NUR 229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Oncotic Pressure, Hypoalbuminemia, Hyperlipidemia
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A set of symptoms experienced by a patient with damage to the filtering structure of the kidneys (glomerulus), which is causing massive amounts of proteins to leak into the urine. Note: this is not a disease but a group of symptoms that occurs with a disease. The patient can lose various types of proteins from the bloodstream into the urine such as: albumin (main protein lost) However, the patient is losing a lot of albumin and will experience a condition called hypoalbuminemia. When hypoalbuminemia occurs the following can occur with this syndrome: edema: swelling that will start in the face and around the eye and then progress to the extremities, abdomen, legs etc. Therefore, the patient may experience high lipid levels. Immunoglobulins: helps fight infection (increases the patient risk for infection: proteins that prevent clot formation: increased risk of clot development.
