CKD
The leading cause of Chronic Kidney Disease
Diabetes
The pulsation you feel when palpating a fistula or graft
Thrill
May be caused by excessive ultrafiltration, antihypertensive drugs or eating while on dialysis
Hypotension
Symptoms of ______________ _______________ are swollen hands, feet, eyelids or abdomen and hypertension
Fluid Overload
Phosphate binders must be taken _________ meals
Sudden loss of kidney function that is often reversible
Acute Renal Failure (ARF) or
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Made from an artificial vessel and takes 3-6 weeks to heal prior to use
AV graft
Air bubbles carried by the blood stream into a vessel small enough to be blocked by the bubbles
Air embolism
The kidneys are located in the ____________ space
retroperitoneal
Patients who are Hepatis B __________ positive must be isolated during dialysis.
antigen
"Urine in the blood" that causes fatigue, edema. itching and flu-like symptoms
Uremia
Chest Xray is required prior to use of this access
Subclavian or IJ CVC (catheter)
Dropping a dialyzer could cause this
Blood leak
The functional unit of the kidney
nephron
Too much of this in your patient's diet can cause abnormal heart rhythms and cardiac arrest
Potassium (K+)
At this GFR, dialysis is required to sustain life
15
When compressing the middle of a fistula or graft, the weaker side is the...
Venous
The rupture of red blood cells
Hemolysis
Movement of solutes from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
Diffusion
This medication is given to prevent clotting in the extracorporeal circuit and dialysis access
Heparin
The 4 treatment options for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Hemodialysis
Peritoneal dialysis
Transplant
No treatment
The mixing of blood leaving the venous needle with the blood entering the arterial needle
recirculation
Condition in which rapid changes in a patient's extracellular fluid affects the brain
Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome (DDS)
>Removed by the carbon tanks
>Lethal to dialysis patients
>Level must be below 0.1 mg/L
Chlorine/Chloramine
Two medications administered during dialysis to help the body make red blood cells and prevent anemia
ESAs (Erythropoietin Stimulating Agents)
>Epogen, Aranesp, Mircera, Retacrit
Iron
>Venofer