The Core Curriculum covers physiology, chemistry, psychology of renal failure, life on dialysis, and technology including water treatment, safe cannulation, and equipment. It helps teach new dialysis technicians and nurses to be capable and compassionate care providers who understand what to do¿and why.
The Core Curriculum covers physiology, chemistry, psychology of kidney failure, treatment options, infection control, dialysis procedures, complications, life on dialysis, emergency planning, and technology including water treatment, safe cannulation, and equipment. It helps teach new dialysis technicians and nurses to be capable and compassionate care providers who understand what to do and why.
***Includes Practice Test Questions*** CCHT Exam Secrets helps you ace the Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician Exam without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive CCHT Exam Secrets study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. CCHT Exam Secrets includes: The 5 Secret Keys to CCHT Exam Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; A comprehensive Content review including: Molecule, Electrolyte, Atomic Weight, Isotope, Osmosis, Intracellular Fluid, Renal Corpuscle, Urea, Azotemia, Acid-Base Balance, Creatinine, Hyperkalemia, Renin-Angiotensin System, Hypomagnesemia, Atrial Natriuretic Hormone, Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease, Glomerular Disease, Glomerulonephritis, Nephrosclerosis, Pyelonephritis, Acute Tubular Necrosis, Hypertension, Myocardial Dysfunction, Pericarditis, Osteodystrophy, Calciphylaxis, Amyloidosis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Insomnia, Pseudogout, Dialysis Dementia, Restless Leg Syndrome, Uremic Neuropathy, Lipid Metabolism, C-Reactive Protein, Serum Potassium, Aluminum Toxicity, Magnesium, Hypokalemia, Parathyroid Hormone, Hemoglobin, and much more...
This is the Pocket Format from the original large size publication. Basic handbook to help nurses and technicians in the dialysis field. It contains functions of the kidney, access for hemodialysis, blood chemistries, signs and symptoms, potential problems in hemodialysis, secondary problems of renal failure, diagnostic studies, dialysates and dialyzers, hemodialysis equipment, water systems, history, dialysis definitions and acronyms, and other useful information. Excellent resource for the new dialysis nurse or technician. Helpful to have for review.Written by Oscar Cairoli with over 37 years of clinical and management experience in this very technical field.
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy provides concise, evidence-based, bedside guidance for the management of critically ill patients with acute renal failure, offering quick reference answers to clinicians' questions about treatments and situations encountered in daily practice.
This comprehensive reference on the fundamentals of hemodialysis access creation and advanced management for maintenance is designed to meet the needs of all surgeons and physicians responsible for the treatment and care of patients undergoing dialysis. The book opens by discussing every aspect of dialysis access planning, including selection of the right access for the individual patient and access strategies. Hemodialysis access techniques, from the most basic to the most complex and unconventional, are then described step by step, and guidance is provided on follow-up. Detailed attention is also devoted to the challenging management of specific complications of dialysis access surgery, including failing hemodialysis access. The book includes a wealth of informative, high-quality images and illustrations, and the authors are prominent vascular surgeons, transplant surgeons, general surgeons, nephrologists, and interventional radiologists from across the United States.
The revised, updated Fourth Edition of this popular handbook provides practical, accessible information on all aspects of dialysis, with emphasis on day-to-day management of patients. Chapters provide complete coverage of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, special problems in dialysis patients, and problems pertaining to various organ systems. This edition reflects the latest guidelines of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis adequacy and on nutrition. New chapters cover chronic kidney disease management in predialysis patients, frequent daily or nocturnal hemodialysis, and hemodiafiltration. Chapters on venous and arteriovenous access have been completely revised. Each chapter provides references to relevant Web sites.
Handbook of Peritoneal DialysisSecond EditionSteven Guest M.D. This book is a guide to the clinical practice of Peritoneal Dialysis. Chapters provide the core curriculum for expertise in PD therapy and address relevant clinical challenges faced by caregivers. Contained in this Handbook:Peritoneal Membrane Physiology,PET, Modified PET, DATT,Acute and Chronic PD Prescription,Catheters and Placement Techniques,PD Solutions,Infectious and Non-infectious Complications,Fluid Management in PD,PD in the Diabetic and Morbidly Obese Patient,Nutritional and Metabolic Issues in PD,Survival in the PD Population,Setting Up a PD Program / Infrastructure.