A patient has just been diagnosed with acute glomerulonephritis. Which question should the nurse ask this client in attempting to establish a cause?
A)
"Do you have a history of heart failure?"
B)
"Have you recently had kidney stones?"
C)
"Have you ever been diagnosed with diabetes?"
D)
"Have you had any type of infection within the last 2 weeks?"
Ans:
D
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Acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis usually occurs after infection with certain strains of group A β-hemolytic streptococci and is caused by deposition of immune complexes of antibody and bacterial antigens. Other organisms can also cause this infection.
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