Medical Surgical Nursing

(Tina Sui) #1

  • Thick, tenacious sputum

  • Depressed cough reflex

  • Pleuritic pain

  • Shortness of breath

  • Tachypnea

  • Kussmaul-type respirations

  • Uremic pneumonitis


Chronic renal failure/ S&S Integumentary



  • Gray-bronze skin color

  • Dry, flaky ( رّشقمُ ) skin

  • Pruritus

  • Ecchymosis

  • Purpura

  • Thin, brittle nails

  • Coarse, thinning hair


Chronic renal failure/ S&S Gastrointestinal



  • Ammonia odor to breath (―uremic fetor‖)

  • Metallic taste

  • Mouth ulcerations and bleeding

  • Anorexia, nausea, vomiting

  • Hiccups

  • Constipation or diarrhea


Chronic renal failure/ S&S Hematological



  • Bleeding from GI tract

  • Anemia

  • Thrombocytopenia


Chronic renal failure/ S&S Reproductive

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