Review of Hemodialysis for Nurses and Dialysis Personnel Glossary questions and answers well illustrated.

Review of Hemodialysis for Nurses and Dialysis Personnel Glossary questions and answers well illustrated. ABO typing - correct answers.a blood test used to determine red blood cell type activated clotting time (ACT) - correct answers.a test to measure the clotting time of blood acute - correct 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) - correct answers.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 - correct cause particles or molecules in solution to stick to the surface of a solid material air embolism - correct air bubble carried by the bloodstream to a vessel small enough to be blocked by the bubble albumin - correct answers.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 - correct nce of albumin in urine; this is usually a symptom of kidney disease allograft - correct answers.a graft, such as a kidney, taken from another person (Greek allo, "other"). The donor may be a blood relative or unrelated amino acids - correct ing blocks of proteins. Amino indicates that one or more hydrogen ions of an acid have been replaced by the NH2 radical. Amino acids also contain carbon, oxygen, and frequently sulfur amyloid - correct abnormal protein material occurring as deposits in various body tissues in certain disorders. In chronic kidney disease patients, it results from long-term accumulation of β2-microglobulin analog - correct answers.a structure whose function is similar to that of another organ or structure of a different kind and origin anaphylaxis - correct answers.a particularly severe type of systemic reaction to a foreign protein or other substance. It results from previous sensitization to the particular substance and can be fatal aneroid - correct answers.a pressure gauge (positive or negative) that contains no fluid aneurysm - correct answers.a blood-filled sac formed by stretching and dilation of the wall of an artery angiogram - correct x-ray film of a blood vessel obtained by injecting a liquid contrast material into the vessel anion - correct ion carrying a negative (-) electric charge. Opposite electric charges attract one another; hence the negatively charged particle is attracted to the positive pole (the anode) anterior - correct front or toward the front position antibody - correct answers.a protein made by the body's immune system in response to a foreign substance anticoagulant - correct answers.a medication or chemical to prevent clotting antigen - correct answers.a molecule capable of binding specifically to an antibody, resulting in either an immune response or a specific tolerant state antiseptic - correct answers.a chemical that stops the growth and reproduction of bacteria or germs; it does not necessarily destroy them anuria - correct ete cessation of urine flow APN - correct ced practice nurse; a registered nurse with advanced clinical and didactic education (e.g., nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, or clinical nurse specialists) APTT/PTT - correct ated partial thromboplastin time; laboratory tests to determine the effects of heparin and the length of time necessary for the blood to clot ARF - correct renal failure; abrupt loss of kidney function, usually temporary arrhythmia - correct variation from the normal rhythmic heartbeat arterial - correct ed to an artery or arteries arteriovenous - correct ving both arteries and veins artery - correct answers.a blood vessel carrying blood under pressure from the heart to various parts of the body ascitic fluid (ascites) - correct accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity. Usually contains protein to varying degree aseptic - correct of bacterial or infectious organisms; sterile assay - correct analysis to determine the presence and amount of a substance aspirate - correct e something by suction or negative pressure Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) - correct organization sets the standards and recommended practices for dialysis machines, reuse, of dialyzers, electrical safety, monitoring and culturing of machines and water systems, cleaning of machines, quality of water used for dialysis, and methodology for bacteriology and culturing samples atherosclerosis - correct answers.a type of arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) caused by degeneration and fatty changes in the walls of the arteries atony - correct of normal tone or strength autoclave - correct answers.a device for sterilizing materials using saturated steam under pressure autogenous - correct ced within the organism itself azotemia - correct tion of nitrogenous wastes (urea, creatinine) in blood and body fluid bacteremia - correct nce of bacteria in the bloodstream