A patient diagnosed with prostate cancer is demonstrating signs of renal failure. What should this assessment finding suggest to the nurse?
1. obstructive uropathy
2. spinal cord compression
3. urethral strictures from radiation
4. bladder irritation from chemotherapy
Correct Answer: 1
Patients with prostate cancer may experience obstruction of the bladder neck or the ureters. Bladder neck obstruction usually manifests as urinary retention, flank pain, hematuria, or persistent urinary tract infections, but ureteral obstruction is not often evident until the patient is in renal failure. Spinal cord compression does not cause renal failure. Urethral strictures from radiation would not cause renal failure. Bladder irritation from chemotherapy would not cause renal failure.
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