Lab Values
The normal lab values for sodium?
What is 135-145mEq/L
Main source of water balance in the body?
What is Sodium
Decreasing in vascular volume?
What is Hypovolemia
What is the major cations that are found in the body?
What is Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium
Which % of water does the adult male body have?
What is 60%
The normal lab value for Calcium?
What is 8.6 to 10.2 mg/dl
Plays an important role in the transmission of electrical impulses?
What is potassium
Large quantities of isotonic fluid in an extracellular compartment?
What is Fluid Volume Excess
How does water and electrolytes move across a cell membrane?
What is Active Transport, Diffusion, Osmosis, and Filtration
Which % of water does the adult female body have?
What is 50%
The normal lab values for Potassium?
What is 3.5-5mEq/L
What is calcium
Abnormally low Potassium level?
What is hypokalemia
Whos body contains approximately 75-80% of total water weight?
What is newborns
Solutions exert greater osmotic pressure than ECF, resulting in higher solute concentration that the serum
What is hypertonic solution
The normal lab values for Magnesium
What is 1.5-2.5mEq/L
An electrolyte that has a reciprocal relationship with calcium
What is Phosphorus
Occurs when fluid intake exceeds output?
What is Overhydration or water intoxication
Regulation of fluid output occurs through which organ?
What is the kidneys
Solutions have the same osmolality as ECF or plasma. Water does not leave or enter the cell
What is isotonic solutions
The normal lab value for Chloride?
What is 96 to 106 mEq/L
What is Hypomagnesemia
Signs of severe Hyperkalemia?
What is Nausea and vomiting, Abdominal pain, Confusion or altered mental status, Paralysis, and Cardiac arrest (in severe cases).
To maintain a constant internal balance within the body despite the effects of a constantly changing external environment.
What is Homeostasis
Fluid deficit, loss of water from the cells
What is dehydration