Lecture Exam 1 Flashcards
About how much water makes up the body’s weight?
60%, which is all dependent on age, sex and degree of obesity is applicable
What are the different fluid compartments in the body?
- Intracellular
- Extracellular
- Transcellular
What is considered part of the intracellular compartments?
- All the fluids inside of the cells of the body
- Makes up about 40% of body fluid weight
- Fluid composition of each cell is similar
What is considered part of the extracellular compartments?
- All fluids outside the cells
- Makes up about 20% of body weight
- Separated by a capillary membrane
What fluids are included in the extracellular compartments?
- 3/4 interstitial fluid
- 1/4 extracellular fluid in blood plasma
What is the Gibbs-Donnan Effect?
The extra osmotic pressure of protein solutions caused by impermeable protein molecules resulting in uneven distribution of small, permeant cations and anions in blood plasma
What is considered part of the transcellular compartments?
- Includes synovial, peritoneal, pericardial, intraocular and cerebrospinal fluids
- Specialized body fluids that make up <1% of body weight
How is fluid exchange between compartments regulated?
Through osmosis
What is osmosis?
The net diffusion of water from a regent of high water concentration to one that has a low water concentration
What is plasma osmolarity?
About 280-302 mOsm/L and is based on the amount of particles in suspension
What is osmotic pressure?
The precise amount of pressure that is required to prevent osmosis
What are the different kinds of osmotic pressures?
- Isotonic
- Hypertonic
- Hypotonic
What is isotonic pressure?
- The cell is normal and the concentration of fluid is equal to that of plasma
- No net loss or gain
What is hypertonic pressure?
The cell shrinks due to the fluid concentration being greater than that of plasma
What is hypotonic pressure?
When the cell expands due to the concentration of fluid being less than plasma
What organ in the body is the most important organ to maintain water balance and hemostasis?
The kidney
What is the minimum systolic blood pressure for the kidney to remain working?
Blood must enter the glomerular capillaries at about 70 mm Hg to function properly
What is the functional unit of the kidney?
The nephron
What is the order of renal blood supply?
Renal artery > interlobar artery > arcuate artery > interlobular artery > intralobular artery
What are the clinical signs of a urinary tract disorder?
- Pollakiuria
- Incontinence or inappropriate urination
- Dysuria or stranguria
- Hematuria
- Polyuriria and polydipsia
What are the different kinds of urinary tract disorders?
- Lower urinary tract infection
- Urolithiasis
- Urinary tract obstruction
- Feline lower urinary tract disease
What is a UTI?
Microbial colonization of the urinary bladder and/or proximal portion of the urethra
What animals are affected by UTI’s?
- Common in female dogs, less common in male dogs, and uncommon in cats
- All ages are affected but it is more common in older animals
Is it normal to find bacteria is an animal’s urinary tract?
Some bacteria is normal to find in a dog, but there should be no bacteria found in a cat’s urinary tract
What is the range for culture abnormalities of colony forming bacteria in a urine culture for a dog?
- Cystocentesis: > 1,000
- Catheterization: > 10,000
- Voided: > 100,000
What is the range for culture abnormalities of colony forming bacteria in a urine culture for a cat?
- Cystocentesis/Catheterization: > 1,000
- Voided: > 10,000
What is the most common cause of a UTI?
Aerobic bacteria
What are the most common (>50 %) bacterias responsible for UTI’s?
E. Coli, staph and proteus
What are some less common types of bacteria responsible for UTI’s?
Streptococcus, klebsiella, enterobacter, pseudomonas, cornynacterium
What kinds of bladder stones are canine’s prone to?
- Struvites
- Calcium oxalate
- Purines
- Urates
- Cystines
- Silicas (Jacks)
What are the common bladder stones of felines?
- Struvites
- Calcium oxalate
- Urates
- Cystines
- Silicas (Jacks)
What breed of dog are over represented for purine and urate bladder stones?
Dalmatians
What are the main causes of bladder stones?
- Supersaturation of urine with mineral leading to crystalluria
- Delayed passage of crystals through the urinary tract
- Reduction of normally present inhibitors of crystal growth and aggregation
What causes the supersaturation of urine?
- Increased dietary intake of crystal-producing minerals
- Reduced solubility of crystals due to pH
- Concentrated urine enhancing crystal concentration
- Congenital abnormalities
What causes delayed passage of crystals through the urinary tract?
- Adherence of crystals to damage urinary mucosa
- Stationary foreign bodies such as suture or a calculus of one mineral
- Clumping of cells in the bladder
What would cause the reduction of normally present crystal growth inhibitors in the bladder?
The presence of extra citrate or phosphorus
What breeds are more prone to struvite bladder stones?
Female mini schnauzers, dachshunds, poodles, scottish terriers, beagles, pekingese, and corgis as well as any female breed of cats
How can bladder stones be treated?
Urohydropropulsion, shockwave lithotripsy, cystotomy or medical dissolution
Which type of bladder stones can NOT be treated by medical dissolution?
Calcium oxalate stones
How can struvite bladder stones be prevented?
By the promotion of a more acidic urine with drugs such as methionine and ammonium chloride or with a acidifying, magnesium restricted diet
What breeds are more prone to calcium oxalate bladder stones?
Male mini schauzers, lhasa apsos, and yorkies, as well as male himalayan and persian cats
How can calcium oxalate bladder stones be prevented?
With the promotion of a more alkaline urine with the help of drugs such as sodium bicarbonate and citrate salts and special diet CAN treat calcium oxalate crystals as long as stones have not already formed
What causes urate bladder stones?
They are formed due to an impaired conversion of uric acid to allantoin and animals with liver shunts may develop ammonium urate stones due to impaired metabolism of uric acid and ammonia
What breeds are more prone to urate bladder stones?
Dalmatians and english bulldogs as well as mini schnauzers and yorkis which are at risk for liver shunts
How can urate bladder stones be prevented?
With a low purine, alkalinizing diet
What is a urinary tract obstruction?
Restricted urine flow from the kidneys through the urinary tract to the external urethral orifice