Renal corpuscle

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) occurs when there is a sudden loss of renal function resulting in the bodies inability to maintain homeostasis. AKI is common in clients who are in the hospital, in intensive care units, and especially in older adults (“Acute Kidney Injury” (AKI), 2017). The following is an evolving case study regarding a client who presented to the emergency department after experiencing nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for the past week. This evolving case study will evaluate the…

As Type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure continue to spate the world, the demand for kidney transplants is snowballing day by day. Because of a scarcity of organ donors to meet this requisite, stem cell treatment for kidney failure materialize as a hope to cure thousands of patients as a substitute treatment. How does a kidney failure occur? Our kidneys are designed to inhibit toxins build up in our bodies. Kidneys help confiscate lots of waste, cleaning our bodies from within so that no…

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…

hemodialysis, at first the change might be hard but it gets easier. Hemodialysis is not something anyone should ever have to go through. The toll it takes on your body and how much it drains the energy out of you is saddening. My uncle Alan actually had renal kidney failure and had to have hemodialysis. Growing up Alan smoked every day and drank every weekend; he didn’t take care of his body and all the destruction caught up to his kidneys. He was on hemodialysis for about five years before he…

are then distorted. However, with diabetic renal failure, if you maintain low blood sugar levels, you are able to escape the symptoms of renal failure. Kidney failure caused by hypertension can be stemmed from several things like inherent high blood pressure, obesity, etc. Depending on how high or low the blood pressure is maintained at, could cause digress to just taking blood pressure medications to progressing to become acute or chronic renal failure. As far as symptoms go, some…

Acute renal failure is the sudden dysfunction or disease of the kidneys that can significantly impair renal function within the body. According to Huether and McCance (2012), renal failure is characterized by enough of a decline of renal function to require dialysis. Renal failure is after renal risk and injury, but prior to renal loss and end-stage kidney disease (Huether & McCance, 2012, p755). The dysfunctions the lead to acute kidney failure can be caused due to sudden renal injuries or by…

Spoke with a 63 year old female who has end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and has currently been on dialysis for the past two years. However, ESRD is not a diagnosis but a name of a Medicare program (Porth & Matfin, 2009) The definition of chronic kidney disease (CKD) for a patient is irreversible kidney damage and/or glomerular filtration rate (GFR) less than 60 ml/min/1.73 m^2 for a minimal three months (Porth & Matfin, 2009). Those patient with kidney failure has either GFR less than 15…

decline in renal function. CIN can be defined as sudden, rapid deterioration of kidney function due to parenteral contrast administration. Contrast-induced kidney injury is diagnosed by an increase in serum creatinine of 25% or more within 48 to 72 hours following administration of contrast. Mr. W’s creatinine level increased from 0.8 to…

ESRD (end stage renal disease) is also one of the early diagnosis linked with ADPKD. PKD1 is more a severe disease than PKD2 gene, but PKD2 is more severe in men than in women. Having a mutation in both PKD1 and PKD2 does not mean it is lethal. In a journal it states a…

damage. Also of significance are three contributors to the concept of chronic kidney failure: obesity, anemia, hypertension. GENITOURINARY EXCRETION Chronic kidney disease shares similar qualities with acute renal failure due to the nature of the physiological factors at work, however acute renal failure typically presents itself with sudden onset and is reversible, whereas chronic kidney failure is an insidious and permanent disease that manifests over time (Chronic Kidney Disease, 2016). The…