Final Flashcards
Hydrostatic Pressure definition
- Major force that pushes water and solutes out of vascular system at capillary level
What is oncotic pressure?
Pressure exerted by colloids in solution like protein
What causes movement of water out of the capillaries?
- Capillary hydrostatic pressure
- Interstitial oncotic pressure
What causes movement of fluid into the capillary?
- Plasma oncotic pressure
- Interstitial hydrostatic pressure
What causes edema?
- Plasma to Interstitial fluid shift
- Due to
- Elevation of hydrostatic pressure
- Decrease plasma oncotic pressure
- Elevation interstitial oncotic pressure
- Compression stockings can decrease peripheral edema
How can fluid enter the vascular space?
- fluid drawn into plasma space whenever increase in PLASMA OSMOTIC/OSMOTIC pressure
- Ex: administering colloids, dextran, mannitol, hypertonic solutions
- fluid drawn from cells via osmosis
- results in shrinkage of cells
- EX: neurologic symptoms caused by altered CNS from brain cell shrinkage
- Opposite is brain swelling
- EX: neurologic symptoms caused by altered CNS from brain cell shrinkage
What effects can old age have on fluid in the body?
- decrease
- water conservation
- GFR
- Creatinine clearance
- ability to concentrate urine
- hormone changes: ADH/ANP
- loss of moisture due to loss of SQ tissue
- thirst mechanism
- narrowed limits for excretion of H2O, Na, K, H+
What effect can prolonged NG tube suction have?
Decrease in Na+, K+, H+, and Cl-
Why would you give D5W?
- Replace fluid loss/dehydration
- Treat Hypernatremia
Why would you give 0.9% NS?
- Blood Transfusion
- Fluid challenge
- Fluid replacement w/ DKA
- Treat
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyponatremia
- Metabolic Alkalosis
- Shock
Why would you give LR?
- Acute blood loss
- Treat burns
- Dehydration
- Third spacing
- Lower GI fluid loss
What is the osmolarity formula?
2(Na) + (Glucose)/18 + (BUN)/3 = serum osmolarity
Na decreases by 2 for ea 100 increase in glucose
How do you calculate MAP?
MAP = 1/3 (SBP) + 2/3 (DBP)
What are common bronchodilators used to treat respiratory problems?
- Beta-agonists: “-iterol”
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Anticholinergics: “-pium”
- Bring down mucous production
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Methloxanthines: “-phylline”
- Raises HR, sympathetic response
What are common anti-inflammatory drugs for respiratory diseases?
- Steroids: “-sone”
- Leukotriene stablizer: “-lukast” (Singulair)
- Mast Cell stabilizer: “-crome”
What is SIRS criteria?
- Temp: <36, >38.5
- WBC: <4, >12 (or >10%bands)
- RR: >20
- HR: >90
When do you treat a high BP in stroke patients?
- Ischemic Stroke: BP >200/100
- TPA candidate: >185/110
- Hemorrhagic: >160/90
When does a patient qualify for TPA?
- 3 hour treatment window
- no recent major surgery or trauma
- no recent hemmorhage or coagulopathy
- BP <185/110
- No seizure at onset
What is the RAAS?
- Low BP signals kidneys to secrete renin
- Renin stimulates production of angiotensingen>angiotensin 1
- ACE convernts A1 to A2 in the lungs
- Angio2 induces thirst, vasoconstriction, and production of aldosterone (anti-diuretic) from the adrenal glands
- Aldo. signals kidneys to retain Na
- All these mechanisms increase BP
How do you calculate CO?
CO = Stroke volume x HR
Normal is 4-8 L
What are some drugs used for HTN?
- Diuretics (HCTZ)
- ACE inhibitors (-prils)
- ARB’s (-artan)
- Alpha blockers (Clonidine)
- blocks receptors of vasoconstriction
- Calcium Channel Blockers (-pine)
- tells heart to not work so hard
- Beta blockers (-olol)
- Decrease HR, contractility
- Can hide hypoglycemia
Normal BNP
- BNP: <100 pg/mL
- Possible heart failure 100-300
Signs of diastolic failure?
- LV: SOB, tachypnea, crackles
- RV:anorexia, hepatomegaly, JVD
- Thick walls of heart muscle
What are signs of systolic failure?
- Thin walls
- Weakness, fatigue, decreased exercise tolerance
Characteristics of arterial vascular disorders
- Intermittent claudication
- Rest pain @ night
- Ischemia to a muscle group
- Pain while walking same distance
- Pain relieved by dangling foot
- Pulse problems
- Skin
- Cool, dusky, hairless, thin, non-edematous
Characteristics of Venous disorders
- edema
- redness, dry, flaky skin, itchy
- ulcers in lower 3rd leg
- inactivity major risk factor
- pulse present
What are the diagnostic tools for BPH?
- Med hx
- digital rectal exam
- Labs
- UA
- BUN/Creat
- PSA
What are the diagnostic tools for prostate cancer?
- Digital rectal exam
- PSA
- Biopsy to fully diagnose
- TR US
- Blood work
- Bone scan/CT/MRI/CXR/IVP
What are the diagnostic tests for Testicular Cancer?
- Palpation of scrotum
- US of testes
- Bloodwork
- AFP, LDH, hCG
- CXR
- CT chest/abd
What are the diagnostic tests for bladder cancer?
- Cystoscopy
- UA
- IVP/Urogram
- Pelvic Lymphandenectomy during Cystectomy
- CT/MRI/CXR