CCHT PRACTICE EXAM DAVITA – QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS -100% SCORES
the function unit of the kidney, or the structure in the kidney that does the
work, is the - -nephron
-the leading cause of chronic kidney disease for adults in the united states: -
-diabetes
-a nephron is made up - -a glomerulus and a tubule system
-which of the following is not a symptom of uremia - -elevated hematocrit
-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? - -5,540ml
-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? - -1,385 ml/hr
-which of the following is a cause of hypotension during and after dialysis
treatments? - -removing too much fluids
-the scale says a patient weights 70 kg. this the same as weighting how
many points (lb)? - -154
-normal body ph is - -7.35-7.45
-one sigh and symptoms of fluids overload is - -hypertension
-abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause cardiac arrhythmias and even
death - -potassium
-water moves across a membrane from an area of lower solute
concentration to an area of higher solute concentration by which principle - -
osmosis
-waste products are removed during dialysis by which principle - -diffusion
-excess fluid is forced out of the blood and into the dialysis by which
principle - -ultrafiltration
, -the movement of the fluid from the tissue toward a higher concentration of
sodium in the blood is a example of - -osmosis
-decreasing the patient's prescribed blood flow affects the rate of - -
diffusion
-which of the following actions would increase diffusion during dialysis? - -
using a bath that will provide a grater concentration gradient
-which of the following diffusion diffuses from the patients blood during
dialysis? - -urea
-ultrafiltration is influenced by - -transmembrane pressure
-the most common complication in peritoneal dialysis is - -peritonitis
-the dextrose used in the dialysate for peritoneal dialysis can cause - -
hyperglycemia
-if a patient develops an infection post transplant, the largest contributing
factor would most likely be: - -immunosuppressive medication
-the most frequent cause of death in the first year post transplant is - -
infection
-total cell volume (TCV) is a indirect measure of the - -performance of the
dialyzer
-the TCV should be no less than - -80%
-the manimum dwell time to achieve sterilization with the chemical renalin
is - -11 hours
-the reprocessed dialyzer is carefully rinsed prior to patient use to remove -
-residual sterilant
-germicide rebound occurs due to - -inadequate dialyzer priming
-which organization set the standards and recommendations for dialyzer
reprocessing? - -AAMI
-the blood path integrity is tested to eliminate the possibility of a blood leak.
the drop in pressure should not exceed: - -10 mmhg
-the purpose of using counter-current flow is to - -increase the rate of waste
removal
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