State Exam - Dialysis Technician || 100% Verified Answers.
3 main kidney tasks correct answers Removing waste and fluid from blood, keeping
electrolytes in balance
Belding Scribner correct answers He made the shunt in 1960
Willem Kolff correct answers He did the first HD treatment in 1943
James Cimino correct answers In 1966 he connected artery and vein called AV fistula
Public law 92-603 ESRD correct answers Was passed in 1972
Bundles are set correct answers Medicare pays 80% and Medicaid pays 20%
RPA guidelines correct answers Minimum of 3x a week of treatment to provide 15% of the
function of a healthy kidneys
kidney disease outcomes quality initiative correct answers KDOQI was formed in 1999
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Process correct answers Plan, do, check and act
AAMI correct answers Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
standards for water treatment, dialyzer reuse and dialyzer
Nephrons correct answers Working units of the kidneys
Kidneys function correct answers Remove waste, keep fluids and electrolytes in balance,
control blood pressure, maintain acid-base balance and make hormones
2 endocrine functions correct answers Erythropoietin and calcitriol
Erythropoietin correct answers Triggers bone marrow to make red blood cells
Calcitriol correct answers A hormone produced from vitamin D that acts in essentially the
same manner as parathyroid hormone. Balance calcium and phosphorus and key to bone
metabolism
Diabetes correct answers Number 1 cause of chronic kidney disease
Hypertension correct answers Is the 2nd cause of CKD
Uremia correct answers Build up of waste products in the blood
pruritus correct answers itching and high phosphorus
Amyloidosis correct answers Waxy proteins deposited in the soft tissues, bones and joints.
Beta 2 microglobulin
peripheral neuropathy correct answers Nerve damage, pins and needles
, High biological value protein correct answers Meat, poultry, fish and dairy
Low Biological Value Protein correct answers Beans, rice and nuts
Albumin levels correct answers < 4.0 g/dL raises risk of death
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act correct answers Governs security of
patients info
edema correct answers swelling in feet, hands or face
Solvent correct answers A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
Solute correct answers A substance that is dissolved in a solvent
Diffusion correct answers Solute moves from an area of higher concentration to a lower
concentration
Osmosis correct answers Movement of solvent through semi-permeable membrane from an
area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher one
Osmolarity correct answers A measure of the total solute concentration per liter of solution
Hypertonic correct answers Having a higher concentration of solute than another solution.
Solute higher than blood
interstitial space correct answers The space in between the cells. 80% outside
Filtration ( mechanical, removal of water) correct answers Movement of fluid through filter
as the result of hydraulic pressure
Ultra-filtration correct answers Water removal from blood during dialysis due to pressure
gradient (squeezing out of water)
Convection correct answers The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid
(solvent drag)
Dialyzer characteristics correct answers Biocompatibility, membrane surface area, molecular
weight cutoff, ultrafiltration coefficient, mass transfer coefficient and clearance
3 different types of dialyzers correct answers Cellulose, synthetic cellulose and modified
cellulose
3 main ways to remove solutes that affect the dialyzer clearance correct answers Diffusion,
convection and adsorption
main concentrate in dialysate correct answers Treated water, sodium, calcium, magnesium,
chloride, potassium, glucose, acid and bicarbonate
3 main kidney tasks correct answers Removing waste and fluid from blood, keeping
electrolytes in balance
Belding Scribner correct answers He made the shunt in 1960
Willem Kolff correct answers He did the first HD treatment in 1943
James Cimino correct answers In 1966 he connected artery and vein called AV fistula
Public law 92-603 ESRD correct answers Was passed in 1972
Bundles are set correct answers Medicare pays 80% and Medicaid pays 20%
RPA guidelines correct answers Minimum of 3x a week of treatment to provide 15% of the
function of a healthy kidneys
kidney disease outcomes quality initiative correct answers KDOQI was formed in 1999
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Process correct answers Plan, do, check and act
AAMI correct answers Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
standards for water treatment, dialyzer reuse and dialyzer
Nephrons correct answers Working units of the kidneys
Kidneys function correct answers Remove waste, keep fluids and electrolytes in balance,
control blood pressure, maintain acid-base balance and make hormones
2 endocrine functions correct answers Erythropoietin and calcitriol
Erythropoietin correct answers Triggers bone marrow to make red blood cells
Calcitriol correct answers A hormone produced from vitamin D that acts in essentially the
same manner as parathyroid hormone. Balance calcium and phosphorus and key to bone
metabolism
Diabetes correct answers Number 1 cause of chronic kidney disease
Hypertension correct answers Is the 2nd cause of CKD
Uremia correct answers Build up of waste products in the blood
pruritus correct answers itching and high phosphorus
Amyloidosis correct answers Waxy proteins deposited in the soft tissues, bones and joints.
Beta 2 microglobulin
peripheral neuropathy correct answers Nerve damage, pins and needles
, High biological value protein correct answers Meat, poultry, fish and dairy
Low Biological Value Protein correct answers Beans, rice and nuts
Albumin levels correct answers < 4.0 g/dL raises risk of death
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act correct answers Governs security of
patients info
edema correct answers swelling in feet, hands or face
Solvent correct answers A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
Solute correct answers A substance that is dissolved in a solvent
Diffusion correct answers Solute moves from an area of higher concentration to a lower
concentration
Osmosis correct answers Movement of solvent through semi-permeable membrane from an
area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher one
Osmolarity correct answers A measure of the total solute concentration per liter of solution
Hypertonic correct answers Having a higher concentration of solute than another solution.
Solute higher than blood
interstitial space correct answers The space in between the cells. 80% outside
Filtration ( mechanical, removal of water) correct answers Movement of fluid through filter
as the result of hydraulic pressure
Ultra-filtration correct answers Water removal from blood during dialysis due to pressure
gradient (squeezing out of water)
Convection correct answers The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid
(solvent drag)
Dialyzer characteristics correct answers Biocompatibility, membrane surface area, molecular
weight cutoff, ultrafiltration coefficient, mass transfer coefficient and clearance
3 different types of dialyzers correct answers Cellulose, synthetic cellulose and modified
cellulose
3 main ways to remove solutes that affect the dialyzer clearance correct answers Diffusion,
convection and adsorption
main concentrate in dialysate correct answers Treated water, sodium, calcium, magnesium,
chloride, potassium, glucose, acid and bicarbonate
