A male infant is brought into the clinic because of colic-like symptoms. The mother states he acts like something is hurting. After eating, he vomits most of the feeding and then assumes a fetal position.
He is also not gaining weight. The nurse practitioner is thinking that he is displaying clinical manifestations of obstruction and may have which of the following medical diagnoses?
A)
Duodenal ulceration
B)
Constipation
C)
Pyloric stenosis
D)
Erosive esophagitis
Question 2
A nurse is collecting a urine specimen prior to measuring the albumin level in a client's urine. A colleague questions the rationale for the test, stating, I thought albumin was related to liver function, not kidney function.
How can the nurse best respond to this statement?
A)
Urine should normally be free of any proteins, and albumin is one of the more common proteins to be excreted in chronic renal failure.
B)
Urine albumin levels are useful for diagnosing diabetic kidney disease.
C)
A urine dipstick test will tell us exactly how much albumin is being spilled by the client's kidneys.
D)
A urine test for albumin allows us to estimate the client's GFR quite accurately.
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