When a child is admitted with acute renal failure, a clinician ...

[berenicecastro]

When a child is admitted with acute renal failure, a clinician realizes the most common cause of acute renal failure is:
 
  a. glomerulonephritis.
  b. obstruction.
  c. nephrotic syndrome.
  d. hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).

Question 2

What term is used to describe a retrograde flow of urine from the urinary bladder into the ureters that is the cause of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs)?
 
  a. Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)
  b. Vesicourethral reflux
  c. Vesicoureteral influx
  d. Hydronephrosis

[frankwu0507]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
HUS is the most common cause of acute renal failure in children. Glomerulonephritis can lead to renal failure, but it is not the most common. While either obstruction or nephrotic syndrome could contribute to renal failure, neither is not the most common cause.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
VUR is the retrograde flow of urine from the bladder into the kidney or ureters, or both.
The condition is ureteral, not urethral. It results in reflux, not influx. Reflux could lead to pyelo-nephritis, not hydronephrosis.

[berenicecastro]

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