After completing this course you’ll be able to:
| 1. | Discuss CKD. |
| 2. | Describe urinary sediment of the acute and advanced renal patient. |
| 3. | List major causes of apparent failure of dialysis. |
| 4. | State the aims of predialysis education. |
| 5. | Compare home dialysis and a satellite program. |
| 6. | State when dialysis should be started. |
| 7. | State the two reasons for opting for conservative advanced CKD treatment. |
| 8. | Discuss the statistics of deaths in dialysis and post transplantation. |
| 9. | Discuss the hematiminc deficiency and how it is corrected. |
| 10. | Discuss heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and complications. |
| 11. | Describe how to manage acute bleeding in patients on dialysis. |
| 12. | State why lepirudin should not be used to reverse the effects of heparin. |
| 13. | List the role of the parathyroid hormone. |
| 14. | Define osteomalacia and list the clinical features. |
| 15. | Describe osteoporosis. |
| 16. | Describe a low dose DFO challenge, according to Protocol 2.4 C. |
| 17. | List the indications of a parathyroidectomy and benefits that may be incurred. |
| 18. | List the recommended vaccinations for patients on dialysis. |
| 19. | Discuss associated management statements for the pregnant woman. |
| 20. | Discuss the use of magnesium for seizure prophylaxis in the woman with pre-eclampsia. |
| 21. | Compare the “beating heart donor” and the “non-beating heart donor”. |
| 22. | Discuss live donor transplantation. |
| 23. | Compare drugs poorly removed by dialysis and those effectively removed by dialysis. |
| 24. | Discuss the need for dietary potassium in the hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patient. |
| 25. | Define convection and diffusion. |
| 26. | Define porosity and absorption. |
| 27. | Define high efficiency membranes. |
| 28. | List impurities that should be removed from the water for dialysis. |
| 29. | List most effective and less effective methods of delivering a dialysis dose. |
| 30. | State the indications for tunneled and non-tunneled hemodialysis catheters. |
| 31. | List complications of hemodialysis catheters. |
| 32. | State the two most common types of arteriovenous fistulas. |
| 33. | Compare the AV fistula and the AV graft according to Table 3.4. |
| 34. | Define arterial steal syndrome. |
| 35. | Describe briefly the complications during hemodialysis. |
| 36. | State the advantages of peritoneal dialysis. |
| 37. | State the disadvantages of peritoneal dialysis. |
| 38. | Describe normal anatomy of the peritoneal cavity. |
| 39. | Compare substances lost in the dialysate and absorbed into the circulation during peritoneal dialysis. |
| 40. | State the placement of the peritoneal dialysis catheter. |
| 41. | Discuss chronic care of the peritoneal dialysis catheter. |
| 42. | Describe the dextrose-containing peritoneal dialysis solution. |
| 43. | Describe the peritoneal dialysis cycle. |
| 44. | Compare continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and automated peritoneal dialysis. |
| 45. | Discuss residual renal function. |
| 46. | Describe the various types of contamination of the perineum. |
| 47. | Discuss symptoms and management for fluid overload, volume depletion and metabolic abnormalities. |
| 48. | List management techniques for constipation. |
| 49. | Describe nutritional complications for children receiving peritoneal dialysis. |
| 50. | List complications of acute renal failure and the treatment that may be required prior to dialysis. |
| 51. | Describe the three extracorporeal modalities for acute poisoning. |
| 52. | Define apheresis and plasmapheresis. |