IV Fluids, Blood & Blood Products

Question 1

Body Water Breakdown

Total, ICF, ECF

Answer 1

Total - 60%
ICF - 67%
ECF - 33%

(within ECF is interstitial 25% and plasma 8%)

Question 2

IV Fluids (3)

Answer 2

Crystalloids
Colloids
Blood & Blood products

Question 3

Crystalloids

Answer 3

Water + Electrolytes (Na, K, Cl)

Not plasma proteins

Question 4

Normal saline

% and mmol/L

Answer 4

0.9% NaCl

154 mmol/L NaCl

Question 5

Vomiting and diarrhea are _______ losses

pick one: hypo, iso, hypertonic

Answer 5

isotonic losses

Question 6

Sweating is _____ loss

Answer 6

hypotonic loss (lose more water than salts)

Question 7

The only fluid used with administration of blood products

Answer 7

Normal saline (0.9% NaCl)

Question 8

Colloids, what are they good for?

Disadvantage

Answer 8

Are plasma volume expanders that restore BP, pull fluid from interstitial space/compartment

example: Dextran 40, starch, albumin

Disadvantage: may cause altered coagulation, maybe increased bleeding

Question 9

Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) given to whom?

Answer 9

Patients with coagulation disorders, to Increase clotting factor levels