CCHT PRACTICE EXAM DAVITA Exam Study Guide
Questions with Correct Answers 2025 latest update!!
nephron - (ANSWER)the function unit of the kidney, or the structure in the
kidney that does the work, is the
diabetes - (ANSWER)the leading cause of chronic kidney disease for adults in the
united states:
a glomerulus and a tubule system - (ANSWER)a nephron is made up
elevated hematocrit - (ANSWER)which of the following is not a symptom of
uremia
5,540ml - (ANSWER)Mrs. smith's dry weight is 62 kg. her pretreatment weight
when she came in for treatment on monday was 67kg. the priming saline amount
is 240ml, fluid from medication is 100 ml , and she is not allowed any fluids during
treatment. what is the total amount of fluid weight to be removed during her
treatment?
1,385 ml/hr - (ANSWER)based on Mrs. smith's total amount of fluids to be
removed, what is the ultrafiltration rate per hour (ml/hr)for her 4-hour
treatment?
removing too much fluids - (ANSWER)which of the following is a cause of
hypotension during and after dialysis treatments?
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154 - (ANSWER)the scale says a patient weights 70 kg. this the same as weighting
how many points (lb)?
7.35-7.45 - (ANSWER)normal body ph is
hypertension - (ANSWER)one sigh and symptoms of fluids overload is
potassium - (ANSWER)abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause cardiac
arrhythmias and even death
osmosis - (ANSWER)water moves across a membrane from an area of lower
solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration by which principle
diffusion - (ANSWER)waste products are removed during dialysis by which
principle
ultrafiltration - (ANSWER)excess fluid is forced out of the blood and into the
dialysis by which principle
osmosis - (ANSWER)the movement of the fluid from the tissue toward a higher
concentration of sodium in the blood is a example of
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diffusion - (ANSWER)decreasing the patient's prescribed blood flow affects the
rate of
using a bath that will provide a grater concentration gradient - (ANSWER)which
of the following actions would increase diffusion during dialysis?
urea - (ANSWER)which of the following diffusion diffuses from the patients blood
during dialysis?
transmembrane pressure - (ANSWER)ultrafiltration is influenced by
peritonitis - (ANSWER)the most common complication in peritoneal dialysis is
hyperglycemia - (ANSWER)the dextrose used in the dialysate for peritoneal
dialysis can cause
immunosuppressive medication - (ANSWER)if a patient develops an infection
post transplant, the largest contributing factor would most likely be:
infection - (ANSWER)the most frequent cause of death in the first year post
transplant is
performance of the dialyzer - (ANSWER)total cell volume (TCV) is a indirect
measure of the