Chemical Pathology: Fluid balance/Sodium Flashcards
Fluid balance:
What is:
- The % of body water content
- Ratio of intracellular: extracellular fluid
What are the main types of Extracellular fluid?
Fluid balance:
What is the best analogy for why body cells need a high sodium environment?
Fluid balance:
What is there difference between Osmolality and Osmolarity?
Fluid balance:
What are the Physiological and Pathological determinants of Serum Osmolarity?
Fluid balance:
How is Osmolarity Calculated?
Fluid balance:
How can the difference between Osmolality and Osmolarity be useful?
What is the normal range for Osmolality? What disease is it useful in?
Sodium:
- What is the normal range for blood Sodium?
- How much is freely exchangeable?
- How are serum levels maintained?
- What are ECT fluid levels dependent on?
Sodium:
- What is the definition of Hyponatraemia?
- How should it be treated?
- What different symptoms are caused at different Sodium levels?
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Sodium:
How is true hyponatraemia defined using serum osmolality?
What is TURP syndrome?
Sodium:
What are the subclassifications of Hyponatraemia and what are their causes?
Sodium:
How can hydration status and Urinary Sodium be used to distinguish true Hyonatraemia?
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Sodium:
How does Cirrhosis cause Hyponatraemia?
Sodium:
What is the danger of rapid correction of Hyponatraemia?
What are the possible causes of Hyponatraemia post surgery?
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Sodium:
What is the laboratory criteria for Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SIADH)?
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Sodium:
What are the causes of Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SIADH)?
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