NURS 3014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sugar Alcohol, Hypercalcaemia, Hyperphosphatemia
25 May 2017
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Renal failure: renal failure results when the kidneys cannot remove the body"s metabolic wastes or perform their regulatory functions. The substances normally eliminated in the urine accumulate in the body fluids as a result of impaired renal excretion, affecting endocrine and metabolic functions as well as fluid, electrolyte and acid-base disturbances: systemic disease. Common pathway of many different diseases (especially cardiovascular disease and diabetes) Potentially impacts all body systems once kidneys shut down, all body systems are affected: life-threatening, can be acute or chronic and temporary or permanent, renal failure abnormalities for both arf and crf include: When the kidneys do not work, everything gets backed up into the system. Fluids are not being excreted, and thus there is an increase in fluid retention and fluid volume overload occurs. Manifestations of this include shortness of breath, puffy eyes, increased jvd. Shifting of fluid occurs and kidneys are not able to excrete metabolic toxins -> increased potassium, magnesium, phosphorous.
