Dialysis questions

THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF A URINE SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM A HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL CAN VARY BETWEEN AND _.

1.003 and 1.030 (also take 1.0029-1.029)

A LOWER THAN NORMAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY FROM A URINE SAMPLE SHOULD BE BELOW __.

1.003 OR BETWEEN 1.000 AND 1.0029

A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY FROM A URINE SAMPLE SHOULD BE HIGHER __.

1.030 OR ANY NUMBER HIGHER THAN THIS

MANY DOCTORS USE DIALYSIS PREVENTIVELY IN _ WHEN URINE OUTPUT IS LOW AND CONTINUE TILL KIDNEY FUNCTION IS RESTORED

acute kidney failure

IN HEMODIALYSIS AN ____ IS SURGICALLY CREATED TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL & RETURN OF BLOOD

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA

IN HEMODIALYSIS AN _ SEPARATES THE BLOOD FROM THE DIALYSATE

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE/ ARTIFICIAL SEMI‐PERMEABLE MEMBRANE

IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS A ___ IS INSERTED IN THE ABDOMINAL WALL AND IS USED TO PUMP THROUGH THE DIALYSATE

catheter

FOR ____, DIALYSIS MAY BE BEGUN WHEN KIDNEY'S AREN'T REMOVING WASTE PRODUCTS ADEQUATELY OR WHEN A PATIENT CAN NO LONGER PERFORM NORMAL DAILY ACTIVITIES

Chronic Kidney Failure

A URINE SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING FROM ___ WILL HAVE A LOWER THAN NORMAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY.

DIABETES INSIPIDUS

A URINE SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING FROM __ WILL HAVE A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY.

DIABETES MELLITUS / ADDISON'S DISEASE / ALBUMINURIA

GIVE ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF A SUCCESSFUL DIALYSIS PROGRAM

REASONABLY NORMAL LIFE /
REASONABLE DIET / ACCEPTABLE RBC COUNT / NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE / NO NERVE DAMAGE

WHAT CAN DIALYSIS BE USED TO TREAT?

Long term kidney failure / before kidney transplant / remove drugs and poisons

HOW OFTEN IS DIALYSIS NORMALLY PERFORMED?

3 times a week.

IN THE PROCESS CALLED , BLOOD IS REMOVED FROM THE BODY AND PUMPED INTO A MACHINE THAT FILTERS THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES OUT OF THE BLOOD AND THEN RETURNS THE PURIFIED BLOOD TO THE PATIENT

hemodialysis

A URINE SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING FROM DIABETES MELLITUS WILL HAVE A _ THAN NORMAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY

higher

A URINE SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING FROM ALBUMINURIA WILL HAVE A THAN NORMAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY

higher

IN HEMODIALYSIS THE COMPOSITION OF THE DIALYSATE IS SIMILAR TO _.

normal body fluids

IN THE DIALYSATE DRAINS BY GRAVITY.

peritoneal dialysis

IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, THE _, A MEMBRANE IN THE ABDOMEN, IS USED AS THE FILTER

peritoneum

WHAT IS THE URINOMETER USED TO MEASURE?

SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF URINE / AMOUNT OF SOLUTES

NAME ONE CONDITION CAUSED BY KIDNEY FAILURE FOR WHICH DOCTORS RECOMMEND DIALYSIS.

UREMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY / PERICARDITIS / ACIDOSIS / HEART FAILURE / HYPERKALEMIA

GIVE THE SPECIFIC NAME OF THE ENTIRE LAB APPARATUS USED TO MEASURE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF URINE

Urinometer

NAME THE SPECIFIC PART OF THE URINOMETER THAT HOLDS THE URINE SAMPLE

Urinometer cylinder

NAME THE SPECIFIC PART OF THE URINOMETER THAT MOVES HIGHER OR LOWER DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF THE URINE SAMPLE

Urinometer float

NAME 2 COMPONENTS REMOVED DURING HEMODIALYSIS

WASTE (NITROGENOUS) PRODUCTS / DRUGS /
POISONS AND WATER / IONS