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NU 327 Patho Exam 2 Study Guide with
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Dehydration/Dry/Hemoconcentrated - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\



✔✔not a lot of liquid in the vascular space
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Signs and Symptoms of Dehydration - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Elevated Na+, K+; dry mouth, thirsty, increased heart rate,
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decreased blood pressure, tinting of skin (when you pinch up the
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skin and it doesn't go right back down), sunken eyes, low
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urination


What causes dehydration? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔low H2O
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intake, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, heat, sweating
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Hemodilution/volume overload/wet - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔too |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



much liquid is in the vascular space
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Signs and Symptoms of hemodilution - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔high blood pressure, strong pulse, *extra respiratory sounds*
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(crackles), bulging eyes, confusion, edema (swelling)
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If someone is hemodiluted, what type of solution would you give
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them? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hypertonic
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,if a person is hemoconcentrated, what type of solution would you
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give them? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hypotonic
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Isotonic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Normal; amount of Na+ is the
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same as it is in the blood vessel space
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Isotonic fluids - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔0.9% Normal Saline (NS),
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Ringers Lactate (RL)
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If you are worried a patient may get acidoses, which fluid would
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you give them? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ringers Lactate, which
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is an isotonic fluid that has a slight buffer
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hypertonic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔osmolality (Na+) is higher in
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this fluid than in the blood vessel space
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which type of fluid pulls substances/other fluids towards it? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hypertonic |\ |\




Hypertonic fluids - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔3% NS, 5% NS, 5%
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albumin, 25% albumin, mannitol |\ |\ |\

,Which type of fluid pulls protein out of the tissues and cells and
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into the vessels? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔25% albumin,
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hypertonic fluid |\




if a patient is swollen, what type of solution would you give them?
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hypertonic
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Hypotonic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔have less Na+ than our blood
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stream
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Hypotonic fluids - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔5% Dextrose (D5W),
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0.45% NS (D5.45 NS; 1/2 NS), D5.225 NS (1/4 NS), free water
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0.9% Normal Saline - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔isotonic
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Ringers Lactate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Isotonic
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3% normal saline - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hypertonic
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5% normal saline - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hypertonic
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5% albumin - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hypertonic
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, 25% albumin - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hypertonic
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5% Dextrose (D5W) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hypotonic
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Half Normal Saline (D5.45) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hypotonic
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Quarter Normal Saline (D5.225) - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔hypotonic


free water - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hypotonic
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what could happen if you give hypertonic fluid too fast? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔can cause the cell to die from lack of
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water


what kind of patients can you not give hypotonic fluid to? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a patient with bad kidneys or a bad heart
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why can you not give hypotonic fluids to patients with bad
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kidneys/heart? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔can cause congestive |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



heart failure because of too much fluid passing through the veins
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and vessels
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