Renal failure

Pathophysiology for chronic kidney failure • Chronic kidney failure, also previously known as chronic kidney disease, is a nonreversible disease. The kidney may lose up to 80% of its nephrons before any signs and symptoms may appear. The nephron is the smallest part of the kidney and its job is to filter blood. The loss of nephrons can come from various ways ranging from diabetes, hypertension, urinary tract obstruction, chronic glomerular disease and chronic infection. Diabetes causes loss…

problems persist for more than two weeks, cause real suffering, and interfere with the business and pleasure of daily life you may have clinical depression” (Pinsky, n.d.). “Depression is the most common psychiatric illness in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The reported prevalence of depression in dialysis population varied from 22.8% (interview-based diagnosis) to 39.3% (self- or clinician-administered rating scales)”…

Renal Scan A renal scan is a procedure used to look for problems with your kidneys. The kidneys are the organs that filter your blood and keep it clean. They move waste out of your blood and into your urine so it can be removed from your body. In this procedure, a small amount of radioactive material (tracer) is injected into your blood. The tracer will travel through your bloodstream and reach your kidneys. A scanner with a camera that detects the radioactive tracer is used to examine the…

Mary is an established HD patient, who undergoes dialysis 4 times a week. Mary is at the end stage of renal failure due to lupus nephritis. Mary had done peritoneal dialysis in 1992 and had done a renal transplant previously in 1999, unfortunately, it never worked. Because of the long history of renal problems Mary is known to most staffs and doctors in the ward and she is considered to be a positive person, never known for any mental health…

trying times. This support group is sponsored by Frenisus Kidney Care to educate patients along with support on self-care. Let’s Fight 4 Your Life is an evidence based support that will focus on interventions that is highly recommended for chronic renal failure patients. It will focus on interventions to enhance the patient’s quality of life. At Together Let’s Fight 4 Your Life we must recognize the different health disparities that causes patients to seek treatment, the time frame, the number…

The decision is made that hemodialysis is now medically indicated. The attending physician asks you, "What are the major renal functions that dialysis replaces?" You correctly tell the physician which of the following? A: Increase in blood osmolarity and increase in blood pressure B: Increase in vessel fluid level and removal of creatinine C: Removal of extra solutes and…

Organ failure of one or more of the following; shock (systolic blood pressure < 90mm Hg), renal failure (serum creatinine>177 μmol/l or 2mg/dl after rehydration), pulmonary insufficiency (pao2500ml in 24 hours); 2. Local pancreatic complications such as pseudocyst, abscess or necrosis; 3. A score of 3 or…

End Stage Renal Disease occurs when the kidneys are no longer able to meet patient demands on a daily basis. The decline into End Stage Renal Disease almost always follows Chronic Kidney Disease, in which the kidneys slowly decline over a ten to twenty year period. Two of the most common causes of Chronic Kidney Disease are hypertension and Diabetes, both of which are prevalent in the United States, and present in this patient. Unfortunately, without dialysis treatment or a kidney transplant,…

Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic Kidney disease(CKD) is also known as Chronic Kidney Failure and is the gradual loss of kidney function. The kidneys are responsible for filtering wastes and excess fluids from the blood, which is than excreted through urine. When CKD reaches an advanced stage, the levels of fluids become very dangerous and it causes electrolytes and wastes to build up in the body.(Mayo Clinic, 2016) Pathophysiological Process CKD occurs when a disease or condition impairs kidney…

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) is a rare systemic condition that affects renal functioning and can develop into a life threatening disease with lasting complications. HUS is characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (destruction of red blood cells due to damage of small blood vessels), thrombocytopenia (an abnormal drop in platelet count) and impaired renal function (Nayer, A. & Asif, A., 2013). HUS can often onset after an infection of Escherichia coli which is a Shiga toxin-producing…