CCHT-HEMODIALYSIS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE A HIGHER OSMOLARITY THAN BODY FLUIDS ARE CALLED - Answer-HYPERTONIC BLOOD THAT IS EXPOSED TO A HYPERTONIC SOLUTION CAUSE - AnswerCRENATION HEMOSTASIS DEPENDS ON - Answer-THE ABILITY OF NORMAL BLOOD VESSELS TO CONTRACT AND RETRACT WHEN INJURED THE ABILITY OF PLATELETS TO FORM PLUGS IN THE INJURED BLOOD VESSELS THE PRESENCE OF PLASMA COAGULATION FACTORS THE STABILITY OF THE BLOOD CLOT A NON-STERILE AQUEOUS SOLUTION THAT IS SIMILAR TO NORMAL LEVELS OF ELECTROLYTES FOUND IN THE EXTRA CELLULAR FLUID IS - Answer-DIALYSATE SOLUTION DRY WEIGHT IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE STATUS OF A PATIENT WITH NO FLUID EXCESS IN THE - Answer-INTERSTITIAL AND VASCULAR COMPARTMENT THE PRINCIPLE UNDERLYING WASTE PRODUCT REMOVAL IN HEMODIALYSIS IS - Answer-DIFFUSION THE MOVEMENT OF SOLUTE PARTICLES FROM AN AREA OF HIGHER CHEMICAL CONCENTRATION TO AN AREA OF LOWER CHEMICAL CONCENTRATION UNITL EQUILIBRIUM IS REACHED IS CALLED - AnswerDIFFUSION BLOOD AND DIALYZING FLUID FLOWING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS IS CALLED - Answer-COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE DIALYZER CLEARANCE INCLUDE - Answer-BLOOD FLOW RATE DIALYSATE FLOW RATE MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NECESSARY FOR HIGH FLUX DIALYSIS - AnswerULTRA FILTRATION CONTROL IN A ROLLER-TYPE PUMP, THE PRESSURE OF THE ROLLERS AGAINST THE TUBING IS CALLED - Answer-OCCLUSION THE PRACTITIONER ATTACHES AN AIR/FOAM DETECTOR IN ORDER OT DETECT THE PRESENCE OF AIR IN THE - Answer-VENOUS BLOOD LINE PRE-PUMP ARTERIAL PRESSURE SHOULD BE MEASURED, PARTICULARLY WITH HIGH BLOOD FLOW RATES BECAUSE - Answer-HEMOLYSIS MAY OCCUR WITH VERY LOW (MORE NEGATIVE) UNDETECTED NEGATIVE PRESSURES PRE-PUMP ARTERIAL PRESSURE IN A PATIENT WITH A FISTULA SHOULD - Answer-BE BELOW ZERO (NEGATIVE) HAVE THE UPPER ALARM LIMIT SET BELOW ZERO SEQUENTIAL ULTRAFILTRATION IS BEST DESCRIBED AS - Answer-FLUID REMOVAL WITHOUT DIFFUSION DIALYSIS THE PURPOSE OF PRIMING THE EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCUIT WITH SALINE DURING SET UP IS - Answer-TO REMOVE STERILANT, MANUFACTURING RESIDUES OR PLASTICIZERS BEFORE INITIATING TREATMENT PATIENT SAFETY DEPENDS ON PROPERLY PROPORTIONED DIALYSATE. THIS IS MEASURED BY TOTAL CONDUCTIVITY. TOTAL CONDUCTIVITY REFERS TO - Answer-THE OVERALL CONDUCTANCE OF ALL IONS IN SOLUTION HEMOLYSIS CAN OCCUR DURING DIALYSIS IF - Answer-THE DIALYSATE CONCENTRATION IS TOO LOW, CAUSING THE CELLS TO SWELL AND BURST AS THEY TAKE ON WATER IN AN ATTEMPT TO EQUALIZE THEIR CONCENTRATION OF ELECTROLYTES WITH THAT IN SOLUTION A PATIENT WITH ESRD GAINS 2.5 kgs IN WEIGHT SINCE THE LAST HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT. HOW MUCH EXTRA WATER ON BOARD DOES HE HAVE - Answer-2500cc WHEN FLUID REPLACEMENT IS NECESSARY DURING DIALYSIS, WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SOLUTIONS IS USUALLY USED - Answer-0.9% SALINE DRY WEIGHT IS DEFINED AS THE WEIGHT GAIN AT WHICH THE PATIENT IS FREE OF SWELLING, OTHER SIGNS OF FLUID EXCESS, AND - Answer-THE BLOOD PRESSURE, WHEN STANDING, IS NORMAL FOR THE PATIENT