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Which of these is an example of postrenal acute kidney injury (AKI)?
Suggested Answer: A
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an example of postrenal acute kidney injury (AKI). Postrenal AKI, as the name suggests, involves an effect 'post' or 'beyond' the kidney, to problems that emerge downstream from the kidney. BPH is one such example of that. Other examples include kidney stones, bladder stones and bladder cancer.
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Moon
11 months ago
Dehydration is more about prerenal, right?
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Rupert
11 months ago
Wait, are you sure about that?
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Lili
11 months ago
Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a classic example!
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Harris
11 months ago
I thought heart failure could cause AKI too?
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Ashlyn
12 months ago
A is definitely postrenal AKI.
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Alaine
12 months ago
I’m confused about D, renal vein thrombosis. I thought that was more about blood flow issues, not obstruction.
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Julieta
12 months ago
I practiced a question like this, and I think dehydration is more prerenal too, so that rules out C.
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Alaine
1 year ago
I’m not entirely sure, but I remember something about heart failure being more related to prerenal causes.
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Hershel
1 year ago
I think postrenal AKI is related to obstruction, so I’m leaning towards A, benign prostatic hyperplasia.
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Elke
1 year ago
ShopTab sounds like the most likely option here. I'm pretty confident that's the right answer.
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Tonette
1 year ago
I vaguely remember practicing some similar questions, and I think it was all about precision measuring, but IV and V don't seem right.
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Jaime
1 year ago
Hmm, I'm a bit unsure about this one. The frequency band and channel bonding options seem important, but I'll need to think through the tradeoffs.