Review of Hemodialysis for Nurses and Dialysis Personnel Glossary

ABO typing - Answer a blood test used to determine red blood cell type activated clotting time (ACT) - Answer a test to measure the clotting time of blood acute - Answer an adjective used in two ways: to indicate that something is of a short duration or sudden onset and to indicate a high degree of severity acute tubular necrosis (ATN) - Answer a kidney disorder involving damage to the tubular cells of the kidneys, resulting in acute kidney failure. In renal transplant, it refers to reversible kidney damage resulting in delayed kidney function adsorb - Answer to cause particles or molecules in solution to stick to the surface of a solid material air embolism - Answer an air bubble carried by the bloodstream to a vessel small enough to be blocked by the bubble albumin - Answer a protein found in many body tissues. It disperses in water as a colloid and is an important fraction of blood plasma. The molecular weight is approximately 68,000, Da. albuminuria - Answer presence of albumin in urine; this is usually a symptom of kidney disease