Dialysis

Question 1

How long is dialysis treatment?

Answer 1

the rest of his life unless they have a kidney transplant

Question 2

What does dialysis do?

Answer 2

Remove waste products and excess fluids from your blood
Keep body chemicals balanced
Replace some of the work of the kidneys

Question 3

What does dialysis not do?

Answer 3

cure kidney disease

Question 4

What does Peritoneal dialysis (PD) do?

Answer 4

Filters the blood and removes extra fluid inside the body using the body’s peritoneal (abdominal) lining as a filter

Question 5

What does Hemodialysis (HD) do?

Answer 5

Filters the blood outside the body by using a machine to cleanse it of waste products, toxins, and extra fluid

Question 6

Which dialysis is done at home?

Answer 6

Peritoneal Dialysis

Question 7

Where does peritoneal take place?

Answer 7

inside the body

Question 8

What does peritoneal dialysis use?

Answer 8

Uses the peritoneal lining as a filter. This lining covers all of your abdominal organs

Question 9

What is the continuous form of dialysis?

Answer 9

peritoneal dialysis

Question 10

What can a patient on peritoneal dialysis used at night?

Answer 10

a machine

Question 11

What does CAPD stand for?

Answer 11

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Question 12

How often is peritoneal dialysis done?

Answer 12

4 times a day

Question 13

What is the machine called used at night in peritoneal dialysis?

Answer 13

Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD)

Question 14

How long can the machine be hooked up at night in peritoneal dialysis?

Answer 14

8-10 hours

Question 15

What are the Pros to peritoneal dialysis?

Answer 15

May live longer & healthier
Increased Mobility & flexibility
Easier to travel
Continuous dialysis
No needles or blood
Can do dialysis while sleeping (if choose CCPD)
May require fewer medications and more flexibility in what you eat

Question 16

How does hemodialysis work?

Answer 16

Your blood flows through soft tubes to a filter on a the dialysis machine
Blood is pumped back into your bloodstream after it’s filtered

Question 16

What are the Cons to Peritoneal Dialysis?

Answer 16

No days off (MUST be done EVERYDAY)
Swimming/bathing may be limited (showering okay after healed)
Possible weight gain due to glucose (sugar) in dialysis fluid
Storage space needed at home for supplies/fluid
Potential for infection

Question 17

Where does blood filtered in hemodialysis?

Answer 17

outside the body

Question 18

How much blood is outside the body during hemodialysis?

Answer 18

no more than 2 cups or 1 pint

Question 19

Where can hemodialysis be done?

Answer 19

at home or in a center

Question 20

What is the preferred access for most people for hemodialysis?

Answer 20

a fistula

Question 21

What is a fistula?

Answer 21

joins an artery and a vein in the arm

Question 22

Where can hemodialysis be done?

Answer 22

at home or in a center

Question 23

What does a fistula require?

Answer 23

outpatient surgery

Question 24

When a fistula best made?

Answer 24

6 months before hemodialysis treatment

Question 25

What needs to be assess for with a fistula?

Answer 25

thrill/bruit with each assessment

Question 26

What is the next preferred type of access after a fistula?

Answer 26

AV Graft

Question 27

What does an AV Graft connect?

Answer 27

Connects an artery and nearby vein with a piece of man-made vein

Question 28

What is a Hemodialysis Catheter?

Answer 28

A plastic tube placed into a vein in your neck or chest

Question 29

When a Hemodialysis Catheter used?

Answer 29

ONLY if there is no working fistula or graft

Question 30

What does a Hemodialysis Catheter serve as?

Answer 30

a bridge to a fistula, not for long term use due to high risk of infection

Question 31

How long does hemodialysis treatment take?

Answer 31

4 hours for most people

Question 33

What does Hemodialysis give a patient?

Answer 33

social interactions with other patients and their families

Question 34

What never needs to be on the arm of a fistula?

Answer 34

bracelet or watch | blood drawn or BP taken

Question 35

What temperature does the fluid need to be in dialysis?

Answer 35

warm so pores stay open