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    Review disease process, prognosis by providing knowledge base from which patient can make informed choices. Discuss renal dialysis and or transplantation and explain level of renal function. Although these options would have been previously presented by the physician, patient may now be at a point when options need to be considered and may desire additional input. Finally, provide emotional support…

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    Anemic Anemi A Case Study

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    1. In review of the patient’s lab work it shows that the patient is anemic. Porth defines anemia as an abnormally low number of circulating red blood cells and/or level of hemoglobin (Porth, 2011). Hemoglobin, or HGB, is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to organs and tissues throughout the body. Hematocrit, or HCT, is the volume of cells in 100 mL of blood (Porth, 2011). HGB and HCT levels can indicate the severity of the anemia. Mean corpuscular volume, or MCV, tells us the…

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    Rhabdomyolysis can cause serious complications such as hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis, acute renal failure, and cardiac arrest. Signs and symptoms of these complication complications are confusion, delirium, agitation, and seizures. The major laboratory findings are Increased myoglobin and creatinine phosphokinase because of muscular cell death. Treatment The main treatment for rhabdomyolysis is to preserve renal function and prevent kidney failure. Rapid intravenous hydration maintains…

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    What is kidney failure? Kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease. When someone’s kidney function gets below a certain point, it is called kidney failure. Kidney failure is when someone’s body cannot filter wastes from the blood. Kidney failure can make someone feel very ill and if it is left untreated it can be life-threatening. Kidney failure is life changing, it can be deadly and sometimes it can be treatable or…

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    extended time in a hypovolemic state the kidneys are unable to maintain a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) despite a compensatory response leading to a decreased filtration rate and pressure (McCance & Huether, 2014). Examples of prerenal injury are renal artery thrombosis or hypotension secondary to hypovolemia caused by dehydration or hemorrhage in addition to shock either septic or cardiogenic (McCance &Huether, 2014). There the possibility…

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    Mr Goodpasture

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    of kidney disease. The risk factors associated with chronic kidney disease specific to Mr Goodpasture are hypertension, tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption (Berman et al., 2012; LeMone et al., 2013). The aetiology of Mr Goodpasture’s end stage renal disease (ESRD) is due to his history of hypertension as seen in his medical history. His lifestyle factors of smoking and drinking alcohol may be the cause of his hypertension as they can lead to atherosclerosis (Berman et al., 2012; Bullock &…

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    Acute Renal Failure Acute Renal Failure is the sudden loss of kidney’s ability to eliminate excess salts, fluids, and waste material from the blood. When the kidney loses the ability to filter, the body fluids can rise in dangerous levels. Acute renal failure can be reversible as long as it is treated on time. Medication and other treatments can be essential to stop the progress of this disease. If this is not treated on time, it can progress to an end stage and eventually death.…

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    Elevated since normal level is between is 20 –60 U/L ♣ Indicates patient is experiencing liver damage (Weibrecht et al 2010) • Creatinine (255 μmol/L) o Elevated since normal level is between 35.37 - 96.26 μmol/L ♣ Indicates patient is experiencing renal failure (Horowitz 2014) • CK (23 000 U/L) o Elevated the normal level (in females) should be 145 U/L ♣ Indicates skeletal muscle breakdown, this the reason for the diagnosis Rhabdomyolysis (Junpaparp 2014) • Aspartate transaminase (1030 U/L) o…

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    Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common condition in cats, known to affect 1 in 3 cats during their lifetime, and resulting in the persistent loss of kidney function over time. The disease is silent in its early stages, incurable, and ultimately results in death. An excessive level of phosphorus in commercial cat food is likely contributing to the prevalence and severity of CKD in cats. The feeding of lower phosphorus foods would benefit the entire cat population. A Primer on…

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    End-Stage Renal Disease and Technological Advancements End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is the fifth and final level of chronic kidney disease. According to The Kidney Foundation of Canada (n.d) by the fifth level, the kidneys have lost at least 85% of their ability to filter waste. Once the disease has progressed to this stage, action must be taken to increase the probability of patient survival. The kidneys are a vital organ that is needed for survival; similarly the weakness of the kidneys…

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