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FCCN level 1 Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
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minimum urine output for adult Ans: 0.5mL/kg/hr

ADH (antidiuretic hormone) Ans: - water retainer

- vasoconstrictor (also called Vasopressin)

- produced by hypothalamus

- store and released from posterior pituitary
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ADH pathway Ans: - hypothalamus senses low blood volumed and
increased serum osmolality
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- signal pituitary to release ADH

- ADH causes kidney to retain water
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- water retention increases blood volume and decreases serum osmolality

ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide) Ans: - cardiac hormone stored in atria
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- released when atrial pressure increases

*works opposite of RAAS by decreasing BP and reducing intravascular
volume

- important diagnostic marker in CHF

hydrostatic pressure Ans: - forces fluids and solutes through the
capillary wall and into the tissue spaces

colloid osmotic pressure Ans: - pulling force of albumin in the
intravascular spaces

- pull fluid into vasculature

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maintenance fluid therapy Ans: - replaces normal ongoing losses of
water and electrolytes (urine, sweat, respiration, stool)

replacement therapy Ans: - corrects any existing water and or electrolyte
deficits

isotonic fluids Ans: - tonicity equal to plasma in the body

- no fluid shifts because the solutions are equally concentrated

- LR

- NS
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- D5W
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hypotonic fluids Ans: - lower concentration of solutes in the vasculature
than in the cell

- fluid shifts into the cell to dilute the electrolytes (CELL SWELLS)
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- 0.45NS
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hypertonic fluid Ans: - higher concentration of solutes in the vasculature
than in the cell

- pulls fluid out of cells and into the vessels (CELL SHRINKS)

- D5 .45NS

- D5NS

- D5LR

- 3%, 7%, 23.4% NaCl

colloids Ans: - pull fluid into bloodstream

Albumin

- 5% is osmotically equal to plasma

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- 25% draws 4 times the normal volume into the circulation

blood Ans: - not a risk free fluid replacement

- this is liquid transplant

third spacing Ans: - fluid is not lost from the body but the fluid is not
available for use in the intracellular or extracellular compartments (fluid
is in between tissues/cells)

- this patient is intravascularly dry and still needs more fluid

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can you give platelets through the ranger Ans: - no it will aggreggate the
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platelets

hyponatremia Ans: - less than 135 -145

- weakness
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- abdominal cramping/leg cramps
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- dizzy

- change in LOC

- seizures

different ways to treat hyponatremia Ans: - hypovolemic (give IV fluid)

- euvolemic (fluid restriction)

- hypervolemic (diuretic)

severe hyponatremia Ans: - EMERGENCY

- below 115

- give hypertonic saline if patient is symptomatic

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