Fluid & Electrolytes
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| What is hypovolemia? | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormal retention of water & sodium
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| show | Cirrhosis; Heart failure; Renal failure; Too much salt
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| show | Diabetes Insipitus; Adrenal Insufficiency; Diuresis; Hemorrhage; Coma
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| show | Version of high-fowlers; for patients who are SOB
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| Where is sodium found? | show 🗑
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| show | Intracellular fluid.
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| How is fluid lost from the body? | show 🗑
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| show | Decreased BP; increased RR; Postural hypotension; Weak, rapid heart rate;Increased temperature; Dry mouth; thirst; Oliguria; concentrated urine; Decreased bowel sounds; Constipation; Decreased skin turgor; Flattened neck veins; Acute weight loss
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| show | Tachycardia; bounding pulse; Increased blood pressure; Decreased temperature; Edema; pitting edema; Distended neck veins; SOB; crackles; Increased weight; Increased urine output; HA; visual disturbances
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| show | BUN decreased (diluted)
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| show | HCT decreased (diluted)
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| show | Generally increased, but this depends on the cause of the hypervolemia.
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| What nursing interventions would you implement for a patient with hypervolemia? | show 🗑
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| What nursing interventions would you implement for a patient with hypovolemia? | show 🗑
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| show | Fluid volume, Deficient; Cardiac output, Decreased; (Potential complication: Hypovolemic shock); Oral Mucous Membrane, Impaired; Tissue Perfusion, Ineffective
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| show | Excess fluid volume; Ineffective airway clearance; Skin Integrity, Risk for Impaired; Body Image, Disturbed; (Potential complications: pulmonary edema, ascites)
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| show | BUN – elevated
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| show | HCT – increased
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| show | Urine specific gravity increases (urine concentration)
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| show | Urine specific gravity decreases (urine diluted)
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| show | 1.010-1.025
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| show | 10-30 mg/dl
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| What is the normal value of creatinine? | show 🗑
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| What does urine specific gravity measure? | show 🗑
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| show | Renal function
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| show | Increased
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| What does HCT measure? | show 🗑
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