Chapter 28 Post test
Which of the following patients is most likely in acute renal failure?
52-year-old male who ingested a toxic dose of aspirin
In the United States, sickle cell anemia primarily affects:
African Americans
You arrive at the home of a 65-year-old male patient with chest pain. His wife gives you a list of medications that he is taking because of previous heart attacks. One of the daily medications is aspirin. Why does the patient take daily doses of aspirin?
Aspirin helps to inhibit clot formation by inhibiting platelet aggregation.
Sickle cell anemia differs physically from general anemia in what way?
In sickle cell anemia, the red blood cells have a sickle shape.
You are gathering a medical history on a 74-year-old female with chest pain. She states she has a history of atrial fibrillation and is on a "blood thinner." Based on this information, which medication would you expect her to be on?
Lovenox
Which of the following statements about administering oxygen to patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) is true?
Patients with SCA experiencing shortness of breath, chest pain, or oxygen saturation below 95% should receive supplemental oxygen.
Which of the following statements about sickle cell anemia is false?
Patients with sickle cell anemia live as long as anyone else.
Why do some patients prefer peritoneal dialysis (PD) over hemodialysis (HD)?
Peritoneal dialysis allows patients to be treated at home.
In a patient who has recently undergone peritoneal dialysis (PD), which of the following findings is the most suggestive of peritonitis?
The patient develops abdominal pain and fever.
In addition to the delivery of oxygen to the tissues of the body, what role does the blood play in tissue regulation?
The removal of carbon dioxide and other waste products from the tissue
If an inadequate level of oxygen is being delivered to the tissues of the patient's body, which of the following is a possible explanation?
There is an inadequate number of red blood cells.
You are assessing a patient who has abdominal pain. During your history, you have determined that the patient receives dialysis three times a week, and you note a dialysis fistula in his left arm. How would this knowledge change your assessment of vitals on the patient?
You would not use the arm with the dialysis fistula to obtain a blood pressure.
A surgically created fistula in one of the extremities of a patient undergoing hemodialysis connects:
arterial and venous blood flow.
Kidneys remove:
excessive salts.
Sickled red blood cells are believed to block blood that is trying to exit the corpus spongiosum, which for men causes:
priapism.
Recipients of kidney transplants have:
their donor kidney in their lower abdomen instead of the retroperitoneal space.
The renal system is made up of:
two kidneys, two ureters, and one urethra.
A drainage tube placed into the urinary system to allow the flow of urine out of the body is a:
urinary catheter.
Patients who have had a successful kidney transplant:
will be on medicines to suppress immune function.
You are on scene with a 64-year-old female who appears to have a dialysis shunt on her arm. Based on this finding, you know that the patient has:
end-stage renal disease
