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Fluid and Electrolyte Balance Flashcards

1
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Is the range that cells function within limited?

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Yes

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2
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What does electrolyte concentration impact?

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The elevtrical activity of both NERVE and MUSCLE cells

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What is understanding the pathology of a disease

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Understanding what is happening at the CELLULAR level

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4
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What is the most important electrolyte

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Potassium

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5
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What is most important when it comes the body fluid and elevtrolytes

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BALANCE

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6
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What does it mean if you have dry mucouses and feel dizzy

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Dehydration

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7
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What should equal fluid gain

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fluid loss

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8
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Why is it important to drink more water when you have a fever

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Increased metabolic rate, mouth breathing

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9
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What type of fluid loss is difficult to measure

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Insensible

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10
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What are some examples of insensible fluid loss

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SKIN, LUNGS

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11
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What is insensible fluid loss effected by

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Humidity and respiratory rate

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12
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What type of fluid loss is easy to measure

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Sensible

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13
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What are some examples of sensible fluid loss

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Urine, feces, wound drainage

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14
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Where is 2/3 of the total body water

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Intracellular fluid

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15
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Where is 1/3 of the total body water

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Extracellular fluid

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16
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What is the interstitial fluid

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Between the cells and outside blood vessels

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17
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What is intravascular fluid

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Inside blood vessels

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18
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What is blood plasma

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Intravacular fluid

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19
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Where are lymph and transcellular fluids

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Fluids around joints and organs

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20
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What are sweat and urine

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Lymph and transcellular fluids

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21
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What are the three type of passive transposrt

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DIFFUSION, OSMOSIS, FILTRATION

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22
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What is diffusion

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Movement of SOLUTES from HIGH concentration to LOW conentration

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23
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What are some examples of solutes

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Salt or sugar

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24
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What is osmosis

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Movement of WATER across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of LOWER PARTICLE concentration to an area of HIGHER PARTICLE concentration

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25
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What is Filtration

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Movement of WATER and SOULUTES in a solution from an area of HIGHER hydrostatic PRESSURE to LOWER hydrostatic PRESSURE

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26
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What type of transport uses energy

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Active transport

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27
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What does active transport do

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Uses energy to facilitate movement of PARTICLES across the cell membrane

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28
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What is osmolality

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How SALTY we are (electrolytes)

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29
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What determines fluid osmolality

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Concentration of dissolved particles

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30
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What is the normal osmolality range

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275-295 mosm/kg

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31
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Where is sodium most abundant

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ECF

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32
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Where is potassium most abundant

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ICF

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33
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What particle determines the movement of water into/out of cells

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Na

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34
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What are osmotic forces

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The PRESSURE created when teo SOLUTIONS are different CONCENTRATATIONS and are SEPARTED by a selectively permeable mebrane

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35
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What is edema

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FLUID EXCESS, in the INRERSTITIAL compartments

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36
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?How does edema manafest

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Swelling and enlargement of tissues

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37
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Where does most edema happen

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Butt, ankles, feet

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38
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What are some negativies related to edema

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Can COMPRESS on vessels

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39
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What should you use to find the pulse if a pt has really bad edema

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Pedopler

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40
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What are the four causes of edema

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INCREASED CAPILLARY hydrostatice PRESSURE, LOSS of plasma PREOTEINS, OBSTRUCTION of LYMPATIC circulation, INCREASED CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY

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41
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Can water leave capillaries easily

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Yes

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42
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What does increased capillary hydrostatic epressure do to BP

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Increases BP

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43
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What does increased hydrostatic pressure do

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PREVENTS fluid return at the VENOUS end or FORCES excessive amounts of fluids OUT into the TISSUES

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44
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What are some causes of increased hydrostatic pressure

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prolonges sitting/standing, kidney disease and pregnacy (excess volume)

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45
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Why does prologed sitting/ standing cause increase hydrostatic pressure

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Gravity and pressure

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46
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What is oncotic/ osmotic pressure

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The difference of PROTEIN consentration between the capillaries and the surrounding tissue

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47
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What is the main protein that maintains osmotic pressure

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Albumin

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48
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What are the three plasma proteins

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Albumin, globulin, ribrinogen

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49
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What does globulin do

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IMMUNE functioning

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50
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What does fibrinogent do

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Blooc CLOTTING

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51
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Why does obsturction of lymphatic circulation cause edema

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The extra fluid pools and is not picked up

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52
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What can cause obstruction of lymphatic circulation

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Tumors, lumph node removal

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53
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Is swelling hard to get rid of

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Yes

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54
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What can cause localized edema

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inflammation or infection

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55
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Why does increased cappillary premeability cause edema

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Increased PERMEABILITY, fluid movement into IS area, IS osmotic pressure

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56
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What would a burn or tramua cause

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increased capillary permeability

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57
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What causes pitting edema

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Excessive IS fluid

58
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What are some functional impairments of edema

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Joint issues (painful, tight, can’t fully move), heart and LUNG impairment (fluid build up)

59
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Why does edema cause pain and burning sensations

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Pressure on nerves

60
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What are some other things edema can cause

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SKIN breakdown, ULCERS, SEEPING, pressure INFECTIONS

61
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What causes dehydration

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Inadequate INTAKE or excessive LOSS

62
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How can you measure dehydration

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Change is body weight (kidneys and cardiac), fluid OUTPUT

63
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Are there different types of dehydration

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Yes

64
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What does it mean if you have isotonic dehydration

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proportionate loss of water and electrolypes, VOLUME

65
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What does it mean if you have hypotonic dehydration

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Loss of more electrolytes, LESS salty

66
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What does it mean if you have hypertonic dehydration

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Loss of more water, MORE salty

67
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How can an HG cause dehydration

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When you take fluids out, DOCUMENT

68
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What are the causes of dehydration

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VOMITING, DIARRHEA, lots of SWEATING, DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, reduced INTAKE

69
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What are the signs of dehydration

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DRY mucous membranes, decreased SKIN turgor, decreased ELECTROLYTES, CONFUSION

70
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What is the thirst center in the brain

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Hypothalamus

71
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Increased osmolality (saltiness) stimulates what

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Osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus, which increases THIRST

72
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Where are some colume sensitive recptors located in the body

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Atria’s, thoracic vessels

73
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What do volume deficits simulate

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Velmune sensitive receptors and barorecptors

74
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Where are the baroreceptors

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Aorta, pulmonary arteries, carotid sinus

75
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Where is thirst controled

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Hypothalamus

76
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What are the two hormones that effect body fluid

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ADH, and aldosterone

77
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Where is ADH made

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Made in the hypothalamus realeased by the pituitary gland

78
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What does ADH do

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Acts on kidneys to increase reabsorption of water

79
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Does an increase in ADH increase urine output

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No

80
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Where does aldosterone come from

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Adrenal cortex

81
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What does aldosterone do

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Increases blood volume

82
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How does aldosterone work

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Increases sodium reabsorption

83
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Does water follow salts

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Yes

84
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What is water balance regulated by

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ADH

85
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What is sodium balance regulated by

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Aldosterone

86
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Is sodium a positive or negative ion

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Positive

87
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What are the roles of sodium

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NEUROMUSCULAR irritability, ACID BASE balance, cellular REACTIONS, NERVE functions

88
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How does Na cross the cell membrane

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Active transport, sodium-potassium pump, increase levels in ECF

89
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What are the forms of sodium

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Sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate

90
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Where do we get sodium

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Food and drinks

91
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What is the normal levels of sodium

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135-145 mEq/L

92
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What can happen if you have too little sodium in your body

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Seizures

93
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What is hyponatremia

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Too little salt in the blood

94
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What are the causes of hyponatremia

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Excessive SWEATING, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, DIURETICS, low salt DIETS, HORMONAL imbalancse, RENAL failure, excess WATER intake

95
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What are the symptoms of hyponatremia

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FATIGUE, mescle CRAMPS, TUMMY ache, decreased OSMOTIC pressure in ECF, HYPOVOLEMIA, decrease BP, BRAI?N swelling, CONFUSION, SEIZURES

96
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What are the causes of hypernatremia

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Excess sodium INTAKE, loss of WATER faster than salt

97
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What are the bodies reactions to hypernatremia

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WEAKNESS, DRY mucous membranes, EDEMA, increased THIRST and BP

98
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What is the primary ECF anion

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Chloride

99
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What are the normal levels of chloride

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98-106 mmol/L

100
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What does chloride passively move with

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Sodium

101
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What does chloride provide related to ectrotivity

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Neutrality

102
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What does chloride assist in

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Acid-base balance

103
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What does calcium do

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Structural strenght for BONES, maintains NERVE membrane, needed for METABOLIC processes and ENZYME reactions, blood CLOTTING

104
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Where do you get calcium

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Ingesting food

105
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Where and how is calcium stored

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Vitammin D promotes calcium absorption from INTENSION then stored in BONES

106
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How is calcium excreted

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Urine and feces

107
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What controlls calcium

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the parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitonin

108
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What is most important for calcium

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Muscle contraction, the HEART

109
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What is the normal range for patassium

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3.5-5 meq-liter

110
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What does potassium do

A

Assists in METABOLIC proxess of the cell

111
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What is potassium influenced by

A

Acid base balance

112
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What can happen with abnormal potassium levels

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Change cardiac conduction

113
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What are the causes of hypokalemia

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Excessive LOSS, certain DIURETIC drugs, excessive ALDOSTERONE or GLUCOCORITICOIDS, INSULIN, GI loss

114
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What are the causes of hyperkalemia

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RENAL failure, deficit of ALDOSTERONE, use of potassium sparing DIURETICS, CRUSH injuries, BURNS, MESUCLE injury, ACIDOSIS

115
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Your pt has nostipation, cramps, hypotension, and alkalosis are they hypo or hyperkalmic

A

Hypo

116
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Your pt has arrhythmias, diarrhea, muscle weakness, and acidosis, are they hypo or hyperkalemic

A

Hyper

117
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What are the treatment options for hyperkalemia

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Calcium salt, insulin w/ glucose, sodium bicarbonate infusion, sodium polystyrene sulfonate (kayexalate)

118
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What does calcium salt infusions do

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Offsets the effect of increased K on the heart

119
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What does insulin with flucose do

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Increases K uptake by the celss, decreasing levels in ECF

120
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How quickly does insulin work to treat hyperkalemia

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15 mins

121
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What does sodium bicarbonate do

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Move ph to alkalosis, increases cellular uptake of K

122
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What does sodium polystryrene sulfonate (kayexalate) do

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Increases fecal K excretion, Poop

123
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What is isotonic contraction

A

Total body water change is proportional to electrolyte change

124
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What is isotonic volume deplation (FVD)

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Losing too much porportional fluid

125
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What can cause FVD

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Bleeding, excessive sweating

126
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What is isotonic volume excess (FVE)

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Too much porpotional fluid

127
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What can cause FVE

A

Excessive IV fluids

128
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What is the term if you have equal saltiness

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Isotonic

129
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Your pt has weight loss, dry skin, low urine output, and low BP what type of isotonic contraction do they have

A

Isotonic dehydration

130
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Your pt has weight gain, JVD, and edema what type of isotonic contraction do they have

A

Isotonic fluid excess

131
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What is hypertonic contraction

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Too salty

132
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What can cause hypertonic contraction

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Hypernatremia or water deficit

133
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What is hypotonic contraction

A

Less salty

134
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What can cause hypotonic contraction

A

Hyponatremia or water excess

135
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What can cause hypernatremia

A

Not usally diet, too much IV fluids

136
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What can cause a water deficit

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too little water intake, fever, loss of water

137
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How do you treat hypertonic contraction

A

With hypotonic fluids

138
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How do you treat hypotonic contraction

A

With hypertonic fluids

139
Q

What causes hyponatremia

A

water moves into the cell, vomiting, hyperglycemia

140
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What causes water excess

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water intoxication, renal failure, congestive heart failure, inappropriate ADH

141
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What is the objective of fluid therapy

A

Maintenance of fluid balance, electrolyte replacement

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