Infections After Transplant
These three categories are where transplant patients are at most risk of infection
What are: Donor derived, surgical, opportunistic
This commonly used transplant drug causes hyperkalemia, leukopenia and ATN
What is septra?
Four major organs involved in K regulation
What are brain, gut, adrenals and kidney?
Best way to remove potassium in anuric dialysis patients?
What is hemodialysis?
Procedures that Kelvin is good at
What are Colostomy or delivering babies
CMV and EBV infection in non-transplant patients
What is mononucleosis?
This commonly used antibiotic causes crytal induced nephropathy and needs to be renally dosed to avoid
What are fluoroquinalones?
Proportion of potassium excreted by colon in renal v non-renal populations?
What is 50% v 10%?
4 Common reasons for admission in dialysis patients
What are dialysis start, failure to attend dialysis, access related infection and ischemic foot?
Matts cheap facebook scrubs have this animal on his L sleeve and is also his gang sign
What is an ape?
Cystitis, ureteric strictures, nephritis
What three structures are affected by BK virus after transplant?
Cephalosporins can damage the kidney through this mechanism
What is AIN?
Daily intake and output of potassium
What is 100 meq?
Best resource to help discharge a dialysis patient?
Who is the charge nurse?
Dr Treleaven blames this for the fact that renal transplants bleed alot
What is the lymphocele?
Viruses that are tested for directly in high risk donors
What are HCV, HBV and HIV?
This nephrotoxic medication is more dangerous when prescribed with piperacillin-tazobactam
What is vancomycin?
Percent of total body potassium in blood
What is 2%
Best way to diurese and control HTN in a patient with CKD
What is multi-level nephron blockade?
Name three RTU nurses
Too many too name
In a patient with a positive TB skin test wishing to be listed for transplant, this test when negative can help clear the patient.
What is IGRA?
These nephrotoxic medications are often used to treat peritonitis
What are aminoglycosides?
Nephron segment affected by meals, potassium concentration and circadian rhythm
What is the distal convoluted tubule (DCT1)?
Three most common causes of shortness of breath overnight?
What is volume overload, aspiration and acute MI?
Three countries represented on our team
Kuwait, Kenya, Canada