The nurse suspects that a patient with acute kidney injury will not be prescribed peritoneal dialysis because: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Peritoneal dialysis takes too much time to remove body wastes.
2. The excess fluid in the peritoneum can negatively impact the patient's breathing.
3. There are poorer outcomes from using peritoneal dialysis.
4. The patient has hypertension.
5. The patient has a potassium level of 5.5 mEq/L.
1,2,3
Rationale 1: Peritoneal dialysis is often not speedy or efficient enough to adequately remove the midsized wastes such as urea, which accumulate rapidly in catabolic acute kidney injury patients.
Rationale 2: The volume of fluid that is placed in the peritoneum during peritoneal dialysis tends to have a negative impact on respiratory function.
Rationale 3: Several studies have demonstrated poorer outcomes for patients who received peritoneal dialysis rather than other modalities of treatment for acute kidney injury.
Rationale 4: Hypertension is not a reason why peritoneal dialysis would not be indicated for this patient.
Rationale 5: This potassium level is not a contraindication for the use of peritoneal dialysis.
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