general surgery Ulas Flashcards
does young and muscular people have more fluid in their body of fat and old ones?
young and muscular
muscle tissue 75%
fat tissue 10%
young >old
where NA-containing fluids distributed mainly?
in the ESS
1/4 in the plasma
3/4 in the interstitial fluid
a healthy person consumes an average ………… mL of fluid per day.
2000 mL
where do our daily water loss happened
800-1200 ml with urine
250 ml with stool
600 ml with the insensible loss(skin>lungs)
how much at least do the kidneys need to excrete per day?
500-800 for the clearance of metabolic products
what is the most common fluid disorder in surgical patients ?
acute or chronic ESS loss (extracellular loss)
sudden loss of fluid cause what kind of disease ?
acute -> cardio and CNS abs
skin turgor and sunken eyes happened in which type of fluid disease ?
chronic losses
what are the laboratory findings of fluid disorders? (ask)
hemoconcentration,high BUN , higher urine osmolality than serum osmolality , and low urine sodium <20 mEq/L
what is the most common cause of volume depletion in surgical patients?
the loss of gastrointestinal fluids due to nasogastric aspiration,vomiting,diarrhea, or enter-cutaneous fistula
what else can causes massive volume losses ?
soft tissue injuries , burns , peritonitis , and intestinal obstruction or prolonged surgery
the most fluid excretion organ
Kidney
the most acidic excretion
from stomach
the most basic excretion
pancreas
fluid volume changes are sensed by where?
by osmoreceptors & baroreceptors
where osmoreceptor located
supraoptic nucleus in hypothalamus
what will happens if plasma osmolality rises?
thirst
vasopressin (ADH,AVP) secretion
what are the function of vasopressors
Vasopressors help you raise your blood pressure when it’s so low that you can’t get enough blood to your organs.