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Nephrolithiasis also known as kidney stones or renal calculi, is the presence of renal stones within the renal pelvis and/or calyces Risk factors of Nephrolithiasis age, male gender, fluid intake, Caucasian, diet, HTN, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, obesity and DM Type 2 Renal calcu...

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Renal Disorders NURS 5315 Test 4
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Nephrolithiasis


✓ also known as kidney stones or renal calculi, is the presence of renal

stones within the renal pelvis and/or calyces




Risk factors of Nephrolithiasis


✓ age, male gender, fluid intake, Caucasian, diet, HTN, atherosclerosis,

metabolic syndrome, obesity and DM Type 2




Renal calculi are made up of


✓ calcium, struvite, uric acid or cystine (an amino acid found in most

proteins)




idiopathic hypercalciuria or in the setting of hyperparathyroidism.


✓ Calcium stones typically occur from




What is the second most common type of renal calculi?


✓ Struvite stones




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The most common type of renal calculi?


✓ Calcium stones




Struvite stones are made of


✓ magnesium, ammonium, and phosphate salts




Which stones are the most troubling ones?


✓ Struvite stones because they frequently cause complications with

intractable urinary tract infections, pain, bleeding, and abscess




What are the third most common renal calculi?


✓ Uric Acid stones




What is the least common type of stone and most commonly occurs in

children?


✓ Cystine stones




What results from the obstruction of the ureter and causes the urine to back

up into the kidney?


✓ Hydronephrosis and renal failure



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Gout results from....


✓ an accumulation of uric acid




Dehydration's link to the pathophysiology of nephrolithiasis is...


✓ unknown




High protein diets result in...


✓ an increase in purine intake




High sodium diet predisposes the individual to...


✓ increased calcium excretion and therefore to calcium stone formation




Essential HTN has a role in the formation of renal calculi...


✓ but the association is not clear.




Clinical Manifestations of nephrolithiasis


✓ flank pain that radiates to the groin (testicles in men or labia in

women), anuria (bilateral obstruction), azotemia (bilateral obstruction),

and hematuria.




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