You respond to a nursing home for an ill patient. Upon your arrival, the staff tells you that over the past few days the patient's urine output has been steadily declining. Today, the patient has voided only approximately 400 mL. You suspect:

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The steady decline in urine output and low output of approximately 400 mL suggests acute renal failure, which is a sudden decrease in the kidney's ability to filter waste products from the blood. Chronic renal failure is a gradual decline in kidney function over time and would not present with such a sudden decrease in urine output. Renal calculi and pyelonephritis can cause urinary symptoms, but they are not necessarily associated with a decline in urine output.

You Respond to a Nursing Home for an Ill Patient