Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis � What is anemia? A person whose blood is low in red blood cells has anemia. Red blood cells carry oxygen (O2) to tissues and organs throughout the body and enable them to use the energy from food. Without oxygen‚ these tissues and organs—particularly the heart and brain—may not do their jobs as well as they should. For this reason‚ a person who has anemia may tire easily and look pale. Anemia may also contribute to heart problems. Anemia is common
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Answers to Questions Activity 1: Simulating Dialysis (Simple Diffusion) (pp. 2–4) 9. All solutes except albumin are able to diffuse into the right beaker. Using distilled water in the right beaker and either the 100 MWCO or 200 MWCO membrane will remove urea from the left beaker and leave albumin If the left beaker contains NaCl‚ urea‚ and albumin‚ you can selectively remove urea by dispensing a concentration of NaCl into the right beaker equivalent to that in the left beaker and by using
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9:30-10:50 How to Essay How to cannulate yourself on dialysis Dialysis needles are large not to mention scary as hell. Imagine being stuck with a Capri Sun straw and it staying there for 4 hours. Fear of needles and pain is a reality for most people on dialysis‚ especially in the beginning. Some have true phobia‚ and require special techniques and interventions to self-cannulate. All patients‚ once they become familiar with dialysis‚ worry about who will put their needles in (and potentially
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Diffusion Experiment: Osmosis in Sucrose Solutions Abstract We used dialysis tubing to simulate a semi-permeable membrane. Since molecules diffuse from their higher concentration to their lower concentration‚ water will move across the membrane in response to this concentration. While conducting this lab we were able to observe passive transport through diffusion and osmosis. Introduction Osmosis is a specialized case of diffusion that involves the passive transport of water. When
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substances to diffuse across a membrane. Materials Needed • Dialysis tubing • 2 pieces of thread • Funnel • Culture dish 8 test tubes • 2 disposable pipets • 100mL beaker • IKI dropper bottle • Silver nitrate dropper bottle • Barium chloride dropper bottle • Albustix • Clinistix Prodecure 1. A piece of dialysis tubing was procured and a knot was tied at one end. 2. A funnel was inserted into the open end of the dialysis tube and it was filled with a solution consisting of 1% starch
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Lacrosse Monster #2 Dates performed: 10/10/11 and 10/11/11 Introduction: The purpose of the laboratory investigation was to observe the diffusion of water across a semi-permeable membrane. In this lab‚ dialysis tubing was used to represent the semi-permeable cell membrane. Three dialysis tubes were prepared with 5% sucrose solution and were soaked in solutions of different concentrations. The diffusion of water across a semi-permeable membrane is called osmosis. When water diffuses‚ the water
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Molarities Through Dialysis Tubing (a Semi-Permeable Membrane) I. DESIGN A. PROBLEM/RESEARCH QUESTION 1. How does increasing molarity of sucrose affect osmosis through dialysis tubing? B. VARIABLES 1. The independent variable in this lab is the molarity of sucrose each dialysis bag is filled with. The time (30 minutes)‚ the temperature (23C) and the type of dialysis tubing used are all constants. 2. The dependent variable is the final mass of the dialysis bag.
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assess any complaints of changes‚ etc. 11. D.W. asks about what plasmapheresis does and why might it help her feel better. Describe how you would respond. In response to D.W.‚ I would provide a comparison of plasmapheresis and dialysis‚ for that plasmapheresis is similar to dialysis‚ except that it instead removes the plasma which is
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This experiment was performed to measure the osmosis of small molecules through cellulose bag (has the same structure that plant cell does). This tubing acts as a selectively permeable membrane‚ allowing larger molecules to pass through‚ but slowly. Dialysis is the movement of a solute through a selectively permeable membrane. Purpose: To observe osmosis in a model membrane system. Hypothesis: If I immerse in the beaker containing water one bag with distilled water and one bag with 40% maltose
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osmosis in the cell. In this case‚ we used dialysis tubing to simulate the semi-permeable membrane of an animal cell. Materials and Methods: Dialysis tubing (6 x 30cm) String for tying dialysis tubing Clear plastic drinking cups Sharpie Markers Funnels Glucose/starch solution Distilled water IKI solution Glucose TesTape 0‚ .2‚ .4‚ .6‚ .8‚ and 1 Molar Sucrose Solution Cork Borer Potatoes Scale Exercise 1: Diffusion Fill a dialysis bag with a sugar/starch solution and immerse
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