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Urinary Elimin
Stack #222501
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Urinary Retention | occurs when urine is produced normally but is not excreted completely from the bladder. |
| Urinary Incontinence | any involuntary loss of urine that causes such a problem |
| When does a person feel the need to void | 150-250ml in an adult |
| The process of emptying the bladder | Mictuiation, voiding, or urination |
| Enuresis | intentional or involuntary urination into bed or clothes that occurs after an age when continence should be present |
| Nephrotoxic | capable of causing kidney damage; |
| Hematuria | blood in the urine; caused by anticoagulants |
| Urinary Diversion | involves the surgical creation of an alternate route for excretion of urine |
| Anuria | 24 hour output is less than 50ml; kidney shutdown or renal failure |
| Dysuria | painful or difficult urinating |
| Frequency | increased incidence of voidung |
| Glycosuria | presence of sugar in the urine |
| Nocturia | awakening at night to urinate |
| Oliguria | scanty of greatly diminished amount of urine voided in a given time |
| Polyuria | excessive output of urine |
| Proteinuria | protein in the urine; indication of kidney disease |
| Pyuria | ous in the urine; appears cloudy |
| Supression | stoppage of urine production; normaylla the adult kidenys |
| Urgency | stong desire to void |
| Urinary Incontinence | Involuntary loss of urine |
| Specific Gravity | urine is a measure of the density of urine compared with the density of water. |
| Hesitancy | a delay or difficulty in initiating voiding |
| When does urinary retention occur | the bladder fills up ro 3,000-4,000ml |
| Transient Incontinence | appears suddenly and lasts for 6 months or less |
| Stress Incontinence | occurs when there is an involuntary loss of urine related to an increase in intra abdominal presure |
| Urge Incontinence | is the involuntary loss of urine that cccurs soon after feeling anurgent need to void |
| Mixed Incontinence | inducates that there is urine loss with features of two or more types of incontinence |
| Overflow Incontinence | the involuntary loss of urine is assoicated with overdistention and overflow of the bladdder |
| Functional Incontinence | is urine loss caused by the inability to reach the toilet because of enviromental barriers, physical limitations, losss of memory, or disorinentation |
| Reflex Incontinecne | expericane emptying of the bladder without sensation of the need to void |
| Total Incontinence | is a continous and unredictable loss of urine as a result of surgery, trauma, or pysical malformation |
| Post Void Residual | the amount of urine remnaing in the bladder immediatly after voiding; can be measured by the traditional method of catherization or use of a portable ultraousnd evice that scans the bladder; most accurate in supine position; |
| Indwelling Urethral Catheter | continous drainage; retention or foley catheters; balloon is inflated inside |
| Intermitternt urethral catheters | straigh catheters are used to drain the bladder for shorter periods |
| Suprapubic Catheter | is used for long term continuous drainage; entered surgically through the pubic symphisis |
| Bacturia | when bacteria is present in the urine |
| external condom catheter | soft, pliable sheath made of silicone material is applied externally to the penis |
| ileal conduit | is a cutaneous urinary divison; ileal conduit involves a surgical resection of the small intestine, with transplanation of the ureters to the isolated segment of the small bowel |
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