FEBRUARY 2018 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. Potential adverse effects of heparin use.
2. Potential adverse effect of erythropoietin use.
3. Potential adverse effects of intravenous iron use.
II. Write notes on: x 5 40)
1. Drugs useful in the medical treatment of hyperkalemia and their mechanism
of action.
2. Type of heparin preferred in Hemodialysis unfractionated heparin vs. low
molecular weight heparin and why?
3. Catheter related blood stream infections what are they? How is the diagnosis
made? How are they treated?
4. Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency anemia in a patient of chronic kidney disease
on hemodialysis.
5. Hepatitis B vaccination schedule in dialysis patients.
6. Infection preventive strategies in patients on peritoneal dialysis.
7. Universal precautions in a hemodialysis unit.
8. Regional anticoagulation.
III. Short answers on: (10 x 3 30)
1. Reaction to formaldehyde residue in the dialysis system recognition and
treatment.
2. Disadvantages of reprocessing and reuse of dialyzers.
3. Biomedical waste segregation in a dialysis unit.
4. Optimal hand hygiene.
5. Steps in the training a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
6. Sustained Low Efficiency Dialysis?
7. Access recirculation diagnosis and treatment.
8. Symptoms of overt uremia. Which symptom needs immediate initiation of
dialysis?
9. Automated Peritoneal Dialysis.
10. Nocturnal home hemodialysis.