Fluid/Electrolyte Balance
This electrolyte imbalance can cause muscle cramps, weakness and cardiac arrhythmias.
What is hypokalemia?
These seizures involve brief lapses of awareness and repetitive blinking or staring.
What are absence seizures?
Elevated levels of this biomarker indicate systemic inflammation and bacterial infection.
What is procalcitonin?
This condition where the heart muscle is damaged or weakened leads to cardiogenic shock.
What is an acute myocardial infarction?
Severe diarrhea, vomiting or high fever can lead to this type of shock by fluid loss.
What is hypovolemic shock?
This isotonic crystalloid is often used for fluid resuscitation.
What is 0.9% normal saline?
What should you do to protect a seizing patient's head during a generalized tonic-clonic seizure?
What should you do to protect a seizing patient's head during a generalized tonic-clonic seizure?
Antibiotics should be administered within this timeframe from sepsis identification.
What is 1 hour?
Cool, mottled extremities and decreased urine output signal this complication.
What is poor tissue perfusion?
This abnormally high value is an early compensatory response to decreased blood volume.
This abnormally high value is an early compensatory response to decreased blood volume.
An arterial blood gas showing pH 7.25, PaCO2 60, HCO3 24 represents this acid-base disorder.
What is uncompensated respiratory acidosis?
Patients having a seizure should have this loosened around the neck area.
What are tight clothing or accessories?
A level below 4.0 x 109 cells/L for this type of white blood cell suggests impaired immune response.
What are neutrophils?
This low blood pressure reading below 90/60 mmHg indicates cardiogenic shock has developed.
What is hypotension?
Decreased preload reduces venous return, stroke volume and cardiac output in this shock.
What is hypovolemic shock?
This medical condition results in decreased circulating blood volume and potential hypovolemic shock.
What is dehydration?
After a seizure, the nurse should reorient the patient and provide this type of support.
What is reassurance?
This abnormal breathing pattern with rapid, shallow breaths is a sign of metabolic acidosis in sepsis.
What is tachypnea?
Rising levels of troponin confirm damage to this heart muscle.
What is the myocardium?
Serial measurements of this value detect anemia from volume loss.
What is the hemoglobin level?
This nursing intervention is used to promote fluid balance by removing excess fluid from the body.
What is diuretic therapy?
Careful documentation of this phase before seizure onset can aid in diagnosis.
What is the aura or prodromal period?
Persistent hypotension requiring vasopressors to maintain MAP ≥ 65 mmHg defines this state.
What is septic shock?
After fluids, this potent vasopressor is first-line to raise severely low blood pressure.
What is norepinephrine?
Uncorrected, this devastating complication can develop from prolonged shock.
What is multiple organ dysfunction syndrome?