While planning care for a patient with renal calculi, the nurse remembers the most important fac-tor in renal calculus formation is:
a. urine pH.
b. body temperature.
c. gender.
d. serum mineral concentrations.
ANS: A
The most important factor in renal calculus formation is urine pH, not gender, although calculi form more often in men. Neither body temperature nor serum mineral concentrations are as im-portant as urine pH.
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