A client is admitted to the emergency room and is found to have proteinuria, a low serum albumin, edema, and elevated blood lipids.The nurse recognizes these symptoms as those associated with:

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The symptoms of proteinuria, low serum albumin, edema, and elevated blood lipids are associated with nephrotic syndrome, which is a kidney disorder characterized by damage to the glomeruli in the kidneys leading to increased protein loss in the urine, low levels of serum albumin, edema, and high lipid levels. Rejection of a kidney transplant and kidney stones would not cause all of these symptoms, and acute kidney injury may cause proteinuria and low albumin but not the elevated blood lipids and edema seen in nephrotic syndrome.

A Client Is Admitted to the Emergency Room and Is