7 Integrated Renal Practice Questions Online Quiz Questions

True or false: Kidney abnormalities must persist for at least 6 months to meet the chronicity requirement for chronic kidney disease.

True or false: A single elevated potassium result always proves a true elevation and requires the same treatment in every patient.

Kidney abnormalities must persist for at least how many months to establish the chronicity requirement for CKD? Enter the duration in months.

A patient on peritoneal dialysis develops abdominal pain and fever, and the drained fluid looks cloudy. What complication should be suspected?

A patient cannot urinate, has severe lower abdominal discomfort, a markedly distended bladder, bilateral hydronephrosis, and elevated creatinine. What is the best immediate action?

A patient has had an eGFR of 38 mL/min/1.73 m² for 5 months and a UACR of 450 mg/g. How should the results be classified?

A patient has had vomiting and diarrhea for 2 days. Creatinine increased from 0.9 mg/dL to 1.4 mg/dL, the patient is dizzy on standing with dry mucous membranes, and they have taken ibuprofen while continuing an ACE inhibitor. Which interpretation and initial approach is best?

A patient with advanced CKD has hemoglobin 9.1 g/dL, bicarbonate 17 mmol/L, elevated phosphate, and potassium 5.6 mmol/L. Select all accurate statements about interpreting these findings.

A hospitalized patient with worsening kidney function has potassium 6.8 mmol/L, peaked T waves on ECG, increasing oxygen needs, and pulmonary crackles. Select all appropriate priorities.

A patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis is 2.8 kg above the prescribed postdialysis weight before the next session. The patient has ankle edema but no breathlessness or chest pain. Which response is most appropriate?

A clinician is considering dialysis for a patient with kidney dysfunction. Is an elevated creatinine value alone sufficient to determine that dialysis is needed?

A patient has vomiting and diarrhea, signs of volume depletion, and a creatinine increase from 0.9 mg/dL to 1.4 mg/dL within 48 hours. Explain why the creatinine value should not be dismissed as too low to indicate acute kidney injury, and outline an appropriate initial approach.

A patient cannot urinate and has severe lower abdominal discomfort. A bladder scan shows a markedly distended bladder, imaging shows bilateral hydronephrosis, and creatinine is elevated. What is the best immediate action?

For kidney abnormalities to establish chronic kidney disease, how long must they persist at minimum?

A patient has an eGFR of 38 mL/min/1.73 m². What GFR category does this value fall into?

A patient with persistent kidney abnormalities has a UACR of 450 mg/g. Which albuminuria category does this result indicate?

Before a scheduled hemodialysis session, a patient is 2.8 kg above the prescribed postdialysis weight and has ankle edema but no breathlessness or chest pain. What is the most appropriate response?

True or false: A creatinine value by itself is enough to determine that a patient must start dialysis.