Explanation:
One of the patient's therapeutic alternatives is to refuse dialysis. This decision should be honoured because it is the patient's or family's right to make it. Despite their choice, care and comfort should still be provided. The primary doctor should be involved in their treatment at this stage, and a hospice referral should be considered.
Explanation:
The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the best measure of a person's kidney function, even though a blood creatinine level may be helpful.
Explanation:
Predialysis tests will reveal whether the patient is anaemic and assist in deciding whether EPO has to be given. The administration of EPO with ARF will be governed by the policies and procedures specific to each dialysis centre.
Explanation:
Being over 60 is regarded as a risk factor. Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are two frequent risk factors for kidney disease that are both curable. Kidney illness claims more lives yearly than breast and prostate cancer.
Explanation:
If correctly managed, acute renal failure only lasts a short time and develops rapidly. Chronic renal failure often lasts the rest of the person's life and can grow over weeks, months, or even years.
Explanation:
The three layers of the glomerular membrane are:
The endothelium lines the capillary lumen.
The basement membrane is a matrix of collagen and similar proteins.
The cytoplasmic foot processes of the visceral epithelial cells of the Bowman's capsule cross the basement membrane.
Explanation:
A person experiences acute renal failure when their glomerular filtration rate rapidly decreases, causing metabolic waste to build up in their blood. Even though RRT has been used for a while, patients with ARF still have a death rate of roughly 50%.
