DQ11 Pathophysiology
Please answer ONE of the following DQ’s. Please provide the questions that is being answered as the heading. Incomplete answers will be marked as “0.”
Chapter 41
A patient is admitted with renal calculi.
a. What symptoms will the patient manifest if he is experiencing renal colic?
b. How will the nurse best manage the renal colic?
c. The nurse is straining the urine for presence of stones that the patient may have passed. What is the importance of this nursing action?
Chapter 42
What is the difference between uremia and azotemia? What symptoms related to uremia will likely be exhibited by the patient?
Chapter 43
A patient is admitted to the hospital with hematuria and is undergoing diagnostic testing for bladder cancer. What diagnostic tests are generally employed to diagnose bladder cancer? What treatment options are often offered for bladder cancer? How is intravesical chemotherapy different from systemic chemotherapy? What is the benefit of intravesical chemotherapy compared to systemic chemotherapy?
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Chapter 41
Question A
In the given scenario, a patient has been admitted in a hospital with renal calculi. The condition happens where solid masses develop in the kidneys. However, they can also be present in the ureters. The stones are made up of minerals that are associated with calcium and uric acid which forms inside the kidney (Field, Pollock, & Harris, 2014).
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