NUR 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Chronic Kidney Disease, Anasarca, Pyuria
5 Jun 2019
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R e n a l s y s t e m: azotemia, anasarca, uremia, enuresis, diuresis. Specific gravity: gfr, aldosterone, adh, urea nitrogen, creatinine, dilute v. concentrate. Glossary: pyuria, anuria, glycosuria, hematuria, dysuria, polyuria, proteinuria, nocturia, oliguria. Epidemiology: chronic kidney disease (ckd) is a worldwide public health problem. The number of patients enrolled in the end-stage renal disease (esrd) medicare-funded program has increased from approximately 10,000 beneficiaries in 1973 to. There are approximately 6,479 dialysis facilities in the u. s. of these dialysis facilities, approximately 617 are hospital based. The annual medicare spending to treat kidney failure in the u. s. is approximately billion: over 89,000 people with end stage renal disease (kidney failure) die annually, updated january 2016. Pathophysiology review: renin, angiotensin, and aldosterone, key points, sodium, renin (controls angio i, angio ii controls aldosterone. Low bp sensed increased renin increased angio i angio i converts to ii increased.
