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When the lungs cannot remove enough carbon dioxide from the body
What is respiratory acidosis?
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In order to conserve water, the pituitary gland secretes this hormone
What is Vasopressin?
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The body has lost 20 percent or one-fifth of its blood or fluid supply
What is hypovolemic shock?
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This is normally used in trauma and surgery causing a significant blood loss
What is whole blood?
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The levels of acid in the blood is 7.30
What is acidosis?
Your patient has COPD, scoliosis, and is obese, the most likely respiratory problem..
What is respiratory acidosis
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Dehydration, overhydration, heart disease, liver disease, and kidney disease can result in this disorder
What is electrolyte imbalance?
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Tachycardia, tachypnea, decreased blood pressure and weak pulse are all signs of
What is hypovolemia?
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This can be used to restore blood levels without substantially increasing the client’s overall blood volume
What is is PRBC/erythrocytes?
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Common cause of metabolic acidosis
What are kidney disease, diabetes, severe diarrhea, severe dehydration?
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Minerals in the body that can conduct electricity
What are electrolytes?
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A potassium level of 3.5-5 mEq/L
What is normal?
Nose, mouth, and other mucous membranes are dry; the skin has little or no elasticity; and urine output is low.
What is the first signs of hypovolemia?
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In this type of solution there is no movement between
extracellular and intracellular fluids
What is isotonic solution?
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Alcohol abuse, laxatives, heart failure...
What is metabolic alkalosis?
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When a person is unable to drink enough fluids to
compensate for excess water loss
What is dehydration?
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Low sodium level
What is hyponatremia?
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A decrease in blood volume within the body due to loss of body fluids or blood
What is hypovolemia?
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These solutions move water from extracellular space into cells
What are hypotonic solutions?
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This electrolyte normal range is 136-145 mEq/L
What is sodium?
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Five responsibilities of electrolytes
What are:
balancing the amount of water in the body
balance pH level Acid/base
remove waste
move nutrients into cells
allows muscles, heart, brain, and nerves to function properly.
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A common cause of low calcium levels
What is Hypoparathyroidism?
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This electrolyte assist in the regulation of nerve and muscle function, blood pressure and blood sugar levels; as well as making bone, protein, and DNA
What is magnesium?
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This is commonly caused by problems with the kidneys
What is hypervolemia?
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Water moves from the ECF into the ICF which causes cells in the brain and nervous system to swell
What is hyponatremia?
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