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Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance

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Homeostasis   the tendency of the body to maintain a state of balance or equilibrium while continually changing; a mechanism in which deviations from normal are sensed and counteracted  
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Intracellular fluid (ICF)   fluid found within the body cells, also called cellular fluid. It accounts for approx 2/3 of the total body fluid.  
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Extracellular fluid (ECF)   fluid found outside the body cells, accounts for about 1/3 of the total body fluid  
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Intravascular fluid   plasma, accounts for about 20% of the ECF  
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Plasma   the fluid portion of the blood in which the blood cells are suspended  
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Interstitial fluid   fluid that surrounds the cells, includes lymph, accounts for about 75% of the ECF  
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Transcellular fluid   compartment of extracellular fluids, which include cerebrospinal, pericardial, pancreatic, pleural, intraocular, biliary, peritoneal, and synovial fluids  
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Ions   atoms or group of atoms that carry a positive or negative electric charge; electrolytes  
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Electrolytes   chemical substances that develop an electric charge and are able to conduct an electric current when placed in water; ions  
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Cations   ions that carry a positive charge and include sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), calcium (Ca++), and magnesium (Mg++)  
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Anions   ions carrying a negative charge and include chloride, bicarbonate, phosphate, and sulfate  
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Milliequivalent   one-thousandth of an equivalent, which is the chemical combining power of a substance  
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Selectively permeable   cell membranes that allow substances move across them with varying degrees of ease  
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Osmosis   passage of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from an area of lesser solute concentration to one of greater solute concentration  
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Solutes   substances dissolved in a liquid  
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Crystalloids   salts that dissolve readily into true solutions  
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Colloids   substances such as large protein molecules that do not readily dissolve into true solutions  
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Solvent   the liquid in which a solute is dissolved  
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Osmolality   the concentration of solutes in body fluids  
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Isotonic   solutions that have the same osmolality as body fluids  
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Hypertonic   solutions that have a higher osmolality than body fluids  
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Hypotonic   solutions that have a lower osmolality than body fluids  
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Osmotic pressure   pressure exerted by the number of nondiffusable particles in a solution; the amount of pressure needed to stop the flow of water across a membrane  
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Colloid osmotic pressure or Oncotic pressure   a pulling force exerted by colloids that help maintain the water content of blood  
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Diffusion   the mixing of molecules or ions of two or more substances as a result of random motion  
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Filtration   passage through a material that restricts or prevents passage of certain molecules  
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Filtration pressure   the pressure in the compartment that results in the movement of fluid and substances dissolved in fluid out of the compartment  
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Hydrostatic pressure   the pressure a liquid exerts on the sides of the container that holds it; also called filtration force  
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Active transport   movement of substances across cell membranes against the concentration gradient  
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Insensible fluid loss   fluid loss that is not perceptible to the individual  
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Obligatory losses   essential fluid losses required to maintain body functioning  
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Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system   system initiated by specialized receptors in the juxtaglomerular cells of the kidney nephrons that respond to changes in renal perfusion  
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Acid   a substance that releases hydrogen ions (H+) in solution  
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Bases   (alkalis) have low hydrogen ion concentration and can accept hydrogen ions in solution  
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Buffers   prevent excessive changes in pH by removing or releasing hydrogen ions  
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Acidosis   a condition that occurs with increases in blood carbonic acid or with decreases in blood bicarbonate; blood pH below 7.35  
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Alkalosis   a condition that occurs with increases in blood bicarbonate or decreases in blood carbonic acid; blood pH above 7.45  
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Fluid volume deficit (FVD)   (hypovolemia) loss of both water and electrolytes in similar proportions from the ECF  
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Fluid volume excess (FVE)   (hypervolemia) retention of both water and sodium in similar proportions to normal ECF  
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Third space syndrome   fluid shifts from the vascular space into an area where it is not readily accessible as extracellular fluid  
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Hyponatremia   deficiency of sodium in the blood plasma  
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Hypernatremia   an excess of sodium in the blood plasma  
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Hypokalemia   deficiency of potassium in the blood plasma  
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Hyperkalemia   an excess of potassium in the blood plasma  
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Hypocalcemia   deficiency of calcium in the blood plasma  
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Hypercalcemia   an excess of calcium in the blood plasma  
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Hypomagnesemia   deficiency of magnesium in the blood plasma  
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Hypermagnesemia   an excess of magnesium in the blood plasma  
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Hypochloremia   deficiency of chloride in the blood plasma  
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Hyperchloremia   an excess of chloride in the blood plasma  
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Hypophosphatemia   deficiency in phosphate in the blood plasma  
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Hyperphosphatemia   an excess of phosphate in the blood plasma  
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Compensation   defense mechanism in which a person substitutes an activity for one that they would prefer doing or cannot do  
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Respiratory acidosis   (hypercapnia) a state of excess carbon dioxide in the body  
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Respiratory alkalosis   a state of excessive loss of carbon dioxide from the body  
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Metabolic acidosis   a condition characterized by a deficiency of bicarbonate ions in the body in relation to the amount of carbonic acid in the body, in which the pH falls to less than 7.35  
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Metabolic alkalosis   a condition characterized by an excess of bicarbonate ions in the body in relation to the amount of carbonic acid in the body; the pH rises to greater than 7.45  
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Specific gravity   the weight or degree of concentration of a substance compared with that of an equal volume of another, such as distilled water, taken as a standard  
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Hematocrit   the proportion of red blood cells (erythrocytes) to the total blood volume  
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Arterial blood gas   test performed to evaluate the client's acid-base balance and oxygenation  
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