6. Fluid balance and nutrition Flashcards
Crystalloids
- Small enough to pass through vessel wall
- 0,9% NaCl, Ringer, hypertonic saline (3, 5, and 7.5 %)
Colloids
- Too large (>35kDa) to penetrate vessel wall - stays in vessel
- Albumin, starch, plasma, dextran
Extracellular fluid compartment components
1/3 intravascular, 2/3 interstitial
Total body water components
Intracellular fluid (40%) + extracellular fluid (20 %) (Blood+interst)
Normal osmolality
280 Osm
Fluid tonicity (isotonic, hypotonic etc)
Fluid osmolality compared to plasma
- Isotonic - same as plasma
- Hypotonic - less than plasma (fluid is absorbed faster)
Preload = ? (and how to increase/decrease)
Fluid volume
- Increase: packed RBCs, colloids, crystalloids
- Decrease: diuretics
Contractility - how to increase
- Dobutamine
- Dopamine
Afterload = ? (How to increase/decrease)
SVR: Systemic vascular resistance
- Increase/vasopress: Epinephrine, norepinephrine
- Decrease/vasodilate: Nitroprusside, nitrates
Starling forces in infusional therapy
- Hydrostatic and osmotic forces / semipermeable membranes
Osmotic vs oncotic pressure
Osmotic: independent of molecular size
Oncotic: osmotic pressure generated by macromolecules
Daily fluid loss in fever
1500-2000 ml
Daily fluid loss by tracheotomy
700 ml
Daily fluid loss in suction of bronchial secretion
500-1000 ml
Daily fluid loss in hyperventilation
500 - 2000 ml
Assessment of intravascular volume
Macrocirculation: preload, contractility, afterload
Monitor: Skin turgor, tongue, urine output
Swan-Ganz catheter
Pulmonary artery catheter - to detect HF or sepsis, monitor therapy and effect of drugs
PICCO plus
Arterial line with thermistor in end (detect temperature differences used to calculate CO) - used for hemodynamic monitoring (CO, pulse, preload etc)
Static hemodynamic parameters
- Central venous pressure (CVP)
- Pulmonary artery occlusion pressure (PAOP)
- Right ventricular EDV (end-diastolic volume)
- Left ventricular EDA (end-diastolic area)
- Global end-diastolic volume (GEDV)
- Intrathoracic blood volume (ITBV)
- Not suitable for assessing fluid responsiveness*
Dynamic hemodynamic parameters
- Systolic pressure variation (SPV)
- Stroke volume variation (SVV)
- Pulse pressure variation (PPV) - during pos. pressure ventilation (“PPV”)
SPV normal value
< 10 mmHg
PPV normal value
< 13 %
SVV normal value
< 10 %
Testing dynamic hemodynamic parameters
- S-G, PICCO, Echocardiography
- CO = SV * HR
- Inferior vena cava
- Passive leg raising test
György formula
For electrolyte disturbances
Na+ x K+ x OH-) / (Ca++ x Mg++ x H-
Treatment of hyperkalemia
- Calcium
- Glucose-insulin
- Beta-mimetics
- NaHCO3
- Hemodialysis
- Sodium polystyrene sulfonate resin (GI necrosis)
- FSD
- Treat underlying disorder
Treatment of hypokalemia
- Decrease potassium loss, find cause (e.g vomiting, diarrhea, diuretics, polyuria, laxatives)
- Increase K+ stores (KCl - except in DKA)
- Look for toxicity (ECG, ileus)
Ionized Ca++ levels
> 1,29 mmol/l