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Term

What does FVE

(extracelluar fluid volume excess)

do to the body?

Definition
when sodium incerases in the ECF, the ECFV will also increase . Continued increases of sodium in the ECF will lead to ECF overload
Term
What symptoms will FVE cause?
Definition

RESP: ORTHOPNEA, DYSPNEA, CRACKLES

cARDIO: BOUNDING PULSE,NVD,INCREASE IN CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE, HTN, PERIPHEAL EDEMA, ANASCARA(GENERALIZED EDEMA ALL OVER)

GASTRO:BLOATING R/T RT SIDED HEART FAILURE

URINARY:LOW OUTPUT

GENERAL:WEIGHT GAIN(MOST SENS.INDICATOR OF ECF EXCESS)

Term
HOW DO YOU TREAT FVE?
Definition

DIURECTICS(LASIX, HYDRODIUREL,ALDACTONE)

deCREASE FLUID INTAKE

 

MONITOR THROUGH CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE LINE

LOW SODIUM DIET

Term
PATHO OF HYPONATREMIA?
Definition
FLUID SHIFTS INTO THE CELLS B/C OF THE HYPOTONICITY OF THE ECF. CAUSES CELL TO SWELL AND BURST
Term
WHAT IS  EXTRACELLUAR VOLUME DEPLETION?
Definition
WITH EXTRACELLUAR VOLUME DEPLETION , BOTH SODIUM AND WATER ARE LOST EQUALLY
Term
HOW DO YOU ASSESS EXTRACELLUAR VOLUME DEPLETION?
Definition

THIRST NOT AFFECTED, NEURO:DIMINISHED LOC

CV:DECREASED BP,POS TILT TEST,DECREASE CVP

URINARY:<30Ml/HR(RED FLAG)

GENERAL:WEIGHT LOSS

LAB:> H&H

Term
HOW DO YOU TREAT EXTRACELLUAR VOLUME DEPLETION?
Definition
ORAL THERAPY, PRBC'S AS NEEDED, NS 0.9%, FLUID BOLUS(500 OVER 30 MIN-1HR)
Term
PATHO OF HYPERNATREMIA
Definition

TOO MUCH SODIUM AND NOT ENOUGH WATER INTAKE PULLS WATER OUT OF CELLS AND SHRINKS CELLS

(MOST COMMON PROBLEM IN PEDS)

Term
ASSESSMENT OF HYPERNATREMIA?
Definition

DECREASEDE TEARS, MOIST MUCOUS MEMBRANES, URINE, LOC. CAN CAUSE COMA.

INCREASE IN BUN/CREATINE.

CHILDREN: SUNKEN FONTANELS,SUNKEN EYES

Term
TREATMENT OF HYPERNATREMIA?
Definition

D51/4 NS B/C IT PULLS FLUID INTO CELLS.TREAT UNDERLYING CAUSE

IF PT HEMODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE THEN TREAT INITIALLY WITH 0.9%NS

Term
WHAT ARE RULES FOR KIDS WITH HYPERNATREMIA?
Definition

OFFER 50ML/KG OVER 4HRS(GIVE 5-15ML, FREQUENTLY) FOR MILD DEHYDRATION :      

100ML/KG OVER 6HR FOR MOD DEHYDRATION

IV FLIUDS FOR SEVERE DEHYDRATION

Term

HOW DO YOU CALCULATE DAILY FLUID REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN?

Definition

WT IN KG

100ML/KG FOR FIRST 10 KG

50ML/KG FOR SECOND 10 KG

20 ML/KG FOR REMAINDER OF WT IN KG

DIVIDE TOTAL AMOUNT BY 24 TO OBTAIN RATE IN ML/HR

Term
ASSESSMENT OF HYPONATREMIA
Definition
NA 120-110 = HA,APATHY, WEAKNESS, DISORIENTATION
NA 110-100 = CONFUSION, HOSTILITY
NA 100-95 = DELIRIUM SEIZURE, COMA
GI:ANOREXIA,N/V,ABD CRAMPS
Term
TREATMENT OF HYPONATREMIA?
Definition
FOR SEVERE,SYPMTOMATIC GIVE NACL 3% VERY SLOWLY(NO GREATER THAN 50ML/HR
(NA SHOULD NOT BE INCREASED MORE > 10-12MEQ/L IN 1ST 24HRS
Term

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU GIVE NACL 3% TOO QUICKLY?

Definition

MAY CAUSE OSMOTIC DEMYELINATION SYNDROME

(DETERIORATION OF THE PONS)

SYNDROME MAY DEVELOP 1 TO SEV DAYS AFTER NA CORRECTED

Term
WHAT IS HYPOKALEMIA?
Definition

K+ <3.0

(RED FLAG)

Term
CAUSES OF HYPOKALEMIA?
Definition

INADEQUATE INTAKE, PROLONGED VOMITING, GI SUCTIONING,DIARRHEA,DIURETICS,ACUTE RENAL FAILURE

(IN ALKALOSIS ,H+IONS MOVE INTO THE CELL IN EXCHANGE FOR K+ WHICH MOVE INTO THE CELL CREATING A HYPOKALEMIA STATE)

Term
SYMPTOMS OF HYPOKALEMIA?
Definition
MUSCLE WEAKNESS/CRAMPING,DROWSINESSOR COMA, HYPOTENSION, DYSRHYTHMIAS(IN CV:INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO DIGOXIN), FLATTENED T-WAVE,DEPRESSED S-T SEGMENT,POLYURIA,DECREASED GI MOTILITY(ILEUS)
Term
TREATMENT OF HYPOKALEMIA?
Definition

IV K+ 10-20MEQ/DL OEVR 1HR(NOMORE THAN 10MEQ/HR RECOMMENDED)

DECREASED K+ WILL CAUSE DIGOXIN TOXICITY

Term
WHAT IS HYPERKALEMIA?
Definition
K+ > 5.0
Term
PHYSIOLOGY OF K+
Definition

MAJOR CATION IN THE BODY, MOST ABUNDANT ION IN THE BODY

PLAYS ROLE IN MAINTAINING ACID-BASE BALANCE

PARTICIPATES IN CHO METABOLISM

Term
CAUSES OF HYPERKALEMIA?
Definition

RENAL FAILURE,RENAL TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION,MINERALCORTICOID DEFICIENCY

ACIDOSIS(CAUSES H+TO GO INTO THE CELL WHICH MAKES K+COME OUT,DRUGS THAT INHIBIT ALDOSTERONE PRODUCTION(ACE INHIBITORS,NSAIDS)

B-BLOCKERS(PREVENT EXTRARENAL K+FROM BEING DISPOSED)

Term
ASSESSING HYPERKALEMIA
Definition
WEAKNESS, PARESTHESIA,DECREASED REFLEXES,PARA OF RESP MUSCLES,BRADYCARDIA,PEAKED T-WAVES,V FIBM,N/V,DIARRHEA,OLIGURIA
Term
TREATMENT OF HYPERKALEMIA?
Definition

STABILIZE OAND PROTECT HEART(CALCIUM GLUCONATE)

TREAT ACIDOSIS(BICARB)

IV GLUCOSE AND 10 UNITS INSULIN

ALBUTEROL(BETA ADRENERGIC)

KAYEXALATE

TREAT CAUSES

Term
CALACIUM IS REGULATED BY WHAT HORMONE?
Definition

PARATHYROID HORMONE-

CALCITONIN AND VIT D

(CALCIUM IS ABSORBED FROM GUT UNDER INFLUENCE OF VIT D

Term
CAUSES OF HYPOCALCEMIA?
Definition

HYPOALBUNEMIA,HYPOPARATHYROIDISM,

HYPOMAGNESIUM(CAUSES DECREASE IN SECRETION OF PTH AND INHIBITS THE BONES RESPONSE TO NORM PTH LEVELS),HYPERMAGNES,VIT D DEF.,RESP ALKALOSIS

Term
ASSESS OF HYPOCALCEMIA?
Definition

NEURO:CAUSES EXCITABILITY IN CELLS OF CNS

PERIORAL PARESTHESIA

CARPOPEDAL SPASM

CHVOSTEK'S SIGN

SEIZURE,TETANY

LARYNGEAL SPASM

DYSRHYTHMIAS(PROLONGED ST AND QT INTERVALS)

Term
TREATMENT OF HYPOCALCEMIA?
Definition

CALCIUM GLUCONATE 10%

(1-2 AMPS OVER 4 MIN)

VIT D SUPPL(HELPS ABSORB CALCIUM)

CA SUPPL(CAL CITRATE BETTER ABSORBED THAN CARBONATE OR LACTATE)

PHOSPHATE BINDERS

DECREASE DIETARY PHOSPHATES

Term
causes of hypercalcemia?
Definition

INCREASED CALCIUM INTAKE OR ABSORPTION

(MILK-ALKALI SYDROME:INGESTION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF MILK OR ALKALI: OR VIT D OD)

SHIFT OF CAL FROM BONE TO ECF

(HYPERPARATHYROIDISM  10-20% CASES OF HYPERCALCEMIA)

DECREASE IN SECRETION

Term
ASSESS OF HYPERCALCEMIA?
Definition

LETHARGY,COMA,CONFUSION

BONE PAIN/WEAKNESS

HTN,DYSRHYTHMIAS

N/V,DAIRRHEA,ANOREXIA,CONSTIPATION

PANCREATITIS

POLYURIA,NOCTURIA,POLYDIPSIA,RENAL INSUFF

KIDNEY STONES

Term
TREATMENT OF HYPERCALCEMIA?
Definition

3-4 L OF NS

LOOP DIURETIC

BIPHOSPHONATES(INHIBITS RELEASE CA FROM BONE)

CORTICOSTERIODS

CALCITONIN(INHIBITS BONE REABSORP AND INCREASES CA SECRETION)

HEMODIALYSIS

Term
CAUSES OF HYPOPHOSPOREMIA?
Definition

DECREASED GI ABSORP

DECREASED RENAL REABSORP

EXTRACELLUAR TO INTRACELLUAR SHIFT

HYPERTHYRIODISM

FANCONIS SYNDROME

Term
ASSESS FO HYPOPHOSPHOREMIA?
Definition

NERVOUSNESS, IRRABILITY,SEIZURES,COMA

MUSCLE AND BONE PAIN

HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA(P PROMOTES O2 RELEASE O2 TO TISSUES)

TISSUE HYPOXIA,RESP MUSCLE PARALYSIS

CARDIOMYOPATHY

Term
PHOSPHORUS FACTS!!!
Definition

IMPORTANT WITH O2 IN CELLS

HELPS FIGHT INFECTION

INCREASED PHOS WITH RENAL PTS,KEEP ON LOW PHOS DIET

 

Term
TREATMENT OF HYPOPHOS
Definition

IV:KPO4 OR NAPO4

ORAL: NEUTRAPHOS 250MG TAB Q8-12HR

 

MUST CORRECT HYPERCALCEMIA FIRST OR MAY DEVELOP METASTIC CALCIFICATION

Term
CAUSES OF HYPOMAGNESIUM?
Definition

DIARRHEA,GI SUCTIONING,STARVATION

INTESTINAL BYPASS SX

RENAL DISORDERS

MEDICATIONS(DIURETICS,CYCLOSPORINES,INFUSIONS OF SODIUM AND CA INCREASE EXCRETION OF MAG)

INSULIN,GLUCOSE,LOOP AND THIAZIDE DIURETICS

CATECHOLAMINES,ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

Term
ASSESS OF HYPOMAGNESIUM?
Definition

DYSRHYTHMIAS,TORSADE DE POINTES

DIGOXIN INTOXICATION

DELIRIUM, CONFUSION,PERSONALITY CHANGES

TREMORS

TETANY

HYPEREFLEXIA

Term
TREATMENT OF HYPOMAGNESIUM?
Definition

PARENTERAL REPLACEMENT

MGSO4(50%)Q4-6HR IM

MGSO4 IN D5W (IV)

ORAL: MG 250-500MG QID

TREAMENT OF VENT DYSRHYTHMIAS

Term

CAUSES OF HYPERMAGNESIUM?

( NORMAL MG IS 1.5-2.5MG/DL)

Definition

RENAL INSUFF

ANTACID CONTAINING MG

LAXATIVE CONTAINING MG

EXCESS DOSE OF MG WHEN TREATING ECLAMPIA OR DELAYED LABOR

TREATMENT OF HYPOMAGNESIUM

Term
PHYSIOLOGY OF MG?
Definition

PRIMARILY LOCATED ICF AND BONE

ACTIVATES ICF ENZYMES

ESSENTIAL FOR PROTEIN AND NUCLEIC SYNTHESIS

NEUROMUSC AND CV INTEGRITY

CAN HAVE CURARE-LIKE EFFECT ON NEUROMUSC JUNCTION THROUGH INHIBITION OF ACETYLCHOLINE

Term

ASSESS OF HYPERMAGNESIUM?

Definition

DEPRESSED TENDON REFLEXES

DIFF TALKING AND SWALLOWING

DILATED PUPILS,LETHARGY

PARALYSIS OF RESP MUSCLES

HYPOTENSION,BRADYCARDIA,CARDIAC ARREST,DYSRHYTHMIAS,CONSTIPATION,N/V

DIFF URINATING

Term
TREATMENT OF HYPERMAGNESIUM?
Definition

TREAT UNDERLYING CAUSES

CALCIUM IV REVERSES RESP DEPRESSION OR DYSRHYTHMIAS

CALCIUM GLUCONATE 10% OVER 4HR TO PROMOTE SECRETION OF MG

LASIX, DIALYSIS

GLUCOSE AND INSULIN TO PROMOTE TRANSFER OG MG INTO CELL

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