Electrolytes
The main extracellular cation
What is Sodium (Na)?
The name of fluid being trapped in the interstitial space
What is Edema?
The main buffer in the human acid base balance
What is Bicarbonate?
When hemoglobin in the body is not functioning normally or is absent
What is anemia?
The factors that we evaluate our blood type off of
What are immunoglobulins A, B, and Rh?
The organ that K+ interacts with the most
What is the heart?
The three types of osmolality
What are hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic?
What is a pH of 7.35-7.45?
The main organ where RBCs are broken down
What is the spleen?
What case does fetal Rh incompatibility become an issue in?
What is mother who is Rh negative and baby who is RH positive?
The risk that hyponatremia presents
What is Seizures?
The levels of fluid spacing and definitions
What are:
First spacing - normal distribution
Second spacing - accumulation in the interstitial tissue
Third spacing - accumulation of fluid in body cavities
The two systems which govern our acid base balance
What are the renal and respiratory systems?
Anemia with changed shape of the RBCs
What is Sickle cell disease?
The three blood transfusion rxns
What are:
Hemolytic - RBCs lyse
Allergic - have an allergic rxn to the given blood
Febrile - immune system activates without cell lysis
What are ANP and ADH?
The state of the extracellular fluid in a dehydrated individual
What is hypertonic?
The order of things we assess when looking at ABGs
What is pH -> PaCO2 -> HCO3?
The major manifestation of platelet disorders
What is bleeding?
The six genotypes for ABO blood type
What are:
AA
AO
AB
BB
BO
OO
The electrolyte levels for potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and Bicarbonate
What is:
K - 3.5-5
Na - 135-145
Ca - 8.5-10.5
Mg - 1.4-2.1
HCO3 - 22-26
The factor which initiates the RAAS system
What is low blood pressure?
Expelling CO2 from our bloodstream
What is the method our lungs use to balance our blood pH
The state where RBCs are broken down inside of the blood stream
What is Hemolysis?