Fluid and Electrolyte Balance Flashcards
Electrolyte concentration change impacts
nerve and muscle cells
Insensible fluid loss
difficult to measure, loss from skin and lungs, humidity and respiration rate - breathing with mouth open
Sensible fluid loss
easy to measure
urine, feces, wound drainage
Intracellular fluid
found inside the cell
2/3 of total body water
Extracellular fluid
found outside the cell
1/3 of total body water
Interstitial fluid
between cells + outside blood vessels
Intravascular fluid
blood plasma
inside blood vessels
lymph + transcellular fluids
sweat, urine
fluid around joints and organs
Passive transport
diffusion, osmosis, filtration
Diffusion
solutes from high to low concentration
Osmosis
water across a selectively permeable membrane low to high
Filtration
water and solutes high hydrostatic pressure to lower
Active transport
ATP is facilitate movement across the cell membrane
Fluid osmolality depends on
the concentration of dissolved particles
sodium the most abundant
Osmotic force
pressure created because 2 solutions have different concentrations and separated by a selectively permeable membrane
Pitting edema
-press into the skin and it stays
-cut off circulation and blood flow
-excess interstitial fluid
Pitting edema caus
increase capillary hydrostatic pressure
loss of plasma proteins
obstruction of lymphatic circulation
increase capillary permeability
increase capillary hydrostatic pressure
prolonged sitting/standing
kidney disease
pregnancy
can’t maintain pressure
loss of plasma proteins
albumin
colloidal osmotic pressure
globulin
fibrinogen
obstruction of lymphatic circulation
extra fluid and protein are returned to circulation
tumor/lymph nide removal
increase capillary permeability
localized edema
increase permeability and fluid movement into SI
proteins increase osmotic pressure
generalized edema
increase body weight
decrease rom
heart and lung impairment