When planning care for a patient with heart failure, the nurse keeps in mind that this condition may lead to:
A) prerenal AKI.
B) intrinsic AKI.
C) postrenal AKI.
D) glomerulonephritis.
A) prerenal AKI.
Explanation: A) Prerenal AKI occurs for two primary reasons: reduced blood flow to the kidney due to intravascular volume depletion from nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or aggressive diuresis and reduced effective arterial blood volume from shock, related to heart failure, hypovolemia, or sepsis.
B) Prerenal AKI occurs for two primary reasons: reduced blood flow to the kidney due to intravascular volume depletion from nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or aggressive diuresis and reduced effective arterial blood volume from shock, related to heart failure, hypovolemia, or sepsis.
C) Prerenal AKI occurs for two primary reasons: reduced blood flow to the kidney due to intravascular volume depletion from nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or aggressive diuresis and reduced effective arterial blood volume from shock, related to heart failure, hypovolemia, or sepsis.
D) Intrinsic AKI results from several causes and include vasculitis, acute glomerulonephritis, sepsis, ischemia, and nephrotoxin exposure.
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