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Fresenius 12 Week PCT Exam – Questions/Answers
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Fresenius 12 Week PCT Exam –Questions/Answers
What factors can affect how well a patient may do on dialysis? Correct
Ans - Other illness, how gently the treatment is delivered and managed,
age, how active they were before treatment, attitude toward dialysis, and
support from loved ones
What is the main job of healthy kidney's? Correct Ans - To keep the
body in homeostasis
How do the kidney's keep the body in homeostasis? Correct Ans - By
removing water and waste, balancing salts and electrolytes, controlling BP,
keeping the bones strong, maintaining the acid-base balance, and by helping
to ensure the right level of blood cells
How do the kidney's control blood pressure? Correct Ans - They
produce an enzyme called renin if blood pressure drops too low
Renin Correct Ans - enzyme made by the kidney that helps raise the
blood pressure if it drops too low
How do kidney's help to keep bones strong? Correct Ans - They help
by converting vitamin D into an active form so that calcium can be absorbed
Calcitriol Correct Ans - active form of vitamin D
Which parts of healthy kidney function can dialysis replace? Correct Ans
- Removing some water and wastes
What are the Medicare "rules" that apply to U.S dialysis clinics called?
Correct Ans - Conditions for Coverage
What is Medicare QIP? Correct Ans - A set of performance standards
that must be met for a clinic to receive a full reimbursement
, The purpose of a calyx in a healthy kidney is to Correct Ans - Send
drops of collected urine to the renal pelvis
Technicians can help to prevent malnutrition in their patients by Correct
Ans - Watching for real weight loss, listen to what they're eating and
drinking, making sure they finish their protein drinks while at dialysis
What is the target serum albumin level for people on dialysis to reduce the
risk of death? Correct Ans - 4.0 g/dL or more
Filtrate made by the kidneys becomes urine in what way? Correct Ans -
Tubules reabsorb most of the filtrate and send 1-2 liters to the bladder as
urine
Symptoms of metabolic acidosis Correct Ans - fatigue, weakness,
rapid breathing, racing heartbeat, headaches, and confusion
Hyponatremia can occur if the dialysate is not mixed correctly, and can cause
Correct Ans - Muscle cramps, confusion, headaches, and fatal brain
swelling
What can help reduce organ stunning, if prescribed by the nephrologist?
Correct Ans - A slightly cooler dialysate
The two ways to do peritoneal dialysis treatments are Correct Ans -
manual exchanges or cycler machine
Studies of nocternal home hemodialysis have found that Correct Ans -
People can live up to about as long as if they got a deceased donor transplant
If a solution is saturated, what else can dissolve in it? Correct Ans -
Nothing
How does the pH of a solute affect how well it will dissolve? Correct Ans -
Depends on the substance
A solute will dissolve more quickly in a solution that is Correct Ans -
Warmer
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