Davita STAR Learning Practice TEST
Questions
and Answers Verified Solutions Latest
Update
Question:
Convection
Answer:
Solutes dragged across SPM along with fluid
Question:
Hyperkalemia
Answer:
> 6.5 mEq Symptoms: extreme muscle weakness, abnormal heart rhythm, and
possible cardiac arrest
Question:
Hypokalemia
Answer:
< 3.5 mEq Symptoms: fatigue, muscle weakness, paralysis, and respiratory failure,
cardiac instability, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest
Question:
Normal blood pH range is
Answer:
7.35-7.45.
,Question:
What are the kidneys' endocrine functions?
Answer:
Renin secretion, Erythropoietin secretion, Vitamin D activation
Question:
What are the most common causes of CKD in the USA?
Answer:
Diabetes
Question:
Hypertension
Question:
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Question:
Signs & Symptoms of fluid imbalance
Answer:
Hypertension
Question:
Edema
Question:
Shortness of Breath
Question:
A common cause of hypertension in dialysis patients is
Answer:
fluid overload
,Question:
What does hypertension lead to?
Answer:
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Question:
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy leads to
Answer:
ischemic heart disease, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, and sudden death
Question:
Why are dialysis patients anemic? The life span of their red blood cell is 60 days or
approximately ½ of normal 120 days.
Answer:
Primary cause: Lack of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) Secondary causes:
Inadequate iron stores, inadequate dialysis, malnutrition, blood loss during treatment
Question:
What are the four key elements contributing to CKD-Mineral Bone Disorder (MBD)?
Answer:
Calcium, Phosphorus, PTH, Vitamin D (Calcitriol) - All lead to CKD-MBD when they are
abnormal
Question:
Pre-renal causes of AKI
Answer:
Obstruction, Volume Depletion, Impaired Cardiac Function
Question:
Intra-renal causes of AKI
Answer:
Ischemic ATN, Sepsis, SIRS, Septic Shock, Anaphylaxis Drugs, Goodpasture Syndrome,
Acute Glomerulonephritis, Trauma, Open Heart Surgery
, Question:
Post-renal causes of AKI
Answer:
Obstruction, Oliguric, Bladder rupture, Pregnancy
Question:
Explain the difference between AKI and CKD
Answer:
Eliminating the cause of the AKI can often lead to the return of kidney function
Question:
You cannot eliminate the cause of CKD which is HTN, Diabetes, genetic disorders (PKD)
Question:
What are V-tags and why are they important?
Answer:
They state specific regulations to be met within a condition such as infection control,
providing interpretive guidance for each regulation and citing deficiencies by tag #
Question:
The manual conductivity value must match +/- 0.4 mS on the Fresenius (FMC) 2008K
and K2 dialysis delivery system displayed conductivity. Checking independent
conductivity is NOT required when using the Fresenius 2008T or T BlueStar models or B
Braun hemodialysis machines. T or F
Answer:
T
Question:
What is "strikethrough" of an external pressure transducer and why is it of concern?
Answer:
It is when fluid could have entered the machine and contaminated the internal
pressure transducer protector providing a reservoir for microorganisms and causing
subsequent patient blood infections
Questions
and Answers Verified Solutions Latest
Update
Question:
Convection
Answer:
Solutes dragged across SPM along with fluid
Question:
Hyperkalemia
Answer:
> 6.5 mEq Symptoms: extreme muscle weakness, abnormal heart rhythm, and
possible cardiac arrest
Question:
Hypokalemia
Answer:
< 3.5 mEq Symptoms: fatigue, muscle weakness, paralysis, and respiratory failure,
cardiac instability, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest
Question:
Normal blood pH range is
Answer:
7.35-7.45.
,Question:
What are the kidneys' endocrine functions?
Answer:
Renin secretion, Erythropoietin secretion, Vitamin D activation
Question:
What are the most common causes of CKD in the USA?
Answer:
Diabetes
Question:
Hypertension
Question:
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Question:
Signs & Symptoms of fluid imbalance
Answer:
Hypertension
Question:
Edema
Question:
Shortness of Breath
Question:
A common cause of hypertension in dialysis patients is
Answer:
fluid overload
,Question:
What does hypertension lead to?
Answer:
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Question:
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy leads to
Answer:
ischemic heart disease, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, and sudden death
Question:
Why are dialysis patients anemic? The life span of their red blood cell is 60 days or
approximately ½ of normal 120 days.
Answer:
Primary cause: Lack of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) Secondary causes:
Inadequate iron stores, inadequate dialysis, malnutrition, blood loss during treatment
Question:
What are the four key elements contributing to CKD-Mineral Bone Disorder (MBD)?
Answer:
Calcium, Phosphorus, PTH, Vitamin D (Calcitriol) - All lead to CKD-MBD when they are
abnormal
Question:
Pre-renal causes of AKI
Answer:
Obstruction, Volume Depletion, Impaired Cardiac Function
Question:
Intra-renal causes of AKI
Answer:
Ischemic ATN, Sepsis, SIRS, Septic Shock, Anaphylaxis Drugs, Goodpasture Syndrome,
Acute Glomerulonephritis, Trauma, Open Heart Surgery
, Question:
Post-renal causes of AKI
Answer:
Obstruction, Oliguric, Bladder rupture, Pregnancy
Question:
Explain the difference between AKI and CKD
Answer:
Eliminating the cause of the AKI can often lead to the return of kidney function
Question:
You cannot eliminate the cause of CKD which is HTN, Diabetes, genetic disorders (PKD)
Question:
What are V-tags and why are they important?
Answer:
They state specific regulations to be met within a condition such as infection control,
providing interpretive guidance for each regulation and citing deficiencies by tag #
Question:
The manual conductivity value must match +/- 0.4 mS on the Fresenius (FMC) 2008K
and K2 dialysis delivery system displayed conductivity. Checking independent
conductivity is NOT required when using the Fresenius 2008T or T BlueStar models or B
Braun hemodialysis machines. T or F
Answer:
T
Question:
What is "strikethrough" of an external pressure transducer and why is it of concern?
Answer:
It is when fluid could have entered the machine and contaminated the internal
pressure transducer protector providing a reservoir for microorganisms and causing
subsequent patient blood infections
