Fluid Prescribing Flashcards

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5 Rs of fluid prescribing

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  • resuscitation
  • replacement
  • routine maintenance
  • redsitribution
  • reassessment
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2
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name 2 crystalloids

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sodium chloride 0.9% and Hartmanns solution

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3
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what are the benefits of crystalloids

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cheap and widely available

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4
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what does Hartmanns contain

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crystalloid with added electrolytes eg Potassium

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5
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define routine maintenance

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provide daily maintenance requirements

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6
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define replacement

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  • Provides daily maintenance requirements and replacement of any ongoing abnormal losses
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7
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define resuscitation

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  • Re-establishes haemodynamic stability through restoring intravascular volume
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8
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name a colloid

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Gelofusin

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9
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colloids

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should theoretically maintain onctoic pressure, however in practice they are not very good

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10
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what are the negative sides of colloids

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risk of anaphylaxis

expensive

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11
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what solution is recommended for resuscitation

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  • crystalloid solution
  • balanced crystalloid is good as excessive sodium chloride 0.9% can cause hypercholermic metabolic acidosis
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12
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what is hypercholermic metabolic acidosis

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an acidosis with a normal anion gap, caused by increased chloride and decreased bicarbonate

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13
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when is Hartmanns solution avoided

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in cases of eg rhabdomyolysis and AKI/CKD, when sodium chloride 0.9% is preferred due to the risk of hyperkalaemia (cells die and release phosphate and potassium ions)

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14
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what is recommended for replacement therapy

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balanced/crystalloid

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15
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what is the normal daily requirement for water

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25-30ml/kg/day

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16
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what is the normal daily requirement for sodium, potasiuma and chloride

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1mmol/kg/day

17
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what is the normal daily requirement for glucose

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50-100g/day

18
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what fluids are recommended for routine maintenance

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  • 0.18% Sodium chloride/4% dextrose
  • 0.45% Sodium chloride
  • 5% dextrose
19
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what is the max fluid volume given in a day roughly

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2.4l

20
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which fluids redistribute most into the PV

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balanced/crystalloids

21
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when should albumin be used

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  • severe sepsis
  • hepatorenal syndrome
  • large volume paracentesis
  • therapeutic plasma exchange
22
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blood as a colloid

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it is the most physiological colloid, it increases oxygen carrying capacity

there is a risk of a type II hypersensitivity ABO reaction - overwhelming systemic inflammatory response that can occur with 1ml of blood

23
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PRC

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packed RBCs - indicated when paient has lost a lot of blood or has anaemia

24
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FFP and cryoprecipitate

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  • FFP used when there are low clotting factors or other blood proteins
  • cryoprecipitate is a concentrated subset of FFP components
25
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management of hyponatraemia if the patient is dry

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0.9% saline

26
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management of hyponatraemia if the patient is euvolaemic

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  • consider SIADH - do a paired urine and serum osmolality and urinary electrolytes
  • the RAAS system is still intact, maintaining volumes
27
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treatment of SIADH

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water restriction to ≤1l a day and treat underlying cause

28
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management of hyponatraemia if the patient is overloaded

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water restriction

consider diuretics if there is significant or symptomatic volume overload (eg ascites or pitting oedema)

29
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what is the goal of initial therapy in correction of hyponatraemia

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  • raise the serum sodium concentation by 4-6mg in a 24 hour period
  • in emergency, in a 6 hours period or less
  • maintain sodium constant thereafter
30
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what must sodium rise be restricted to in 24 hours

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  • 9mg/L
  • rapid correction risks osmotic demyelination - widespread demyelination of pontine area
31
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which patients are at risk of osmotic demyelination

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  • those with Sodium serum concentrations ≤105mg/L, and those with hypokalemia, alcoholism, malnutrition and liver disease
32
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what is severe hyponatraemia defined as

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Na <120 mmol/L

33
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what is emergency treatment

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100ml 3% saline over 10-15 minutes

34
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which patients are indicated for aggressive therapy to raise sodium ASAP

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  • severe symptoms due to hyponatraemia eg seizures, obtundation
  • acute hyponatraemia with symptoms
  • hyperacute hypnatramie due to self induced water intoxication, even if there are no symptoms. serum Na may worsen spontaeously due to delayed ingestion of water
  • symptomatic patients with acute post op hyponatraemia or hyponatraemia associated with intracranial pathology
35
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what is there a risk of with acute onset hyponatraemia

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  • cerebral oedema due to osmotically driven water flow across BBB
  • manifest as impaired consciousness, seizures, raised ICP
  • potentially death due to brain herniation
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