ELECTRIC LYTES
What is the most abundant major electrolyte in the ECF (controls and regulates volume of body fluids)?
Sodium
What is the name of an isotonic solution containing multiple electrolytes in about the same concentrations as found in plasma? (lacking in magnesium)
Lactated Ringers
What organs regulate oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood?
Lungs
What is the normal range of potassium?
3.5 - 5.0- mEq/L
What is the normal ph range?
7.35 - 7.45
What is the body's primary buffer system?
Bicarbonate
What is the type of solution that has a greater osmolarity than plasma? (causes water to move out of the cells and into the intravascular compartment causing cells to shrink)
Hypertonic
This gland stores and releases ADH (antidiuretic hormone)
Pituitary
What is the normal range of sodium?
135-145 mEq/L
What acid-base imbalance is represented?
pH - decreased PaCO2 - increased HCO3 increased
Respiratory Acidosis
What is the major electrolyte in the ICF? (regulator of cellular enzyme activity and is involved in the transmission of electrical impulses in nerve, heart, skeletal, intestinal, and lung tissue)
Potassium
What isotonic solution has an osmolality close to that of the ECF?
NaCl - normal saline
What body system pumps and carries nutrients and water in the body?
Cardiovascular system
What is the normal range of magnesium?
1.3 - 2.3 mEq/L
What acid-base imbalance is represented?
pH - increased PaCO2 - decreased HCO3 - normal
Respiratory alkalosis
What major electrolyte is regulated by elimination through the kidneys?
Magnesium
This type of fluid remains in the intravascular compartment w/o any net flow across the semipermeable membrane.
Isotonic
What glands increases blood flow in the body by releasing thyroxine?
Thyroid gland
What is the normal range of serum calcium?
8.6 - 10.2 mg/dl
What acid-base imbalance is represented?
pH - decreased PaCO2 - normal HCO3 - decreased
Metabolic acidosis
What is the most abundant electrolyte in the BODY? (keeps bones strong)
Calcium
What type of solution has less osmolarity than plasma?
Hypotonic
What system inhibits and stimulates mechanisms influencing fluid balance?
Nervous System
What is the normal range of bicarbonate?
25 - 29 mEq/L
What acid-base imbalance is represented?
pH - increased PaCO2 - increased HCO3 increased
Metabolic alkalosis