DaVita PCT CCHT Exam 2024
What is a booster dose?
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Required for patients whose Hepatitis B Surface Antibodies fall below the level sufficient to be immune.
Lavender tubes must be?
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inverted a minimum of 8 to 10 times to properly mix and avoid clotting
Adequate dialysis replaces?
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Less than 15% of normal kidney function
Preventing hypotensive episodes during the dialysis treatment is important because they're associated with?
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A higher mortality rate
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What will cause an increase in the patient's venous pressure?
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A clot in the drip chamber.
"Wet crash" means?
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Fluid overload over stretches the heart muscle tissue resulting in decreased cardiac output and low BP
Define the term AKI
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Used to be called acute renal failure. Incorporates a wide spectrum of kidney issues, includes acute renal failure as well as less catastrophic renal function changes, may dialyze in outpatient facility until kidney function recovers
AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) Chemical Analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested
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Monthly
A 58-year-old patient who is blind comes to treatment accompanied by his wife. Which of these approaches should the dialysis technician use when interacting with the patient?
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Describe the activities in the immediate environment
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