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Question 3 1 pt The nurse is reviewing the lab values of a patient diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Which of the following lab values are associated with CKD? Select all that apply. GFR 10 Creatinine 2.91 mg/dL. BUN 55 mg/dL. Proteinuria, K5.9 mar Question 4 1 pts A patient is diagnosed with a kidney stone that is in the ureter. The nurse would anticipate which of the following clinical manifestations? Select all that apply. Flank pain Nausea and vomiting. Pale yellow urine. Urinary urgency Frequent urination

Answer 1

Lab values associated with CKD are

Glomerular Filtration Rate 10 : This is because a normal healthy adult will have a GFR greater than 90, and if it is lesser than 15 it indicates that there is a kidney failure.

Creatinine 2.9 mg/dl : The normal serum creatinine level is 0.6 to 1.1mg/dl.Creatinine levels greater than 2 indicates the abnormality.

BUN 55mg/dl: The normal blood urea nitrogen levels are 7 to 20 mg/ dl.So higher levels greater than 20 indicates kidney failure.

Protienuria : This is one of the strong biomarker to identify chronic kidney disease which determines the Glomerular filtration rate.

K (potassium) 5.9mEq/L : Normal potassium levels are 3.5 to 5.5 mEq/L.More than 5.5 indicates abnormality.

Thus all the given options applies to Chronic Kidney Disease.

The symptoms of the patients who have renal stones are

Severe pain in the sides, back and ribs that radiates to the abdomen, urinary urgency, foul smelling urine, urinating frequently, Nausea and vomiting, Pain on urination, fever and chills, Urine colour change pink , red or brown.

So all the options given above are correct except pale yellow urine which is not the symptom of kidney stones.