Davita PCT Advanced Practice TEST
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Question:
What is convection?
Answer:
Solute dragged across SPM along with fluid. Salute drag.
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What is diffusion?
Answer:
Particles move from area of high concentration to low concentration.
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What is osmosis?
Answer:
Fluid moves from area of low concentration to high.
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What are the kidney's execratory functions?
Answer:
1. normalize electrolytes
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remove waste.
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Fluid and acid/base balance. pH balance.
,Question:
How do we replace normal excretory kidney functions?
Answer:
1. by normalizing electrolytes through the use of acid concentrate
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by providing fluid balance through UF.
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What is the function of the acid contrate?
Answer:
1. Provides the concentration gradient for diffusion
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helps normalize electrolytes
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What's the function of bicarbonate in the dialysate solution?
Answer:
It buffers the acid concentrate
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What is the function of bicarbonate when it diffuses into the patients blood?
Answer:
It helps normalize the body's pH.
Question:
What are the signs and symptoms of hyperkalemia?
Answer:
> 5.5 mEq symptoms: extreme muscle weakness, abnormal heart rhythm, and possible
cardiac arrest.
, Question:
What are the signs and symptoms of hypokalemia?
Answer:
<3.5 mEq symptoms: fatigue, muscle weakness, paralysis, and respiratory failure,
cardiac instability, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest
Question:
Normal blood pH range?
Answer:
7.35-7.45
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What are the kidney's endocrine functions?
Answer:
1. Renin secretion
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Erythropoietin secretion
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Vitamin D activation
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When is renin secreted?
Answer:
Low BP, low blood volume, low HCO3. (Metabolic acidosis) Renin is released into your
bloodstream when your blood pressure drops too low or when there's not enough
sodium in your body.
Questions
and Answers Verified Solutions Latest
Update
Question:
What is convection?
Answer:
Solute dragged across SPM along with fluid. Salute drag.
Question:
What is diffusion?
Answer:
Particles move from area of high concentration to low concentration.
Question:
What is osmosis?
Answer:
Fluid moves from area of low concentration to high.
Question:
What are the kidney's execratory functions?
Answer:
1. normalize electrolytes
Question:
remove waste.
Question:
Fluid and acid/base balance. pH balance.
,Question:
How do we replace normal excretory kidney functions?
Answer:
1. by normalizing electrolytes through the use of acid concentrate
Question:
by providing fluid balance through UF.
Question:
What is the function of the acid contrate?
Answer:
1. Provides the concentration gradient for diffusion
Question:
helps normalize electrolytes
Question:
What's the function of bicarbonate in the dialysate solution?
Answer:
It buffers the acid concentrate
Question:
What is the function of bicarbonate when it diffuses into the patients blood?
Answer:
It helps normalize the body's pH.
Question:
What are the signs and symptoms of hyperkalemia?
Answer:
> 5.5 mEq symptoms: extreme muscle weakness, abnormal heart rhythm, and possible
cardiac arrest.
, Question:
What are the signs and symptoms of hypokalemia?
Answer:
<3.5 mEq symptoms: fatigue, muscle weakness, paralysis, and respiratory failure,
cardiac instability, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest
Question:
Normal blood pH range?
Answer:
7.35-7.45
Question:
What are the kidney's endocrine functions?
Answer:
1. Renin secretion
Question:
Erythropoietin secretion
Question:
Vitamin D activation
Question:
When is renin secreted?
Answer:
Low BP, low blood volume, low HCO3. (Metabolic acidosis) Renin is released into your
bloodstream when your blood pressure drops too low or when there's not enough
sodium in your body.
