Renal Replacement Therapy 1 Flashcards
What are functions of the kidneys?
- Excretion of nitrogenous waste products
- Maintenance of acid and electrolyte balance
- Control of blood pressure
- Drug metabolism and disposal
- Activation of vitamin D
- Production of erythropoietin
What does ESRD stand for?
Irreversible damage to kidneys affecting their ability to remove waste products, so to maintain life needs dialysis of kidney transplant
What is end stage renal disease (ESRD)?
Irreversible damage to kidneys affecting their ability to remove waste products, so to maintain life needs dialysis of kidney transplant
What are clinical features of advanced CKD?
- Until CKD stage 4 or 5 may be asymptomatic
- Syndrome of advanced CKD is called uraemia
- Uraemic symptoms can involve almost every organ system but earliest symptoms are malaise and fatigue
What is the syndrome of advanced CKD called?
Uraemia
What eGFR indicates renal replacement therapy?
<10ml/min
What are some types of renal replacement therapy?
- Renal transplant
- Haemodialysis
- Home haemodialysis
- Satellite/hospital haemodialysis
- Peritoneal dialysis
- Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)
- Intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD)
- Conservative kidney management
What does CAPD stand for?
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
What does IPD stand for?
- Intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD)
What is dialysis?
Process whereby the solute composition of solution A is altered by exposing solution A to solution B through a semipermeable membrane
What are the principles of dialysis?
- Diffusion
- Ultrafiltration
What are pre-requisites for dialysis?
- Semipermeable membrane (artificial kidney in haemodialysis or peritoneal membrane)
- Adequate blood exposure to the membrane (extracorporeal blood in haemodialysis, mesenteric circulation in PD)
- Dialysis access (vascular in haemodialysis, peritoneal in PD)
- Anticoagulation in haemodialysis
What are the different kinds of haemodialysis access?
- Permanent
- Arteriovenous fistula
- AV prosthetic graft
- Temporary
- Tunnelled venous catheter
- Temporary venous catheter
What are some restrictions for dialysis patients?
- Fluid restrictions
- Dictated by residual urine output
- Interdialytic weight gain
- Dietary restriction
- Potassium
- Sodium
- Phosphate
What is peritoneal dialysis?
A balanced dialysis solution is instilled into the peritoneal cavity via a tunnelled, cuffed catheter using the peritoneal mesothelium as a dialysis membrane:
- After a dwell time the fluid is drained out and fresh dialysate is instilled