FCCN level 1 Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

FCCN level 1 Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions minimum urine output for adult - Correct Answer 0.5mL/kg/hr ADH (antidiuretic hormone) - Correct Answer - water retainer - vasoconstrictor (also called Vasopressin) - produced by hypothalamus - store and released from posterior pituitary ADH pathway - Correct Answer - hypothalamus senses low blood volumed and increased serum osmolality - signal pituitary to release ADH - ADH causes kidney to retain water - water retention increases blood volume and decreases serum osmolality ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide) - Correct Answer - cardiac hormone stored in atria - released when atrial pressure increases *works opposite of RAAS by decreasing BP and reducing intravascular volume - important diagnostic marker in CHF hydrostatic pressure - Correct Answer - forces fluids and solutes through the capillary wall and into the tissue spaces colloid osmotic pressure - Correct Answer - pulling force of albumin in the intravascular spaces