RENAL TECHNOLOGY/NEPHROLOGY 101 - Introduction to Health Care Field and Nephrol-ogy

Institution:

City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College

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Description:

Concepts of the health care feld and hemodialy-sis, history and theory of dialysis; batch systems and proportioning systems, single and multiple patient systems, types of dialyzers: plate, coils and capillaries. Types of membrane surfaces, fltration, difusion; dialysis clearance and physics of extra-corporeal circuits. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Admission into the Renal Technology program/plan 247 or 248. 1 lecture and 4 lab hours per week. 3 credit hours.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.ccc.edu/colleges/malcolm-x/pages/default.aspx

Phone Number:

(312) 850-7000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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