Dialysis Stuff
Things That Harm Patients
Stuff to Know
End of the Road
Teach It!
100
Preparations for Dialysis Start when the GFR is ______ 

15-29 

100

An extreme pulmonary complication that shows up as pink frothy sputum

Pulmonary Edema

100

Don't these medications on dialysis day

antihypertensive and diuretics

100
A type of rejection, it is is reversible if caught early. Expect medications doses to change

Acute Transplant Rejection

100

Dialysis Patient Salt and Fluid Restrictions

Restrict Salt intake (1-3g/day),600 ml plus amount equal to previous day output

200

Best type of HD access

AV Fistula

200

10/10 abdominal pain in PD you should suspect

Bacterial Peritonitis

200

Expected findings in CKD

Edema, HTN, Itching, GI upset, Anemia, K elevations

200
This medication, used to suppress the immune system, causes hyperglycemia and weight gain

Corticosteroids

200

AV Graft Site Important Rule

Do not use for BP or IV

300

2 essentials to home PD

Clean environment and Client Mobility

300

Flu Like Symptoms in a transplant patient may be

Rejection

300
Common Cause of Prerenal Acute Kidney Injury
Anything that causes low blood volume, blood pressure aka poor perfusion pressure
300

Monitor patients on this medication for hyperkalemia

tacrolimus (prograf)

300

PD fluid warming rule

Do not use the microwave

400

Most often occurring in a patient with high BUN during HD it causes headaches, restlessness, decreased LOC and potentially seizures

Dialysis Disequilibrium

400

Symptoms of Hyperkalemia

Diarrhea, nausea, irritability, muscle weakness, ECG changes, arrhythmias

400
Name 2 nephrotoxic medication classes
ACE inhibitor and NSAIDs
400

2 Common Causes of ESRD

Diabetes and Heart Disease

400

Prevent PD Abdominal Pain Issue

Take stool softener to prevent constipation, change position, warm fluid, decrease rate

500

Used to guide dialysis prescription 

The patients dry weight

500

Meds to Hold in AKI

ACE inhibitor 

NSAID

Vancomycin

Contrast

Metformin

500
When a dialysis patient is sick they should

Call HCP to schedule extra dialysis

500

2-10 after transplant; if this occurs the organ needs to be removed

Delayed Hyperacute

500

Important teaching for compliance

help them understand why they have to do each thing they are doing and what happens if they dont

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