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Electrolytes
Homeostasis
Acid-Base Balance
Assessment
IV Therapy
100
Electrolytes
What are substances that dissociate in solutions to form charged particles, or ions?
100
Kidneys
What is the organ that regulates fluid and electrolyte balance?
100
7.35 - 7.45
What is normal serum pH?
100
Infants and the elderly
Who are more easily affected by changes in water balance?
100
Isotonic
What type of fluid has the same concentration as body fluids?
200
Hyperkalemia
What is an elevated serum level >5.3?
200
60%
What % of body weight is water?
200
COPD
What condition can lead to respiratory acidosis?
200
BUN and Hct
What lab values are increased with dehydration?
200
Hypotonic fluid
What type of fluid is given to treat cellular dehydration because fluids move into the cells?
300
Hyponatremia
What is serum sodium level <135
300
Intracellular fluid
What type of body fluid equals 40% of total body fluid?
300
Respiratory acidosis
What is increased H+ ion concentration and a pH of less than 7.35 due to increased CO2?
300
Trousseau's sign
What is spasticity of the arm and fingers that indicate hypocalcemia?
300
PICC line
What is a long catheter that is inserted in the arm and terminates in the central circulation?
400
Hypomagnesemia
What electrolyte disorder is common in chronic alcoholism?
400
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
What hormone regulates water excretion from the kidneys?
400
Buffer
What is a substance that prevents major changes in pH by either removing or releasing H+ ions from a solution?
400
Hypertonic solution
What is type of fluid is used to expand plasma volume because it causes a shift of fluid out of the cell?
500
Cardiac arrest
What complication is associated with abnormal K+ levels?
500
Intravascular fluid
What type of extracellular fluid totals 5% total body weight?
500
Metabolic acidosis
What is increased H+ ion concentration and a pH of less than 7.35 due to inadequate bicarbonate in relation to the amt. of acid in the body?
500
Perspiration
What is an example of insensible fluid loss?
500
Pulmonary edema
What is a respiratory complication of fluid volume excess?