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Ch. 16 Fluid And Chemical Balance > Vocabulary > Flashcards

Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Active transport

A

Process of chemical distribution that requires an energy source

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2
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Air embolism

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Bubble of air in the vascular system

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Anions

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Electrolytes with a negative charge

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Blood Substitute

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Fluids that when transfused carry and distribute oxygen to cells, tissues, and organs; also known as oxygen therapeutics.

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Cations

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Electrolytes with a positive charge

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Circulatory overload

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Severely compromised heart function

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Colloid solutions

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Water and molecules of suspended substances, such as blood cells, and blood products such as albumin

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Colloidal OsmoticPressure

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Force for attracting water

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Colloids

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Undissolved protein substances

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Crystalloid Solutions

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Water and other uniformly dissolved crystals, such as salt and sugar

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11
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Dehydration

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Fluid deficit in both extracellular and intracellular compartments

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12
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Drop factor

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Number of drops per milliliter in intravenous tubing.

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13
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Edema

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Excessive fluid in tissue

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14
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Electrochemical neutrality

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Balance of cations with anions

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Electrolytes

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Chemical compounds, such as sodium and chloride, that are dissolved, absorbed, and distributed in body fluid and possess an electrical charge.

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16
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Emulsion

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Mixture of two liquids, one of which is insoluble in the other

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17
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Extracellular Fluid

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Fluid outside cells

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18
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Facilitated Diffusion

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Process in which certain dissolved substances require the assistance of a carrier molecule to pass from one side of a semipermeable membrane to the other

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Filtration

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Process that regulates the movement of water and substances from a compartment where the pressure is high to one where the pressure is lower

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20
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Fluid imbalance

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Condition in which the body’s water is not in proper volume or location in the body

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Hydrostatic pressure

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Pressure exerted against a membrane

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Hypertonic solution

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Solution that is more concentration than body fluid

23
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Hypervolemia

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Higher-than-normal volume of water in the intravascular fluid compartment

24
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Infiltration

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Escape of intravenous fluid into the tissue

25
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Infusion device

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Electric or battery-operated machine that regulates and monitors the administration of IV solutions.

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Infusion pump

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Device that uses pressure to infuse solutions

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Intake and Output

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Record of a clients fluid intake and fluid loss over a 24-hour period

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Intermittent venous access device

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Sealed chamber that provides a means for administering intravenous medications or solutions on periodic basis

29
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Interstitial fluid

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Fluid in tissue space between and around cells

30
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Intercellular fluid

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Fluid inside cells

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Intravascular fluid

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Watery plasma, or serum, portion of blood

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Intravenous fluids

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solutions infused into clients vein.

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Ions

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Substances that carry either a positive or a negative electrical charge.

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Isotonic solution

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Solution that contains the same concentration of dissolved substances as normally found plasma

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Needleless systems

A

Equipment that eliminates the need for needles

36
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Nonelectrolytes

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Chemical compounds that remain found together when dissolved in solution

37
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Osmosis

A

Process’s that regulates the distribution of water

38
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Oxygen therapeutics

A

Fluids that when transfused carry and distribution oxygen cells, tissues, and organs; also known as blood substitutes

39
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Parenteral nutrition

A

Nutrients, such as proteins, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals, and trace elements, which are administered intravenously

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Passive diffusion

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Physiologic process in which dissolved substances, such as electrolytes and gases, move from an area of higher concentration to one of lower concentration through a semipermeable membrane

41
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Peripheral parenteral nutrition

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Isotonic or hypotonic intravenous nutrient solution instilled in a vein distant from the heart.

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Phlebitis

A

Inflammation of a vein

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Ports

A

Sealed opening

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Pulmonary embolus

A

Blood clot that travels to the lung

45
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Third-spacing

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Movement of intravascular fluid to nonvascular fluid compartments, where it becomes trapped and useless

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Thrombus formation

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Development of a stationary blood clot

47
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Total parenteral nutrition

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Hypertonic solution of nutrients designated to meet almost all the caloric and nutritional needs of clients

48
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Vein puncture

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Accessing the venous system by piercing a vein with a needle

49
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Volumetric controller

A

Electronic infusion device that instills intravenous solutions by gravity

Ch. 16 Fluid And Chemical Balance (5 decks)

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