A person’s body needs it’s kidneys to filter blood‚ create hormones to make bones strong and blood healthy. When kidneys fail‚ treatment is necessary‚ and there are only two options: a kidney transplant or dialysis. Dialysis first became a practical treatment in the 1960’s. There are two main types of dialysis‚ hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Both types of dialysis filter blood of harmful wastes‚ extra salt‚ and water. Hemodialysis does this with a machine. Both require a special diet and both
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lo Background Acute glomerulonephritis refers to a specific set of renal diseases in which an immunologic mechanism triggers inflammation and proliferation of glomerular tissue that can result in damage to the basement membrane‚ mesangium‚ or capillary endothelium. Hippocrates originally described the manifestation of back pain and hematuria‚ which lead to oliguria or anuria. With the development of the microscope‚ Langhans was later able to describe these pathophysiologic glomerular changes
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Figure 1. “Couple of kidney stones on macro shot” Kidney Stones‚ is there a solution? By: Andrew Sailers CHM2046L.904 Instructor: Kia Williams Due: October 7‚ 2014 Introduction Kidney stones are a painful and dangerous urinary disorder that could cause severe cramping‚ block flow of urine‚ and sometimes cause a fever that “about 5 % of American women and 12 % of men suffer from at some point in their lives” (Kidney Stone Disease). “Most small stones measuring less than 5mm or 6mm can persist in
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Laboratory Report on Urine Examination Introduction: When testing urine the test results may provide information regarding the status of carbohydrate metabolism and kidney function. The kidney glomeruli act as ultrafilters for the plasma protein; however as much as 150 mg/dl of protein may normally be excreted into the urine. In glomerular proteinuria‚ an increase in glomerular permeability occurs‚ resulting in an increase of urine proteins. High urine protein concentration therefore may indicate
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Knowing Your Kidney Disease Introduction (1) This book is being prepared in order to encourage and make the patient understand pathologies of diseases of the kidney. Kidney disease affects end-stage renal disease‚ which is kidney failure‚ affect 400‚000 patients currently in the United States today‚ of which new cases of kidney failure actually contribute about 120‚000 patients per year annually. The importance of early identification and knowing h0ow to live with kidney disease in
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Management of CKD All stages – to include • Regular clinical and laboratory assessment (see table overleaf) • Advice on smoking‚ weight‚ exercise‚ salt & alcohol intake • Cardiovascular prophylaxis: if risk >20% at 10 years consider - aspirin if BP 100 mg/mmol - include ACEI or ARB if urine PCR >100 mg/mmol or - if diabetes and microalbuminuria present + check creatinine and potassium - before starting and - 2 weeks after start and - after each dose change + if creatinine increases by >20% or GFR
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Summary of “Farming it out” by Maria Amuchastegui Maria Amuchastegui’s article “Farming it out‚” explains and argues how Canada‚ along with the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAW)‚ allows guest-workers from Mexico to work and receive the benefits Canadian citizens appreciate until health issues arise. Ms. Amuchastegui reviews the pros and cons for the migrant workers in Canada. Through the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAW)‚ they are offered job opportunities and some medical
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Homeostatic imbalances a person on dialysis might face GE 259 Mike Myers Instructor Dr. Loc Homeostasis enables the body’s system to function as expected because of proper temperature regulation. Dialysis is the process by which waste products are removed from the body by artificial ways by diffusion. The process of removal of waste products in a healthy person is facilitated by the kidneys. However‚ those individuals who suffer from kidney failure experience problems with waste
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A nurse is caring for an 80-year-old patient who was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of dehydration. The patient stated he had been vomiting for 2 days and had been unable to take food or fluids. He has been healthy and currently takes only a diuretic for his blood pressure. On physical examination‚ the nurse notes the patient’s skin is dry with decreased turgor‚ oral mucous membranes are dry‚ heart rate is 100‚ and blood pressure is 90/60. The patient’s urine is dark amber with a specific
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Helping Professional I am currently a Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician working in a hospital setting; going on 14 years. Dialysis technicians work with people whose kidneys no longer work properly or at all. I operate machines that remove wastes‚ salt‚ and extra water from patients’ blood while keeping safe levels of certain chemicals. Dialysis patients generally are on the machine for about four hours‚ three times a week. My job as a technician is to prepare patients for dialysis
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