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Urinary_
renal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) | Nitrogen, in the form of urea, in the blood |
| Creatinine | A component of urine and the final product of creatine catabolism |
| Creatinine clearance test | A mathematical calculation of the total amount of creatinine excreted in the urine over a period of time, usually 24 hours to test renal failure |
| Cystoscopy | The inspection of the interior of the bladder by means of an endoscope |
| Intravenous pyelogram (Intravenous urogram) | Radiography of kidneys, ureters, and bladder following injection of contrast medium into a peripheral vein |
| Kidneys-Ureter-Bladder (KUB) | X-ray of the abdomen to visualize kidneys, ureters, and bladder |
| Renal angiogram | Radiography of vessels in the kidneys after the injection of a radiopaque contrast material |
| Renal arteriogram | Visualization of an artery or arteries of the kidneys by x-ray imaging after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium |
| Retrograde pyelogram (urogram) | Radiography of the urinary tract following injection of contrast medium directly into the bladder, ureter, or renal pelvis |
| Scout film | A radiograph exposed before contrast medium is given, such as the preliminary film for an angiogram, urogram, or barium-contrast gastrointestinal examination |
| Urinalysis | Analysis of the urine content |
| Urine Culture & Sensitivity | Used for the cultivation, isolation, identification of microorganisms from urine specimen and determining which antimicrobial medication they will respond to for treatment |
| Voiding cystourethrogram | An x-ray image made during voiding with the bladder and urethra filled with contrast medium to demonstrate the urethra |
| Analgesic | A drug that relieves pain |
| Antibiotic | A drug that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms |
| Antispasmodic | A drug that relieves spasm |
| Continent urostomy | An internal reservoir construed from a segment of the intestines that diverts urine through an opening that is brought through the abdominal wall, a valve is created internally to prevent leakage and patient empties the pounch by catheterization |
| Diuretic | Drug that increases the secretion of urine |
| Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy | Procedure using ultrasound outside the body to bombard and disintegrate a stone within the body |
| Intracorporeal lithotripsy | The crushing of a stone in the renal pelvis, ureter, or bladder by mechanical force or sound waves originating from an instrument within the body |
| Kidney dialysis | Methods of filtering impurities from the blood, replacing the function of one or both kidneys |
| Nephrectomy | Surgical removal of a kidney |
| Nephrolithotomy | Incision into the kidney for the removal of a renal calculus |
| Nephrorrhaphy | Nephropexy by suturing the kidney |
| Nephrotomy | Incision into the kidney |
| Non-continent ileal conduit | Removal of portion of ileum to use as a channel to which ureters are attached at one end and the other end is a stoma on the abdomen; urine drains continually into external bag |
| Orthotopic bladder | Bladder constructed from portions of intestine connected to the urethra |
| Pyeloplasty | Surgical reconstruction of the kidney pelvis to correct an obstuction |
| Resectoscope | A special endoscopic instrument for the transurethral electrosurgical removal of lesions involving the bladder, prostate gland, or urethra |
| Stent placement | Slender thread, rod, or catheter, lying within the lumen of ureter, used to provide support during or after anastomosis, or to assure patency of an intact but contracted lumen |
| Urinary catheterization | Methods of placing a tube into the bladder to drain or collect urine |
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