Dialyzer Characteristics
Movement of solutes across a semipermeable membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lesser concentration
What is diffusion
Low levels of this indicate malnutrition
What is Albumin
Match symptoms with complications
1) Extreme muscle weakness and abnormal heart rhythms
2) Extreme muscle weakness
3) Fatigue, dizziness, lack of energy
4) limited movement, pain, numbness and tingling in hand.
5) chest pain
A. Anemia
B. Pericarditis
C. Hyperkalemia
D. Neuropathy
E. Carpal tunnel syndrome
A-3
B-5
C-1
D-2
E-4
Water removal from blood due to a pressure gradient
What is Ultrafiltration
There is no difference in a dialyzer for an adult patient than one for a pediatric patient
True or False?
What is false
Determines the amount of water that moves across a membrane at a specific TMP
What is the KUF
What is Hematocrit
A rapid pulse of greater than 100beats/min would indicate the has
What is tachycardia
A high concentration of sodium in the blood causes fluid to move from other body compartments into the vascular system is referred to as
What is Osmosis
Comorbidities are more common in older patients and can complicate the treatment of CKD
True or False
What is true
Adhesion of material to the walls of the membrane
What is adsorbtion
2 part question
Indicates infection with Hepatitis B
Indicates immunity to Hepatitis B
What is Hepatitis B antigen (positive)
What is Hepatitis B antibody (positive)
Which of the following is the first a patient developing dialysis disequilibrium syndrome is most likely to exhibit?
A) Hypotension
B) Chest pain
C) Headache
What is headache
Solutes move between the dialysate and the patients blood until equilibrium is reached is called
What is diffusion
Care that deals with physical, emotional, social and spiritual pain associated with progressive illness is called
Amount of specific solute removed from the patients blood in one minute
What is Clearance
Used to assess bone disease
What is calcium
Chloramine exporsure in hemodialysis may cause
What is hemolysis
Pressure is used to move blood and dialysate through the blood tubing in the dialysis system
What is fluid dynamics
In regards to quality
A benchmark is
What is a frame of reference for clinical practice.
What are reasons for preprocessing a new dialyzer?
What is to remove residual ethylene oxide gas and to remove small amounts of byproducts from the manufacturing process.
Excessive elevation of this is a medical emergency because if may cause sudden death.
What is potassium
When a dialyzer membrane tears and allows blood to escape from the blood compartment into the dialyzing fluid compartment it is termed
What is Blood leak
Dialysate is a mixture of water, electrolytes and glucose is referred to a
What is a solution
When all members of the organization go beyond meeting minimum standards by complying with regulatory requirements and continually evaluate their perfomance with the goal of improvement
What is total quality management