A patient is diagnosed with chronic pyelonephritis. The nurse recognizes that this patient is prone to developing which health problem?
1. chronic kidney disease
2. cystitis
3. acute renal failure
4. renal calculi
Correct Answer: 1
Chronic pyelonephritis involves chronic inflammation and scarring of the tubules and interstitial tissues of the kidney. It is a common cause of chronic kidney disease. Cystitis may cause acute pyelonephritis and acute renal failure. Renal calculi are generally caused by dietary intake, not by chronic pyelonephritis.
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