MedSurg I ch.13 fluid and electrolyte imbalances questions with correct answers
What are the top three electrolytes CORRECT ANSWER-Sodium, potassium, calcium What are transcellular fluid CORRECT ANSWER-Fluids in special body spaces, include cerebrospinal fluid synovial fluid peritoneal fluid and pleural fluid What are body fluids composed of CORRECT ANSWER-Water and particles dissolve or suspended in the water What is filtration CORRECT ANSWER-The movement of fluid Duracell or blood vessel membrane because of hydrostatic pressure differences on both sides of the membrane What is edema CORRECT ANSWER-Tissue swelling with fluid collection Why does edema developed CORRECT ANSWER-Develops with changes in normal hydrostatic pressure, differences such as in patients with right-sided heart failure In this condition the volume of blood in the right side of the heart increases greatly because the right ventricle is too weak to pump blood efficiently into the pulmonary blood vessels. As blood backs up into the venous system, Venous hydrostatic pressure rises which then causes capillary hydrostatic pressure to rise until it is higher than the hydrostatic pressure in t
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