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What is the fluid distribution of the body? |
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TBW = 60%, Intracellular = 40%, Extracellular = 20% (5% intravascular, 15% interstitial) |
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Fluid balance depends on? (4) |
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Vessel wall integrity and endothelial function, Intravascular pressure, Oncotic pressure, Osmolarity within physiologic compartments |
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Tissue overhydration due to extravasation of water from intravascular bed into interstitial space |
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Free fluid in peritoneal cavity |
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Free fluid in pleural cavity |
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Free fluid in pericardial cavity |
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Increased hydrostatic pressure, Reduced plasma osmotic pressure (hypoproteinemia), Sodium retention, Lymphatic obstruction, Inflammation (increased vascular permeability) |
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Lower extremity edema causes? Pulmonary Edema causes? |
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swollen extremities, shortness of breath |
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Presentation of edema depends on? |
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localization of excess interstitial fluid |
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severe generalized edema with significant subcutaneous tissue swelling |
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2 things that increase hydrostatic pressure |
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Impaired venous return, arteriolar dilation |
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Name 3 ways venous return is impaired |
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CHF, Constrictive pericarditis, Venous obstruction or compression |
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2 things that cause arteriole dilation |
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Heat Neurohormonal dysregulation |
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List 4 ways that plasma osmotic pressure is reduced |
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renal disease (nephrotic syndrome), Liver cirrhosis (under production of proteins), Malnutrition, gastroenteropathy |
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Name 4 causes of sodium retention |
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Excessive salt intake coexisting with renal insufficiency, Increased tubular reabsorption of sodium, Renal hypoperfusion, Increased renin-angiotensin-aldosterone secretion |
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Role of lymphatics in edema? |
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they are supposed to drain the excess fluid |
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List 4 ways that lymphatics can become obstructed |
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Postsurgical, Inflammatory, Neoplastic, Post-irradiation |
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Why do we have edema with inflammation? |
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inflammation causes increased vascular permeability |
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What is exudate? associated with? specific gravity? |
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protein rich edema associated with inflammation, >1.020 |
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What is transudate? associated with? specific gravity? |
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protein poor edema associated with hydrodynamic derangements, < 1.012 |
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What is congestion? associated with? |
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obstruction of venous outflow, CHF or localized obstruction (like thrombosis) |
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What does congestion do to venous pressure and venous return? |
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Increase in pressure, reduces return |
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What is "nutmeg liver", c/o? |
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dark red spots with pale areas around, signs of congested liver |
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What part of liver is most sensitive to hypoxia? why? |
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the centrilobular areas, blood flows from the periportal to the central zones |
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What color are the congested areas of liver? |
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What color are the periportal hepatocytes in congested liver? |
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Why is liver congestion greatest around central veins and decrease toward portal triads? |
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dilation at maximum, back pressure opposite of normal flow |
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Chronic lung injury retards flow to? and causes? |
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left side of heart (ventricle), pooling of blood in lung capillaries |
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What are the dark brown discolorations in lung congestion? |
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What can cause lung to feel stiff with congestion? |
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The brown appearance of the congested lung? |
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What is the microscopic appearance of a chronic congested lung? |
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vessel dilation, and hemosiderin laden macrophages |
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What are the macrophages doing? |
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cleaning up the blood in the alveolar space |
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What are the microscopic differences with acute lung congestion/edema? |
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more prominent alveolar septa (congested capillaries), more fluid in alveolar space |
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systemic hypoperfusion and widespread ischemic/hypoxic injury due to disproportion in oxygen supply and demand |
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Failure of cardiovascular system, supply can't keep up with demand |
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Shock is a common final pathway for? (6) |
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Severe hemorrhage, Severe burns/fluid loss, Severe trauma, Large MI, Massive PE, Sepsis |
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Describe cardiogenic shock |
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pump failure (MI), not enough pressure/flow to supply oxygen |
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Describe hypovolemic shock |
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disproportion b/w circulatory bed (becomes too large) and volume (normal volume + loss of tone) |
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spinal cord injury and loss of vascular tone |
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What is anaphylactic shock? |
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IgE mediated hypersensitivity with systemic vasodilation and increased permeability |
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septic shock caused by the spread of _____ into the bloodstream |
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What is the #1 cause of septic shock? |
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gram (-) bacilli endotoxin (cell wall) |
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Fever and leukocytosis are indicative of? |
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Vegetations and bacterial endocarditis can cause? |
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What are 3 complications of vegetations? |
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turbulent blood flow, valve insufficiency, and thrombosis-embolism |
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Oliguria and Renal failure are signs of? |
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septic shock - low perfusion leads to failure of kidney |
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What can cause bleeding at IV puncture sites? |
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disseminated intravascular coagulation |
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What are vegetations made of? |
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large irregular and friable masses of thrombi |
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Tricuspid endocarditis can be caused by organisms gaining access to ______ after using dirty ______ |
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venous circulation, needles |
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What do infected vegetations do? |
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Release pathogenic organisms into circulation |
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In renal tubular necrosis caused by shock, the cortex is ____ and ____ while the medulla is _____, _____, and ____ |
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pale and bloodless; darker, red, and congested |
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In renal tubular necrosis caused by shock the proximal tubules show ____ of epithelium replaced with _____ |
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epithelium, eosinophilic debris |
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When the brain experiences shock, grossly it appears? |
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Short term brain shock causes? |
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Severe prolonged brain shock leads to? |
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laminar cortical necrosis |
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disseminated intravascular coagulation |
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an activation of the coagulation system |
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In DIC what is the primary site of coagulation? causes? |
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microcirculation, multi-system organ dysfunction |
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Why is there bleeding associated with DIC? |
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clotting factors have been consumed in microcirculation |
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DIC in the adrenal gland shows _____ within vessels (micro)and is a complication of (3)? |
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microthrombi, endocarditis, septicemia, and septic shock |
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