Information on the phosphorus level of the patient should the nurse obtain in order to determine the effectiveness of the prescribed calcium carbonate (caltrate) for a patient with chronic kidney disease (ckd).
For CKD patients, calcium carbonate is recommended to bind phosphorus and prevent mineral and bone damage. The other information won't be useful in determining how effective calcium carbonate is.
When a sickness or illness compromises kidney function, causing kidney damage to worsen over several months or years, this is known as chronic kidney disease.
Conditions that harm your kidneys and lessen their capacity to keep you healthy by filtering waste from your blood are included in chronic kidney disease. Wastes can accumulate to high amounts in your blood and make you feel ill if renal disease progresses.
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are administered calcium carbonate to prevent a negative calcium balance, bind dietary phosphorus, and minimize phosphorus retention.
There isn't much information on calcium and phosphorus balance in CKD to back this up.
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