Ccht exam secrets QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A
Peritoneal dialysis different from hemodialysis in which of the following ways Correct Answer:
PD access is by an intra-abdominal catheter
Which of the following dialyzers is used currently Correct Answer: Hollow tube
The glomerular filtration rate is an important index to renal function and in the normal adult is
approximately Correct Answer: 125ml/min/1.73m2
The most likely cause of post renal failure is Correct Answer: Benign prostatic hypertrophy
What percentage of transplanted kidneys is functional 1 year after transplantion Correct Answer:
90%
Failure to excrete beta2 Microglobulin in patients with kidney failure predisposed to Correct
Answer: Amyloidosis
Uremia may cause which of the following conditions Correct Answer: Itching edema and
anemia
Blood test for ferritin are performed in hemodialysis patients Correct Answer: To check for iron
stores
Which of the following phosphate binders would best control hyperphosphamia me with the
fewest side effects and patients with end-stage kidney disease Correct Answer: Lanthanum
carbonate
In the dialysis water may be removed from Correct Answer: The interstitial compartment
Which site in the hemodialysis pathway has the highest positive pressure Correct Answer: Blood
entering the dialyzer fibers
Water moves from one body compartment to another by Correct Answer: Osmotic forces
Biocompability to the best illustrated by Correct Answer: Reprocess dialyzer that have had a
better biocompability than the new ones
A patient with kidney disease has anemia but the elevator phosphorus levels ankle edema and
elevated blood pressure what is the most likely range of his glomerular filtration rate? Correct
Answer: 60-90ml/min
Adding extra sodium chloride to the dialsyate will? Correct Answer: Draw water out of the cells
and tissues into the blood
, What does the expression KT/v signify with regard to hemodialysis? Correct Answer:
Prescribed dose of dialysis.
Acute Tubular necrosis may be caused by Correct Answer: Shock and hypotension
Rhabdomyolysis
Radiographic contrast material
Which of the following statements about the nephron the working unit of the kidney is correct?
Correct Answer: It makes about 180 liters of glomerular filtrate a day
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine compared hemodialysis three
times a week with hemodialysis 6 times a week at the end of the 12 month follow up. The studies
show that 6x of the group had? Correct Answer: Fewer deaths
Which of the following statements about administering erythropoietin to a hemodialysis patient
is correct? Correct Answer: Give supplemental iron ferret it is low
the nephrotic syndrome is characterized by all of the following Correct Answer: Proteinuria
greater than 3.5 G/d/1.72 m2 body surface area
Hyperlipidemia
Hypoalbuminemia
A diet restricting all of the following is appropriate for a renal failure patient Correct Answer:
Potassium
phosphate
fluids
What is the sensitization test for a potentional kidney transplant recipients Correct Answer:
Potential recipit sternum tested,with a multiple donor lymphocyte panel
Which of the following immunosuppressive drugs used in kidney transplant patients have renal
toxicity Correct Answer: Cyclosporine
All of the following statements regarding kidney transplantation Correct Answer: The rate of
death is 3 to 5% range during the first year
Diabetes heart disease and older age decreases the success rate
There he is a ten 10% to 15% lower success rate in the first transplant is rejected
Another difference in peritoneal dialysis hemodialysis is Correct Answer: The patient is subject
to constant dialysis in PD rather than the intermittent and dialysis in HD
Peritoneal dialysis different from hemodialysis in which of the following ways Correct Answer:
PD access is by an intra-abdominal catheter
Which of the following dialyzers is used currently Correct Answer: Hollow tube
The glomerular filtration rate is an important index to renal function and in the normal adult is
approximately Correct Answer: 125ml/min/1.73m2
The most likely cause of post renal failure is Correct Answer: Benign prostatic hypertrophy
What percentage of transplanted kidneys is functional 1 year after transplantion Correct Answer:
90%
Failure to excrete beta2 Microglobulin in patients with kidney failure predisposed to Correct
Answer: Amyloidosis
Uremia may cause which of the following conditions Correct Answer: Itching edema and
anemia
Blood test for ferritin are performed in hemodialysis patients Correct Answer: To check for iron
stores
Which of the following phosphate binders would best control hyperphosphamia me with the
fewest side effects and patients with end-stage kidney disease Correct Answer: Lanthanum
carbonate
In the dialysis water may be removed from Correct Answer: The interstitial compartment
Which site in the hemodialysis pathway has the highest positive pressure Correct Answer: Blood
entering the dialyzer fibers
Water moves from one body compartment to another by Correct Answer: Osmotic forces
Biocompability to the best illustrated by Correct Answer: Reprocess dialyzer that have had a
better biocompability than the new ones
A patient with kidney disease has anemia but the elevator phosphorus levels ankle edema and
elevated blood pressure what is the most likely range of his glomerular filtration rate? Correct
Answer: 60-90ml/min
Adding extra sodium chloride to the dialsyate will? Correct Answer: Draw water out of the cells
and tissues into the blood
, What does the expression KT/v signify with regard to hemodialysis? Correct Answer:
Prescribed dose of dialysis.
Acute Tubular necrosis may be caused by Correct Answer: Shock and hypotension
Rhabdomyolysis
Radiographic contrast material
Which of the following statements about the nephron the working unit of the kidney is correct?
Correct Answer: It makes about 180 liters of glomerular filtrate a day
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine compared hemodialysis three
times a week with hemodialysis 6 times a week at the end of the 12 month follow up. The studies
show that 6x of the group had? Correct Answer: Fewer deaths
Which of the following statements about administering erythropoietin to a hemodialysis patient
is correct? Correct Answer: Give supplemental iron ferret it is low
the nephrotic syndrome is characterized by all of the following Correct Answer: Proteinuria
greater than 3.5 G/d/1.72 m2 body surface area
Hyperlipidemia
Hypoalbuminemia
A diet restricting all of the following is appropriate for a renal failure patient Correct Answer:
Potassium
phosphate
fluids
What is the sensitization test for a potentional kidney transplant recipients Correct Answer:
Potential recipit sternum tested,with a multiple donor lymphocyte panel
Which of the following immunosuppressive drugs used in kidney transplant patients have renal
toxicity Correct Answer: Cyclosporine
All of the following statements regarding kidney transplantation Correct Answer: The rate of
death is 3 to 5% range during the first year
Diabetes heart disease and older age decreases the success rate
There he is a ten 10% to 15% lower success rate in the first transplant is rejected
Another difference in peritoneal dialysis hemodialysis is Correct Answer: The patient is subject
to constant dialysis in PD rather than the intermittent and dialysis in HD
