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Title: While planning care for a patient with renal calculi, the nurse remembers the most important fac-tor ...
Post by: vincent_pijen on Feb 12, 2018
While planning care for a patient with renal calculi, the nurse remembers the most important fac-tor in renal calculus formation is:
 
  a. urine pH.
  b. body temperature.
  c. gender.
  d. serum mineral concentrations.


Title: While planning care for a patient with renal calculi, the nurse remembers the most important fac-tor ...
Post by: martinez6496 on Feb 12, 2018
ANS: A
The most important factor in renal calculus formation is urine pH, not gender, although calculi form more often in men. Neither body temperature nor serum mineral concentrations are as im-portant as urine pH.