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Upper UTI example
Pyelonephritis
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s/s of upper UTI
- chills
- fever
- flank pain
- fatigue
- vomit
- costovertebral tender on affected side
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lower UTI example
cystitis
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s/s of lower UTI
- emptying symptoms:
- hesitancy
- intermittency
- postvoid dribble
- retention /incomplete empty
- dysuria
- pain on urination
- storage symptomsfrequency
- urgency
- incontinence
- nocturia
- nocturnal enuresis
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s/s of glomerulonephritis
- hematuria (smoky / rusty color)
- urinary excretions of various formed elements(RBC/WBC/protien/casts)
- generalized edema
- hypertension
- oliguria
- protienuria
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nurse care for glomerulonephritis
- rest
- sodium/fluid restrict
- diuretic
- antihypertensive therapy
- adjust dietary protien intake to level of protienuria
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what is good pasture syndrome?
- autoimmune
- immune system makes antibodies that attack lung and kidney
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s/s of good pastures syndrome
- cough blood
- burn sensation at urination
- fatigue
- nausea
- sob
- hematuria
- protienuria
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good pasture syndrome effects on lung and kidney
- lung effect not permanent
- damage to kidney long lasting
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assessment data
- inspection:
- skin, mouth, face, extremities, note edema, distention,masses, enlarge kidney, abdomen, wt gain/loss, general state of health
- palpation:normal kidney size not palpable ; if palpable not size contour and tenderness
- urinary bladder not palpable unless distended with urine
- percussion:tenderness in flank area upon firm blow to area
- normal bladder not percussible till 150 mL urine
- if bladder full, dull shoudn heard above symphysis pubis
- distended bladder can be percussed as high as umbilicus
- Auscultation:abdominal aorta and renal arteries ascultated for bruit (hearing abnormal murmur) which indicates impaired blood flow to kidney
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interstitial cystitis
chronic painful inflammatory disease of bladder with s/s of urgency, frequency, adn pain in bladder/pelvis
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polycystic kidney disease
- life threatening genetic disease
- cysts enlarge adn destroy surrounding tissue by compression
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