Sci-Fi
Submitted by prose1124 on July 22, 2011
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Sci-Fi
Kidney Failure CheckPoint
* Scenario A:
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* Acute renal failure. Ms. Jones, a 68-year-old female, underwent open-heart surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. On her first day postoperatively, it was noted that she had very little urine output.
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* 1. What is happening to Ms. Jones’s kidneys, and why is it causing the observed symptom?
Usually the kidney manages its own blood flow and GFR. When the kidneys become hypoperfused, such as in hypovolemia, heart failure, shock, the renal arteries narrowing, the kidney vessels enlarge with the assistance of prostaglandins to ease flow. If this auto regulation of...
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