Question

J. S. is 23 years old. He was brought to the emergency department after an auto accident. He suffered a concussion and a deep laceration of his right thigh. He lost about 4 units of blood prior to effective control of bleeding and closure of the wound. Fluid resuscitation is initiated, and a urinary catheter is inserted post operation to monitor his urine output. However, he continues to have significant oozing from his sutured wound. His 24-hour urine volume is 350 ml with a high urine osmolality and low urine sodium. A coagulation screen results indicate the following: platelet count 250,000, bleeding time and a PTT time are both extended. What type of renal failure is J. S. developing? Why is this type of renal failure developing? If J. S. does not receive adequate treatment, what further condition may he develop? Why? What is the best treatment option to prevent this from occurring? What other laboratory data beside urine output should be collected to evaluate J. S.'s renal function? If J. S.’s renal function continues to be diminished without any improvement, what could be the subsequent stages of his renal disorder?

Answer 1

1)J.S develops the type of renal failure that is due to loss of blood.Due to loss of blood ,the supply of blood to the kidney drops and the cells of the kidney that is renal cells suffer hypoxia.

2) It is regarded as acute prerenal type renal failure.

3) If J.S doesn't receive adequate treatment kidney may damage completely and leads to renal failure.

That causes accumulation of waste material remains in the body and it may be fatal.

4)The best treatment option to prevent this from occurring is by monitoring the blood levels of the patient and dialysis the patient to so as to reduce the effect on kidney and helps the kidney to recover.

5)Other tests that can give status of the kidney functioning are Blood urea nitrogen and creatinine.

6)Acute renal failure can lead to chronic renal failure.Chronic renal failure leads to have effects on the liver,that is due to accumulation of toxins.