The Urinary System - Renal Failure Pt 2

Question 1

Renal failure causes your body to build up waste due to the kidneys’ inability to remove ____

Answer 1

nitrogenous waste

Question 2

During renal failure, certain drugs aren’t excreted from the body quickly and may require ____ or ____ to avoid accumulation of those drugs in the body

Answer 2

dose or frequency adjustments

Question 3

Patients with mild renal failure may live their life normally but are instructed to avoid certain ____ and may have to limit the consumption of ____

Answer 3

certain foods and may have to limit the consumption of fluids

Question 4

Patients with chronic and severe renal failure may require ____ means of filtering wastes from the blood

Answer 4

mechanical

Question 5

Mechanical filtration of your blood using different machines is called ____

Answer 5

dialysis

Question 6

Some of the mechanical filtrations commonly used in renal failure patients are ____ and ____

Answer 6

Hemodialysis (HD) and Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)

Question 7

Hemodialysis (HD)

Answer 7

During HD, patients are hooked to a machine that acts as a filter as blood is run through it

Question 8

HD generally takes ____ to ____ hours

Answer 8

two to three hours

Question 9

Patients with complete renal failure may require HD ____ to ____ times a week

Answer 9

two to three

Question 10

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)

Answer 10

CAPD is the continuous method of dialyzing blood with a dialysis solution infused in the peritoneal cavity

Question 11

CAPD cont.

The peritoneum membrane acts as a filter as wastes are drawn into the ____

Answer 11

dialysis solution