PD Catheters
Peritonitis
Modalities
Clinic Visits/Retraining
Non-Dialysis Trivia
100

Placed in the rectus and subcutaneous tissue.

What are cuffs?

100

You draw your effluent culture from here.

What is the medication port?

100

PD catheter present, PD treatment has not been done for 2 or more days.

What is PD no exchanges?

100

Visit that is not during the patient's regularly scheduled visit.

What is non-routine?

100

Sang about being an "eggman" and a "walrus".

Who are The Beatles?

200

The PD catheter should exit the subcutaneous in this direction.

What is downward?

200

Constipation, hypokalemia, low albumin, pets, and poor infection control practices.

What are things that increase risk for peritonitis?

200

Pateint will need backup HD for more than 30 days.

What is transfer to HD modality?

200

Visit to be conducted at initiation of therapy and as needed.

What is a home visit?

200

This sport has been played on the moon.

What is golf?

300

May indicate exit site or tunnel infection.

What is scabbing and/or drainage?

300

Culture negative, WBCs only, mostly eosinophils.  

What is Eosinophilic Peritonitis?

300

This modality can only be used once.

What is training?

300

Care partner change, equipment change, change in mental/physical health, change in living situation...

What are reasons for re-training?

300

Scooby Doo's full name.

What is Scoobert Doo?

400

This catheter type is typically used in females.

What is Swan Neck Tenckhoff?

400

The typical duration of antibiotic treatment for peritonitis.

What is 14-21 days?

400

Modality change from PD training to PD chronic should begin this day.

What is the day after the home visit?

400

What is not done during an urgent start modality?

What is training?

400

This bird cannot move its eyeballs.

What is an owl?

500

Pale pink, no crust, no drainage, sinus mature and dry, no granulation tissue...

What  is a perfect exit site?

500

15%

What is the percentage of all peritonitis cases that should be culture negative?

500

After 30 days a transient patient becomes this.

What is a transfer in/new admit?

500

Only one can be open/created at a time.

What is an episode of care (EOC).

500

This sea creature has 3 hearts.

What is an octopus?