Fluids and Electrolyes Flashcards
HypoVOLEMIA detected by baroreceptors located which two places?
Right atrium and pulmonary vessels
LRS bicarb precursor
What patients should we avoid use in?
Lactate - don’t use in liver patients
Normal osmolality?
300mmol/L
290-310
What is the most important osmole in relation to fluid shifts?
Sodium
free water defecit used when?
HHS
ADH is what chemical name? And how does it conserve water?
Vasopressin
Promotes reabsorption of water in tubules
Inside or outside the cells?
K+, Phos -
Mg+
Inside
Potassium main function
contracts heart and muscles
Calcium and _____ are opposites?
Phosphates
What is isothenuria USG? and what does it mean?
USG 1.008-1.015 - equal to plasma
What part of the brain stimulates thirst?
hypothalamus
Anion gap calculation
(Na* + K*) - (Cl- + HCO3-) = AG
Cat maintenance fluids
80(kg) ^3/4
Colloid rates (daily)
20-40ml/kg/d
normal anion gap
12-24
RER
70(kg) ^3/4
<5% dehydrated
undetectable
Dog maintenance fluids
132(kg) ^3/4
Four Eyed Chloride follows around her pop star sister Sodium… what main three functions? Three B’s
- BP
- Blood volume
- balance of pH
panting will put you into … (a/b)
alk alk alkalosis
Body water calculation
600ml/kg
base excess negative = acidosis or alk?
acidosis
aluminum hydroxide (ALOH) is used for what?
phosphate binding
Diabetus causes hyper or hypo K+?
HYPO (excessive losses PU/PD)
Dry eyeballs
8-10% dehydrated
anion gap is usually elevated with acidosis or alkalosis?
acidosis
Shock fluids - cat
40-60ml/kg