CRRT Quiz

What does CVVHD stand for?

Your patient has an ultrafiltration goal of net -100 each hour. He is receiving norepinephrine at 10 mL/hr and vancomycin 250 mL/hr. Over the last hour, he put out 10 mL of urine, 50 mL of bile through the NG tube, and 20 mL in the JP drain. What do you set your ultrafiltration rate at?

Your patient has an order to be net -50 per hour. Over the last hour, she received zosyn at 100 mL/hour and her heparin infusion was set at 10 mL/hour. Her PO intake was 100 mL. Her wound vac put out 25 mL. What do you set your ultrafiltration rate at?

Your patient has an order to be net -100 per hour. Over the last hour, she received tube feeds at 75 mL/hour. Her chest tube put out 20mL and she made 10 mL of urine. What do you set your ultrafiltration rate at?

Your patient has an order to be net -50 per hour. Over the last hour, she received 1 unit of PRBC (300 mL) and a 50 mL water flush through the NG tube. Her Levophed infusion is running at 10 mL/hr. Her FMS put out 50 mL. Her EBL from a clotted filter is 190 mL. What do you set your ultrafiltration rate at?

How do you set up the machine to run CVVHD?

What is the first step when troubleshooting alarms?

What do you do when your patient’s BP drops?

What is the most important part of setting up a new filter?

What indicates your filter or access is clotting?

Which team is the only team that can make changes to CRRT orders (with the exception of net fluid removal)?