Dialysis Water
This type of material removes organic matter along with chlorine and chloramine from feed water.
What is Activated Carbon Filter Tanks
The length of time a machine can recirculate after connection to a patient.
What is 4 hours.
When a patient has a dialyzer reaction, it is added to the problem list using this numerical code.
What is 100100.
Name the procedure used to assist with the diagnosis of peritoneal compartment leaks and difficulties with fluid exchange.
What is CT Peritoneography
Controls water temperature to ensure optimal function of the reverse osmosis unit.
What is the temperature blending valve.
When treating a patient with air embolism, what is the emergency acronym to follow (and what does it mean).
What is COLT? Clamp the venous access, provide 100% oxygen, turn the patient on the left side, and place in Trendelenburg.
An alarm that occurs when cells cross the dialyzer into the effluent.
What is a blood leak.
Poisoning that requires many hours of Hemodialysis and CRRT to prevent rebounding lab levels.
What is ethylene glycol poisoning.
The amount of time the Baxter cycler can remain without power and still resume PD.
What is within 2 hours.
This device removes inorganic ions by ion exchange using cationic and anionic resins.
What is the Deionization tank.
Patients experiencing HA, nausea, vomiting, confusion, seizures, or even coma during or shortly after hemodialysis.
What is disequilibrium syndrome.
Cyanocobalmin is known to cause what side effect in dialysis patients?
What is pink effluent.
A condition that can occur when small blood vessels become damaged and inflamed, commonly caused by E-Coli.
What is Hemolytic uremic syndrome
What symptom is almost always associated with a peritonitis?
What is cloudy fluid.
A nice to have part of the water room, increases RO life.
What is the water softener
10 minutes into a first time treatment, your patient complains of itching, sob, chest pain, and suffers hypotension.
What is a dialyzer reaction.
Trisodium citrate should be used very cautiously in these patients because they may become toxic.
What is liver failure.
A life-threatening disease associated with CKD that occurs as a result of the deposition of calcium in the skin and fat, causing tissue necrosis.
What is Calciphylaxis
The most common cause of poor catheter function in PD patients.
What is constipation
This is the most important component of water treatment system to prepare water for hemodialysis
What is RO membrane
High temperatures, kinked circuit lines, break-through chlorine, and low conductivity can all cause this complication.
What is hemolysis.
The electrolyte that must be checked daily in the labs and supplemented, because it is not present in NxStage solutions.
What is phosphorus.
Conditions such as hyperuricemia and hyperammonemia may cause neurological changes related to this physiological process.
What is cerebral edema
A global organization that publishes PD guidelines to promote quality PD practice.
What is the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis.