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What is the net movement of solutes from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration?
Diffusion
What are the three compartments in the body where fluid and solutes move between?
Intracellular, Intravascular, & interstitial
Active transport requires what for movement of solutes to occur?
ATP/energy
What is the force that pushes out?
Hydrostatic pressure
What is the force that pulls in?
Oncotic/osmotic pressure
Which of the following is not a cause of edema? Heart failure, Increase in capillary oncotic pressure, Blood clot, or Increase in capillary permeability
Increase in capillary oncotic/osmotic pressure
Of the 3 different fluid spacing's which fluid is trapped where it is difficult or impossible for it to move back into cells or blood vessels?
3rd spacing
Are sodium levels usually decreased or increased in Fluid Volume Excess?
Decreased
List 3 possible causes of dehydration.
Vomiting, diarrhea, excessive sweating, decreased sodium intake, inadequate fluid intake
Changes in skin turgor, hypovolemia, tachycardia, weak pulse, and confusion are signs of what?
Dehydration
Hypotonic fluids cause cells to do what?
Swell or burst
Hypertonic fluids cause cells to do what?
Shrivel or shrink
Who is the major electrolyte in intracellular fluid?
Potassium
Who is the major electrolyte in extracellular fluid?
Sodium
Thirst, Alterations in mental status, ranging from agitation, restlessness, confusion and lethargy to seizures and coma are signs of which electrolyte imbalance?
Hypernatremia (Normal Adult Sodium Levels 135 - 145 mEq/L)
Cardiac dysrhythmias, Cramping leg pain, Weak or paralyzed skeletal muscles, Abdominal cramping or diarrhea are signs of which electrolyte imbalance?
Hyperkalemia (Normal Adult Potassium Levels 3.5 - 5.3 mEq/L)
