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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

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You are teaching a new intensive care unit nurse about assessing for acute Tubular Necrosis. What are the hallmark diagnostic tests that reflect the presence of acute Tubular Necrosis?

Biopsy of the kidneys.
Computerized Tomography scan of the kidneys.
There is not a single test that can diagnose it, but lab values are helpful.
Abdominal series.

Explanation

Answer: C - There is not a single hallmark diagnostic test that conclusively reflects the presence of acute Tubular Necrosis. Instead, patient history, clinical findings, radiological studies and lab studies are examined together.

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