Block 4: Dialysis Flashcards
What are the treatment options for ESRD?
- HD
- Peritoneal dialysis
- Kidney transplantation
What is ESRD?
eGFR <15 mL/min/1.73 m2 for at least 3 months or need chronic dialysis
What are the types of dialysis?
- Chronic vs Acute
- Intermittent Hemodialysis (IHD)
- Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
- Continuous Renal
- Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
How does dialysis impact the quality of life?
- TIW sessions for 3-5 hr
- Complications
- Fatigue and fear of unknown related to disease
When do you begin planning for dialysis?
eGFR <30mL/min
When should an individual receive surgery for dialysis?
- eGFR <25 mL/min
- Scr > 4 mg/dL
- 1 year prior to anticipated need
When should you initiate dialysis?
- s/s of kidney failure (eg, serositis, acid-base or electrolyte abnormalities, pruritis)
- Inability to control volume/BP
- progressive deterioration in nutritional status or cognitive impairment
- eGFR ~ 5 to 10 mL/min/1.73 m2
What are the indications of HD?
Acidosis
Electrolytes (refractory hyperK >6.5)
Intoxications
Overload with fluid refractory to diuresis
Uremic pericarditis, uremic encephalopathy
What are the dialyzable drugs?
INH, isopropyl alcohol
Salicyclates
Theophylline
Uremia
Methanol
Barbiturates
Lithium
Ethylene glycol
Dabigatran, divalproex
What is the principle of dialysis?
Substances movefrom the blood—> dialysate by either passivediffusion or ultrafiltration/convection
What does the rate of diffusion depend on?
- concentration gradient
- solute characteristics (ie, size, watersolubility, and charge)
- blood and dialysate flow rates
- dialyzer membranecomposition/thickness/porosity
What is the importance of ultrafiltration?
Hydrostatic pressure to remove excess of fluid
What is the importance of convection?
Dragging dissolved solute across the membrane during ultrafiltration
Describe the mechanism of hemodialysis and how it works?
What are the advantages of HD?
- Higher solute clearance allows intermittent treatment
- Parameters of adequacy of dialysis are better defined and therefore under dialysis can be detected early
- Technique failure rate is low
- Intermittent heparinization is required, hemostasis parameters are better corrected with hemodialysis than peritoneal dialysis
- In center HD enables closer monitoring of the patient
What are the disadvantages of HD?
What are ADRs of HD?
- Hypotension
- Cramps
- NV/HA
- Chest pain
- Back pain
- Fever and chills
What are the complications of HD?
- Hemodynamic variability
- Thrombosis
- Infection (leading cause of mortality)