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nenivikky

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Mr. Maddox will be started on continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). Describe the basic mechanisms of this therapy.
 
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What factors found in the medical and social history are pertinent for determining Mrs. Moore's coronary heart disease (CHD) risk category?
 
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Reply #1 on: Aug 21, 2018
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 CRRT is a type of dialysis, or a renal replacement procedure that removes excessive and toxic by-products of metabolism from the blood, thus replacing the filtering function of healthy kidneys. CRRT is generally the mode of treatment for AKI because it will provide dialysis over a continuous period of time that will allow for a significant amount of fluid (1-2 L) to be removed.
 It is meant to slowly remove fluids and solutes while correcting the electrolyte and metabolic abnormalities associated with AKI.
 Two types of CRRT:
- Arteriovenous renal replacement therapies: continuous dialysis/hemofiltration by cannulation of an artery or vein; the patient's blood pressure is used to pump blood through the dialysis filter.
- Venovenous renal replacement therapies involve continuous dialysis/hemofiltration by a venovenous circuit and a pump to assist blood flow through the dialysis circuit.
 Venovenous renal replacement is usually used in the critical patient as the patient's blood pressure is usually unstable.

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 Elevated cholesterol
 HTN
 Overweight/obesity
 Increasing age
 African American
 Former smoker
 Physical inactivity


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