Cellular Fluid
The fluid inside the cell
What is intracellular?
The most accurate way to assess fluid balance
What is daily weights?
The amount of fluid excreted from the body
What is output?
One ounce of oral fluids equals this
What is 30 mL?
True/False
When a patient is on I&O it is ok to estimate the amount of urine voided into a bedside commode
False
The fluid outside the cell
What is extracellular fluid?
1 L of H2O or 1000 mL of H2O is equal to
What is 2.2 lbs or 1 kg?
The fluid you can easily measure
What is sensible losses or gains?
Equals half the volume of fluids
What is ice chips volume equal to?
A container that has measurements using mL to measure fluid
What is a graduated container?
The fluid inside the vessels
What is intravascular fluid?
What is intake and output?
The amount of fluid ingested or taken in by the body
What is intake?
Calculated from the total amount infused into a vein
What is IV fluid intake?
The amount of fluid output if you have a soiled brief weighing 10 oz. minus the dry brief weighing 2 oz.
What is 240 mL?
The fluid surrounding cells or between tissues
What is interstitial fluid?
Another way to assess fluid balance that measures what the kidneys excrete
What is urine production?
The fluid not easily measured
What is insensible losses?
The total amount infused if you begin the shift with 800 mL left in IV bag and 200 mL remaining at the end of the shift
What is 600 mL?
The medical term for the fluid vomited
What is emesis?
An abnormal collection of fluid found in a potential space that is not usually found
What is third spacing?
The amount of fluid that should be excreted from the kidneys hourly
What is 30 ml/hr?
An example of a sensible loss
What is fluid drank, urine production, drainage from tubes, etc.
This is used to flush foley catheters, NG tubes, etc.
What are irrigation fluids?
The amount of output if the NG suction container at the beginning of the shift marked at 100 mL and at the end of the shift measures 650 mL
What is 550 mL?