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12 Fluid Replacement Therapy (Leah's) Flashcards

1
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What percentage of body weight is water in the following:

  • Males
  • Females
  • Infants
  • Elderly
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  • Males = 60%
  • Females = 50-55%
  • Infants = 73%
  • Elderly = 45-50%
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What is the major anion in ECF and ICF?

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  • Phosphate in ICF
  • Cl- in ECF
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3
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How much water is in each body compartment in a 70kg man?

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What happens to cells in hypernatremia and hyponatremia?

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The sodium only shifts between interstitial and intervascular so it is water that moves to correct this

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What happens if you give someone 1L of 5% Dextrose?

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  • If low b.p don’t give this as won’t raise intravascular very much
  • Glucose can be taken up along all compartments
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What happens if you give someone 1L of 0.9% saline?

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Give if someone has low b.p as saline stays in ECF

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What happens if you give someone 1L of Hartman’s solution??

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Why would you give Hartman’s over saline?

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  • Less Na and Cl
  • Lactate to get HCO3-
  • Used to mirror blood more
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What are the contents of Hartmann’s?

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10
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Why would you give someone dextrose saline over dextrose?

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  • Dextrose saline used to replace water losses
  • Dextrose and saline can just be maintenance fluids if can’t take orally
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What would happen if you gave someone 1L of 4% dextrose, 0.18% saline?

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12
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Why is glucose fluids isoosmotic but not isotonic?

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  • Isoosmotic as glucose metabolised quickly to water and CO2 so no change in osmoles but more water in cell changes tonicity
  • Tonicity is what the solution will do to the cells
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13
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Why may patients need IV fluids?

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What are some factors you need to think about when giving patients maintenance fluids?

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  • Maintenance fluids fill daily requirement and replace any losses, e.g from vomiting, but factors can change requirements
  • Easy to cause fluid overload
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15
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How much water, sodium, potassium, chloride and glucose is needed for maintenance and what are some processes that can change this maintenance requirement?

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  • Diarrhoea
  • Vomiting
  • Sweaing
  • Urine
  • Bile and pancreatic drainage loss
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16
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If someone with insulin-dependent diabetes presents with needed IV fluids what should you ensure?

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  • They always have a constant fluid with glucose in
  • If not insulin dependent don’t have glucose in fluids unless it is low
17
Q

What are some important things you need to consider when prescribing patients with fluids?

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  • Do I need to do anything to stop losses, e.g antiemetic?
  • Max KCl in 1 hour is 10mmol
  • Consider size and age of patient
  • Have they lost electrolytes or just fluid?
18
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What are the contents of the following solutions and what is their tonicity?

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* Solutions are made with differing amounts of potassium in them and usually more appropriate for maintenance needs

19
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What do isotonic fluids do to blood volume?

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Don’t raise it by much just adds mainly to ICF. If want to raise blood volume by 1l would need 4l fluid. Hypotonic solutions better for raising blood volume

20
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What is colloid?

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IV fluid that has oncotic pressure due to the presence of large molecules. Will draw water from ICF and ECF as molecules cannot leave blood

21
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How do you work out the net filtration rate at the arterial end of this capillary?

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22
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How does cancer and radiation lead to oedema?

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Radiation can cause inflammation and blockage of lymph vessels, as well as cancer, so less interstitial fluid can be reabsorbed into the lymphatics like normal

23
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Complete the following table.

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All 4kg lost is purely fluid

24
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What pathology do you suspect in this woman, and explain how this conditions leads to all of the signs and symptoms she is experiencing?

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- Addision’s disease (autoimmune low cortisol)

  • Hyperpigmentation due to breakdown of POMC to make ACTH, releasing a-MSH which hyperpigments and lowers appetite
  • Adrenal glands attacked so also low aldosterone which explains low sodium and high potassium
25
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In Addison’s disease, what will you expect the acid-base balance of the blood to be and why?

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  • Acidic
  • Hyperkalemia drives H+ out of cells and K+ in
26
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How can thiazides lead to hypokalaemia?

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- Inhibit NaCl symporter

  • ENaC increased activity so Na/K pump has to work harder meaning more potassium is lost

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