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Hemodialysis Study Guide & Exam Questions | Key Concepts for Nephrology Certification

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Prepare for your hemodialysis and nephrology exams with this comprehensive study guide. Learn essential terms, concepts, and calculations for dialysis certification.

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HEMODIALYSIS BONENT EXAM GRADED A+
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1. Osmosis: movement of fluid across a semipermeable membrane from an area of lower
concentration to higher concentration


2. Diffusion: movement of dissolved particles across a semipermeable membrane from
an area of higher concen- tration to lower concentration


3. Ultrafiltration: water is removed from blood because there is pressure gradient across
the membrane


4. Ultrafiltration Rate: The rate at which fluid moves from blood into the dialysate
through the semipermeable
membrane


5. Calculation for Ultraflitration rate: dividing the amount of fluid to be removed by the
minutes of tx time


6. Transmembrane Pressure (TMP): The pressure across the dialyzer membrane(Blood
compartment plus dialysate compartment pressure)


7. In dialyzer reprocessing this chemical is used for disenfection: Paracetic Acid


8. Amount of time water must stay in contact with charcoal in carbon tanks in order to
allow chlorine and chlormaines to be removed: Empty Bed Contact Time


,9. Minimum number of minutes of contact time in carbon tanks: 10 or 5 in each tank 10.


Diabetes: Number one cause for CKD


11. Intrarenal Failure: Renal failure due to injury to the kidneys


12. Example of Intrarenal failure: Blow to kidneys, drug/poison, glomeruolnephritis


13. Postrenal Failure: when a blockage causes urine to back up and harm the kidneys


14. Example of Postrenal failure: Enlarged prostate, Stones, Kinked Ureter


15. Prerenal failure: when kidneys dont get enough blood


16. Example of Prerenal failure: Trauma Severe dehydration, heart disease


17. Two hormones the kidneys produce: Erythroprotein, Calcitriol


18. Erythropoietin: triggers bone marrow to make red blood cells


19. Calcitriol: Controls the balance of calcium/phosphorus


20. Location of the kidneys: In the back of the body above the waste


21. Size and weight of the kidneys: the size of a fist, and 5 oz


22. The dialyzers semipermeable membrane: alows some substances such as wastes and
excess water out but keeps others such as blood in



, 23. Access for pd is through a: catheter


24. where is the catheter placed in a pd pt: abdomen


25. what acts as a filter in pd: lining of the abdomen

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