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If a patient has low albumans then you should assess for what?
If a patient has low _____ then you should assess for edema?
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The average adult needs how much fluid a day?
The average adult needs 2600 ml of _____ a day.
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1 leter of fluid weighs how much?
_____ leter of fluid weighs 2.2 lbs.
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What type of solution is the most irritating to the veins?
Hypertonic solutions are the most irritating to the veins?
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Discribe the tonicity of D5W.
______ is isotonic in the bag, but changes to hypotonic in the body.
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What effect will excess D5W have on a pateint?
Excess _____ will cause water intoxification because it turns hypotonic in the body.
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What are some signs of water intoxification brought on by too much D5W?
A change in LOC, headache. If severe patient will be confused.
These are signs of what in a patient?
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ADH causes the body to do what with water?
_____ causes the body to hold on to water?
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What is SIADH?
It's syndrome of inapproptiate antidiuretic hormone. It happens with pituitary glad & cancer. Too much ADH is secreted.
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What can SIADH cause?
It causes a patient to hold on to water which decreases the osmolality of body fluids. This can cause hyponatrimia.
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What can be given to patients with hyperkalemia ( too much potassium) to help get rid of it.
Kexelate ( think K+ + exlax) it gets rid of potassium through the GI tract.
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This can be used to force K+ from the ECF to the ICF to treat Hyperkalemia.
Insulin can be given, but glucose should also be given to prevent hypoglycemia.
This is a treatment for what electrolyte imbalance?
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What should you remember when it comes to giving KCL to patients with hypokalemia?
Never give IV push. The rate of infusion should never exceed 10-20 mEq/hr to prevent hyperkalemia and cardiac arrest.
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Which IV fluids are isotonic?
D5W, Normal Saline(NS), and Lactated Ringer's are all what kind of IV fluid?
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Name some hypertonic IV solutions
D5 1/2 NS, and D10W are what kind of IV solutions?
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What do plasma expanders do?
They pull fluid into intravascular from interstitium.
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Name some colloid plasms expanders. (3)
Packed RBC's, Albumin, and Plasma are all what?
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