PATH 370- QUIZ 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The greatest risk factor for bladder cancer is - Answers -Smoking
A patient injured severely in a motor vehicle accident is hospitalized with acute kidney
injury as well as multiple broken bones and lacerations. When family members ask what
is meant by the term 'prerenal,' the nurse responds - Answers -"Your husband's kidney
injury did not start in the kidney itself, but rather in the blood flow to the kidney."
If acute tubular necrosis (ATN) does not resolve and continued tubular dysfunction
ensues, the patient will then experience - Answers -polyuria and sodium wasting
At his most recent clinic visit, a patient with end-stage renal disease is noted to have
edema, congestive signs in the pulmonary system, and a pericardial friction rub.
Appropriate therapy at this time would include - Answers -initiation of dialysis
Hyperlipidemia occurs in nephrotic syndrome because - Answers -hepatocytes
synthesize excessive lipids
Which intervention has been found to retard the advancement of chronic kidney
disease? - Answers -ACE inhibitors
The consequence of an upper urinary tract obstruction in a single ureter is - Answers -
hydronephrosis
The direct cause of stress incontinence is - Answers -pelvic muscle weakness
In patients with polycystic kidney disease, renal failure is expected to progress over time
as the cystic process destroys more nephrons. At what point will a patient reach end-
stage renal disease? - Answers -Greater than 90% nephron loss
Postrenal acute kidney injury may be caused by - Answers -bilateral kidney stones
The most common types of uterine tumors are known as - Answers -leiomyomas
Which condition is caused by a genetic defect? - Answers -Polycystic kidney disease
Phimosis is a disorder of the penis characterized by - Answers -inability to retract the
foreskin
The most likely cause of acidosis in a patient with end-stage renal disease is - Answers
-insufficient metabolic acid excretion resulting from nephron loss
Prerenal acute kidney injury may be caused by - Answers -severe hypotension
The greatest risk factor for bladder cancer is - Answers -Smoking
A patient injured severely in a motor vehicle accident is hospitalized with acute kidney
injury as well as multiple broken bones and lacerations. When family members ask what
is meant by the term 'prerenal,' the nurse responds - Answers -"Your husband's kidney
injury did not start in the kidney itself, but rather in the blood flow to the kidney."
If acute tubular necrosis (ATN) does not resolve and continued tubular dysfunction
ensues, the patient will then experience - Answers -polyuria and sodium wasting
At his most recent clinic visit, a patient with end-stage renal disease is noted to have
edema, congestive signs in the pulmonary system, and a pericardial friction rub.
Appropriate therapy at this time would include - Answers -initiation of dialysis
Hyperlipidemia occurs in nephrotic syndrome because - Answers -hepatocytes
synthesize excessive lipids
Which intervention has been found to retard the advancement of chronic kidney
disease? - Answers -ACE inhibitors
The consequence of an upper urinary tract obstruction in a single ureter is - Answers -
hydronephrosis
The direct cause of stress incontinence is - Answers -pelvic muscle weakness
In patients with polycystic kidney disease, renal failure is expected to progress over time
as the cystic process destroys more nephrons. At what point will a patient reach end-
stage renal disease? - Answers -Greater than 90% nephron loss
Postrenal acute kidney injury may be caused by - Answers -bilateral kidney stones
The most common types of uterine tumors are known as - Answers -leiomyomas
Which condition is caused by a genetic defect? - Answers -Polycystic kidney disease
Phimosis is a disorder of the penis characterized by - Answers -inability to retract the
foreskin
The most likely cause of acidosis in a patient with end-stage renal disease is - Answers
-insufficient metabolic acid excretion resulting from nephron loss
Prerenal acute kidney injury may be caused by - Answers -severe hypotension
