous waste in the blood and in turn increasing the creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels (McCance & Huether, 2014). Other findings associated with AKI include, a decrease in urinary output and also accumulation of metabolic acids, and increased potassium and phosphate concentrations (Bellomo, Kellum & Ronco, 2012). The AKI is…

solid nondiabetic controls were incorporated into the study. After history and examination, BMD and body structure were evaluated by double vitality X-beam absorptiometry (DXA). Serum tests were investigated for calcium, phosphorus, egg whites, creatinine, antacid phosphatase, 25 (OH) vitamin D3, in place parathormone (PTH) levels (including both cases and controls) and HbA1c, antimicrosomal and IgA tissue transglutaminase, antibodies, cortisol, testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG),…

“Please wipe from front to back (Weydt, 2010)”. During UTIs, urinary tract infections, bacteria enters your body through the urethra. When these bacteria or pathogens enter the body they may cause infections, especially in hospital settings. The urinary system is used for our body to produce urine as a way to help our system to get rid of waste and extra water that we do not need. It travels through a urinary tract that includes the kidneys, ureters, the bladder and the urethra. The kidneys are…