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Percent of body weight that is water - ✔✔60 %
Fluid Balance - ✔✔Fluid intake and Output are equal, usually around 2500
ml
Output Sources - ✔✔Urine, feces, sweat, respiration, etc...
Fluid Distribution - ✔✔1. Extracellular
2. Intercellular
Extracelluar Contains - ✔✔1.Intravascular Space
2. Interstitial Space
Intracellular - ✔✔40% of total body weight
Contains: Water, Glucose, Solutes, Electrolytes, O2
Extracellular - ✔✔20% of total body weight
Contains: Intravascular, Interstitial, and Transcellular
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, Intravascular - ✔✔In the vascular system: 5% of body weight
Interstitial - ✔✔Between cells and vascular: 15% of body weight
Transcellular - ✔✔CSF, Urine, GI secretions, Perspiration <1%
Third Spacing - ✔✔from intervascular space to body cavitity: such as
pleural effusion, edema, ascities, etc..
Edema - ✔✔excess fluid in the interstitial space
Electrolytes - ✔✔Regulate water and acid-base balance
Contribute to enyzme reaction
Needed for neuromuscular activity
Found in intracellular and extracellular
Fluid Regulation - Thirst - ✔✔Primary regulator of fluid that declines with
age
Controled by hypothalamus and stimulated by dry mucous membranes,
loss of blood volume, and increased serum osmolaity
Fluid Regulation - Kidneys - ✔✔Filtration and reabsorption allows us to
excrete around 1500 to 2600ml per day
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