Renal calculus - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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___________ is solely filtered from the bloodstream via the glomerulus and is NOT reabsorbed back into the bloodstream but is excreted through the urine. A. Urea B. Creatinine C. Potassium D. Magnesium ~~> B A patient with acute renal injury has a GFR (glomerular filtration rate) of 40 mL/min. Which signs and symptoms below may this patient present with? Select all that apply: A. Hypervolemia B. Hypokalemia C. Increased BUN level D. Decreased Creatinine level 2 | P a g e...

Code 50230 is used to code a radical nephrectomy with regional lymphadenectomy. The correct code to use if this procedure is performed via a laparoscope is code - ️️50545 True or false: A laparoscopic ablation of a renal cyst includes the diagnostic laparoscopic procedure, if performed. The coder should use code 50541 to report this service. - ️️True An unlisted laparoscopy procedure completed on the kidneys should be reported with code - ️️50549 True or false: Code 50547 is...

HOSA,Pathophysiology (2024/ 2025 Update) Qs & As| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Answers) Q: barium Answer: a pale, soft, alkaline metallic element; a radiopaque barium (barium sulfate) compound commonly used in radiographic studies of the gastrointestinal tract Q: battle's sign Answer: bogginess of the temporal region of the head that may indicate fracture at the base of the skull Q: bicornate uterus Answer: a uterus having two horns or horn-shaped branches Q: bifu...

SAEM Practice 2020/ 508 Questions with Verified Answers & Rationales/ . Terms like: A 46 year old woman presents to the emergency department complaining of abrupt onset of intermittent severe pain in the left flank and abdomen that woke her from sleep. She is pacing around the stretcher and appears extremely uncomfortable. She has never experienced this type of pain previously and denies fevers or other symptoms. Renal calculus is suspected. Which of the following is true regarding the diagn...

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A Staghorn calculus of the left renal pelvis was treated earlier in the week by lithotripsy and is now removed via a percutaneous nephrostomy tube. What is the root operation performed for this procedure? a. Destruction b. Extirpation c. Fragmentation d. Release - b. Extirpation ***Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part Which type of data consists of *factual details* a *aggregated or summarized* from a group of health records that provides *no means to identify specific pa...

WGU D115 (New 2023/ 2024) Advanced Pathophysiology for the Advanced Practice Nurse Exam| Questions and Verified Answers|100% Correct| Graded A QUESTION Describe the pathology of nephrotic syndrome. Submit and Compare, displayed below Answer: Nephrotic syndrome is caused by damage to the filtering system in the kidney. Massive amounts of protein are lost in the urine which depletes the blood of albumin. The patient often presents with frothy urine and anasarca (not hematuria)...

Procedures Fluroscopy (Final Review) Qs&As 2024 1 / 9 Most reactions to contrast media will occur within the first minutes of injection. Intravenous Pyelography (IVP) and Intravenous Urography (IVU) are the and use contrast to examine the . The urinary system exam that is useful to help distinguish renal calculus from intestinal contents is called.............. Excretory Urography is AKA a . To obtain maximum visualization of the kidneys filled with contrast duri...

A 40 yr old female patient presents with nausea, vomiting and increasing ABD pain following a recent procedure. The patient has a history of a mass in the head of the pancreas and an ERCP was performed to evaluate the ductal involvement. The ERCP report states the ductal system at the head of the pancreas was within normal limits. Which of the following will most likely be identified on the US exam as a cause for the acute symptoms? - pneumobilia A 10 yr old presents for an ABD US with a pa...