A nurse is collecting data from a hospital patient who has been admitted with pyelonephritis. He is acutely ill with a high fever, chills, nausea, and vomiting. He also has severe pain in the flank area. What is the primary goal of treatment?
a. Provide adequate nutrition with a stable body weight.
b. Provide adequate hydration with pulse and blood pressure within patient norms.
c. Give pain relief with analgesics and anti-spasmodics.
d. Prevent further damage to his kidneys that could lead to renal failure.
D
Pyelonephritis can cause scarring of the renal parenchyma and result in atrophy of the affected kidney, which means the kidney is failing.
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