Complications
Infection of the Peritoneum
What is Peritonitis?
Peritoneal dialysis uses the patients own _____ as a semi permeable dialyzing membrane.
What is a peritoneum?
The tele-health app used by patients that can also be used to upload treatment logs, communicate with TMs
what is DaVita Care Connect (DCC)?
This is common during the inflow of dialysate when patients are first started on PD therapy. After a week or two it usually resides.
What is pain.
Heparin can help to dissolve _____to prevent catheter blockage.
What is fibrin?
Redness, swelling, and purulent drainage are signs of ______ at the exit site
What is Infection?
PD solution contains______ that helps facilitate osmosis/ fluid exchange
What is dextrose?
Once a week we gather to discuss potential home patients
What is the conversion call?
After completing PD treatment daily, patients are required to log their ______, _____, type of dextrose solutions used and blood glucose levels ( if diabetic)
What are weight and blood pressure?
______,_____ and_____ are some of the practices to prevent infection ( peritonitis)
What are hand washing, masking and controlling air flow?
_____ is usually treated with antibiotic agents through the peritoneal catheter
What is Peritonitis?
Automated Peritoneal Dialysis uses a device called a _____ to perform exchanges at night.
What is a cycler?
The tool that is used to identify characteristics of a good home patient.
What is MATCH-D tool?
When should a PD patient be weighed to obtain a dry weight or target weight?
What is after a drain and before the next fill.
You can warm the dialysate bags before instillation by using a heating pad to wrap the bag or by using the warming chamber of the automated cycling machine. _______ are NOT recommended for the warming of dialysate.
What are microwaves.
Abdominal pain, nausea/ vomiting, cloudy PD fluid.
What are the some signs of peritonitis?
______ allows the patient freedom from a machine and the independence to perform dialysis alone.
What is CAPD-Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis?
This pathway in CMT is used to transition patients from ICHD to PD
What is PDC pathway?
There are three different PD dextrose solutions ___,___,___ to help facilitate dialysis.
what are 1.5%, 2.5% and 4.25% solutions?
Patients on PD should eat a high ____ diet and use _______ to prevent constipation.
What is fiber and stool softeners.
Drainage and redness at the exit site
What is exit site infection?
During dwell time _____, ______, and ______ occur.
What is ultrafiltration, osmosis, and diffusion?
The goal for % of overdue tasks in CMT
What is 20% or less?
After completing the PD procedure, the nurse should do what three things with the outflow?
What is measure, record, and dispose of the outflow.
________ can help stimulate the inflow or outflow.
What is repositioning?