AUGUST 2017 Sub. Code: 1336
B.Sc. DIALYSIS TECHNOLOGY
(New Syllabus 2014-2015)
THIRD YEAR
PAPER I DIALYSIS TECHNOLOGY
Q.P. Code: 801336
Time: Three Hours Maximum: 100 Marks
Answer all questions
I. Elaborate on: x 10 30)
1. Non-dialyzable anti-hypertensive agents.
2. Treatment of accidental administration of heparin to a dialysis
patient with ongoing bleeding.
3. Potassium exchange resins.
II. Write notes on: x 5 40)
1. Activated form of Vitamin D use in Chronic Kidney Disease.
2. Adequacy of peritoneal dialysis.
3. Sodium modeling in hemodialysis.
4. Vascular access steal phenomenon.
5. "Button hole" technique of cannulation of arterio-venous fistulae.
6. Standard measures of dialysis water purity and its relevance to flux of the dialyzer.
7. Choice of a modality of renal replacement therapy- guiding a patient.
8. Common complications encountered during a hemodialysis session.
III. Short answers on: (10 x 3 30)
1. Disposition of arterio-venous fistula needles after a dialysis session.
2. Routine blood biochemistry testing in a patient on regular thrice-weekly
maintenance hemodialysis.
3. "Dry weight" in a hemodialysis patient.
4. Different peritoneal fluids available in routine clinical practice.
5. Sites of arterio-venous fistula construction.
6. Contraindications to initiation of Peritoneal Dialysis in chronic kidney disease.
7. Target Hemoglobin level to be maintained in a CKD patient on hemodialysis.
8. Dose calculation for continuous veno-venous hemofiltration.
9. SINGLE POOL Kt/V vs. STANDARD Kt/V.
10. Precautionary measures while dialyzing patients with Human Immunodeficiency
Virus infection.