A male patient has benign prostatic enlargement. He is at risk for what type of acute kidney injury?
a. Prerenal
b. Intrarenal
c. Postrenal
d. Combined form
C
BPH would place this patient at risk for postrenal failure. Prerenal failure is often the result of decreased cardiac output or acute fluid volume loss. Intrarenal failure consists of damage to the actual nephrocytes.
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a. Noncompliant b. Difficult c. Cooperative d. Ignorant e. Confident
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