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What is mild fullness in renal pelvicalyceal?
mild fullness of left renal collecting system
What is the role of renal system?
Regulate bodily fluids
What is the clinical emergency that involves the renal system?
Cystitis
How can hypokalemia affect your life?
Hypokalemia or low potassium can cause lethal heart rhythms. general tiredness , muscle twitching and damage.
How is digoxin associated with hypokalemia?
Usually, hyperkalemia is associated with usage of digoxin. This is due to the blocking action of digoxin on the Na/K ase which results in accumulation of extracellular K+.Most of the times, patients presenting with heart problems are already on diuretics before they are prescribed with digoxin. Diuretics cause hypokalemia as they result in excessive excretion of K+ from the body. Hypokalemia in turn causes digoxin toxicity. Digoxin toxicity does not cause hypokalemia, but hypokalemia can worsen digoxin toxicity.
What is the effect on the heart function in the case of hypokalemia and hyperkalemia?
Hypokalemia and hyperkalmia both can have effects on the heart function. Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia can cause cardiac arriythmias.
How does the hypokalemia affect the effects of Digitalis?
Hypokalemia potentiates the effects of digoxin. Hypokalemia reduces the drive of the Na-K-ATPase, resulting in increased cellular Na in cardiac muscles. Digoxin does the same thing by blocking the Na-K-ATPase.
What disease process causes hypokalemia frequent UTI and kidney stone formation?
Type I Renal Tubular Acidosis
How Renal response to acidosis?
how does renal system compansate for acidosis
How can steroids cause hypokalemia?
Corticosteroids have some agonistic effects on Mineralocorticoids (aldosterone) thus dumping potassium and absorbing sodium.
How do the digestive system and the renal system interrelate?
The renal system eliminates some of the waste products produced by digestion; in particular proteins.
What does the renal system refer to?
The renal system is a system in the human body that removes waste from the body. It is closely related to the urinary system of the body. The renal system includes the kidney and the liver.
Which organ system contains renal?
Renal is a word that refers to the kidney. Anything that is renal (renal artery, for example) is found with the kidney. And the kidney is part of the excretory system that eliminates waste from your body via the blood stream.
What system does kidney stones effect?
The renal system.
Where would the renal come under medical terms?
Renal refers to the urinary system.
What is mild fullness in renal pelvicalyceal?
mild fullness of left renal collecting system
What organ system in kidney?
renal
