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Fluid & Electrolytes
Acid-Base Balance
Lab Values
Nutrition/IV Therapy
Miscellaneous
100
Term for generalized edema.
What is anasarca.
100
Normal pH of body fluid.
What is 7.35 to 7.45
100
Normal serum sodium level.
What is 135 to 145 mEq/L
100
Diet indicated for gout, kidney stones, and elevated uric acid levels.
What is low-purine diet.
100
Patients experiencing excessive vomiting or with GI suctioning should be monitored for which acid-base imbalance.
What is metabolic alkalosis.
200
Solutions that have less salt or more water than isotonic solutions.
What are hypotonic solutions.
200
Normal serum level of sodium bicarbonate.
What is 22 to 27 mEq/L
200
Lab most commonly used to monitor heparin therapy
What is partial thromboplastin time (PTT)
200
Most salt substitutes contain large amounts of _________ and should not be used by patients with kidney disease.
What is potassium.
200
Normal Pco2 blood gas level.
What is 35 to 45 mm Hg
300
Normal serum value of potassium.
What is 3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L.
300
Patients with conditions that cause obstruction of the airway or respiratory depression must be monitored for which type of acid-base imbalance.
What is respiratory acidosis.
300
Normal platelet count value.
What is 150,000 to 400,000 cells/mm3
300
Seepage of IV fluid out of the vein and into the surrounding tissues.
What is infiltration.
300
Therapeutic digoxin level.
What is 0.5 - 2 ng/mL
400
Normal serum value of calcium.
What is 8.6 to 10 mg/dL.
400
Hyperventilation can lead to which type of acid-base imbalance.
What is respiratory alkalosis.
400
Lab test used to help diagnose the presence of thrombus conditions such as DVT, pulmonary embolism, or stroke.
What is D-dimer.
400
Tissue damage caused by the seepage of a vesicant or irritant solutions into the tissues.
What is extravasation.
400
Lab used to monitor the progression of HIV.
What is CD4 T-cell count.
500
Normal serum value of magnesium.
What is 1.6 to 2.6 mg/dL
500
An insufficient supply of insulin in a patient with diabetes mellitus can result in which type of acid-base imbalance.
What is metabolic acidosis.
500
Primary marker for identifying heart failure as the cause of dyspnea.
What is BNP.
500
The universal RBC donor.
What is O negative.
500
Normal serum creatinine value.
What is 0.6 to 1.3 mg/dL.