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BASE EXCESS
THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD BUFFER THAT EXIST
BLOOD BUFFER (HEMOGLOBIN AND BICARBONATE)
LOW VALUE OF BASE EXCESS INDICATES
ACIDOSIS
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS
DIZZINESS, CONFUSION, DYSRHYTHMIAS
TACHYPNEA
NUMBNESS AND TINGLING EXTREMITIES
CONVULSION
COMA
EXAMPLE OF HYPERTONIC SOLUTION
3% SALINE SOLUTION
3-5% SODIUM CHLORIDE
DEXTROSE 5% IN 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE
DEXTROSE 5% IN 0.45% NaCl
DEXTROSE 5% IN LACTATE RINGER'S
CAUSES OF HIGH BASE EXCESS
LARGE AMOUNT OF SODIUM BICARBONATE SOLUTION
CITRATE EXCESS FROM RAPID BLOOD TRANSFUSION
IV INFUSION OF SODIUM BICARBONATE TO CORRECT KETOACIDOSIS
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
HEADACHE, LETHARGY, CONFUSION, DYRHYTHMIAS, TACHYPNEA (DEEP RESPIRATION)
ABDOMINAL CRAMPS
FLUSH SKIN
WHAT IS THE MAJOR RENAL COMPONENT OF ACID-BASE BALANCE
BICARBONATE
RISK FACTORS OF VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY
INADEQUATE ARTERIAL SUPPLY TO TISSUES AND IMPAIRED VENOUS RETURN DECREASE CIRCULATION TO THE EXTREMITIES
INADEQUATE BLOOD FLOW CAUSES ISCHEMIA AND BREAKDOWN
INADEQUATE DELIVERY OF NUTRIENTS, O2, WHITE BLOOD CELLS TO INJURED TISSUE
RELATED CAUSES OF HYPOKALEMIA
USE OF POTASSIUM WASTING DIURETICS
DIARRHEA
VOMITING
ALKALOSIS
EXTREME SWEATING
EXCESSIVE USE OF POTASSIUM FREE IV
TREATMENT OF DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS WITH INSULINE
RISK FACTORS FOR NUTRITION AND DEHYDRATION
CLINETS WITH LIMITED CALORIC AND PROTEIN INTAKE DEVELOP THINNER, LESS ELASTIC SKIN, WITHY LOSS OF SUBCTANEOUS TISSUE. RESULTS IN IMPAIRED OR DELAY WOUND HEALING
RELATED CAUSES OF HYPONATREMIA
NET SODIUM LOSS OR WATER EXCESS
GI LOSSES: VOMITING, DIARRHEA, NG SUCTION
RENAL LOSS: KIDNEY DISEASE, DIURETICS, ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY
SKIN: EXCESIVE PERPIRATION, BURNS
SIADH: SYMDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE ADH
TROUSSEAU'S SIGN
CARPOPEDAL SPASM WITH HYPOXIA
S/S OF HYPERNATREMIA
EXTREME THIRST
DRY AND FLUSHED SKIN
DRY AND STICKY TONGUE AND MUCOUS MEMBRANE
FEVER
AGITATION
CONVULSION
RESTLESSNESS
IRRITABILITY
POSTURAL HYPTENSION
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HYPOMAGNESEMIA
DYSRHYTHMIA
MUSCULAR TREMOR
HYPERACTIVE DEEP TENDON REFLEXES
CONFUSION AND DISORIENTATION
TACHYCARDIA
HYPERTENSION
POSITIVE TROUSSEAU'S SIGN
POSITIVE CHVOSTEK'S SIGN
RELATED CAUSE OF HYPER CHLOREMIA
ACID-BASE IMBALANCE
DEHYDRATION
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HYPERMAGNESEMIA
ACUTE ELEVATION F MAGNESIUM LEVEL
HYPOACTIVE DEEP TENDON REFLEX
DECREASE DEPTH AND RATE OF RESPIRATION
HYPOTENSION
FLUSHING
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA
RELATED CAUSES OF HYPOMAGNESEMIA
MALNUTRITION AND ALCOHOLISM
DIARRHEA & VOMITTING
NASOGASTRIC DRAINAGE AND DISEASE OF SMALL INTESTINE
ALDOSTERONE EXCESS
POLYURIA
FISTULA
RELATED CAUSES OF HYPERCALCEMIA
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
OSTEOMETASTASIS
PAGET'S DISEASE
OSTEOPOROSIS
PROLONGED IMMOBILZATION
ACIDOSIS
THIAXIDE DIURETICS
HYPOMAGESEMIA LEVEL
DROP IN SERUM LEVEL OF Mg BELO 1.5 mEq/L
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE
HYPOKALEMIA
RELATED CAUSES OF HYPERMAGNESEMIA
RENAL FAILURE
EXCESS INTAKE OF Mg
RELATED CAUSES OF HYPOCHLOREMIA
SODIUM IMBLANCE
VOMOTING
EXCESSIVE NASOGASTRIC OR FISTULA DRAINAGE
HYPERMAGNESEMIA LEVEL
INCREASE IN SERUM MAGNESIUM LEVEL ABOVE 2.5mEq/L
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF REPSIRATORY ACIDOSIS
CONFUSION
DIZZINESS
LETHARGY
HEADACHES
VENTRICULAR DYSRHYTHMIAS
WARM FLUSHED SKIN
MUSCULAR TWITCHIN
CONVULSION
COMA
RELATED CAUSES OF METABOLIC ALKALOSIS
EXCESSIVE VOMITING
PROLONGED GASTRIC SUCTIONING
HYPOKALEMIA OR HYPERCALCEMIA
EXCESS ALDOSTERONE
USE OF DRUGS
RELATED CAUSES OF METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
STARVATION
DIARRHEA
DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS
RENAL FAILURE
LACTIC ACIDOSIS FROM HEAVY EXERCISE
USE OF DRUGS
HYPERKALEMIA LEVEL
GREATERTHAN NORMAL AMOUNT OF POTASSIUM ABOVE 5.0mEq/L
HYPOKALEMIA LEVEL
POTASSIUM LEVEL IS LOW LESS THAN 3.5 mEq/L
HYPERNATREMIA LEVEL
IS GEATER THAN NORMAL CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM IN ECF
> 147mEq/L
4 PHYSIOLOGICAL NOCICEPTIVE PAIN
TRANSDUCTION
TRANSMISSION
PERCEPTION
MODULATION
WHERE DOES NEUROPATHIC PAIN ARISE FROM
ABNORMAL OR DAMAGED PAIN NERVES
CANCER PAIN
ACUTE AND/OR CHRONIC PAIN 90% MANAGED WITH RELATIVE SIMPLE MEANS
NORCICEPTIVE AND/OR NEUROPATHIC
USUALLY DUE TO TUMOR PROGRESSION AND ITS RELATED PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS, INVASIVE PROCEDURES, TOCICITIES OF TREATMENT, INFECTION, AND PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS
DURING AN EPISODE OF ACUTE PAIN, WHAT DO YOU ASSESS PRIMARILY
THE LOCATION, SEVERITY, AND QUALITY
WHAT IS THE MOST SUBJECTIVE AND THEREFORE MOST USEFUL CHARACTERISTICS OF PAIN
INTENSITY
ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC NONCANCER PAIN
FATIGUE
INSOMNIA
ANOREXIA
WEIGHT LOSS
APATH
HOPELESS
ANGER
RELATED CAUSES FOR HYPEROSMOLAR IMBALANCE (DEHYDRATION)
DIABETES INSIPIDUS
INTERRUPTION OF NEUROLOGICALLY DRIVN THIRST DRIVE
DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS
OSMOTIC DIURESIS
ADMINISTRATION OF HYPERTONIC PARENTERAL FLUIDS OR TUBE FEEDING FORMULA
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HYPEROSMOLAR IMBALANCE (DEHYDRATION)
DRY AND STICKY MUCOUS MEMBRANES
FLUSHED AND DRY SKI
THIRST
ELEVATED BODY TEMPERATURE
IRRITABILITY
CONVULSION
COMA
S/S OF HYPONATREMIA
APPREHENSION
PERSONALITY CHANGE
POSTURAL HYPOTENSION
POSTURAL DIZZINESS
ABDOMINAL CRAMPING
NAUSEA
VOMITING
DIARRHEA
TACHYCARDIA
DRY MUCOUS MEMBRANES
CONVULSION
COMA
RELATED CAUSES OF HYPERKALEMIA
RENAL FAILURE
FLUID VOLUME DEFICIT
MASSIVE CELLULAR DAMAGE (BURNS AND TRAUMA)ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY
ACIDOSIS
USE OF POTASSIUM SPARING DIRUETICS
S/S OF HYPERKALEMIA
ANXIETY
DYSRHYTHMIA
PARESTHESIA (UNPLEASANT SENSATION SUCH AS BURNING...)
WEAKNESS, ABDOMINAL CRAMPS
DIARRHEA
CARDAC CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES
S/S OF HYPOCALCEMIA
NUMBNESS AND TINGLING OF FINGER AND MOUTH REGION
HYPERACTVE REFLEXES
+ TROUSSEAU'S SIGN
+ CHVSTEK'S SIGN
MUSCLE CRAMPS
PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES
S/S OF HYPOKALEMIA
WEAKNESS AND FATIGUE
NAUSEA AND VOMITING
MUSCLE WEAKES
INTESTINAL DISTENTION
DECREASED BOWEL SOUNDS
DECREASED DEEP TENDON REFLEXES
VENTRICULAR DYSRHYTHMIAS
PARASTHESIA AND WEAK
IRREGULAR PULSE
CARDIAC FUNCTION
RELATED CAUSES OF HYPOCALCEMIA
RAPID ADMINISTRATION OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION WITH CITRATE
HYPOALBUMINEMIA
HYPOPARATHYROIDISM
VITAMIN D DEFICIENC
PANCREATITIS ALKALOSIS
RENAL FAILURE
ALCOHOL ABUSE
S/S OF HYPOCHLOREMIA
METABLIC ALKALOSIS
SIMILAR TO HYPNATREMIA
HYPONATREMIA LEVEL
LOWERTHAN NORMAL CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM
LESS THAN 135mEq/L
HYPOCALCEMIA LEVEL
DROP IN CALCIUM LEVEL
BELOW 4.5mEq/L OR 8.5mg/dL
HYPERCHLOREMIA LEVEL
SERUM CHLORIDE LEVEL RISES ABOVE 105mEq/L
HYPOCHLOREMIA LEVEL
SERUM CHLORIDE LEVEL FALLS BELOW NORMAL LEVEL
BELOW 95mEq/L
CHVOSTEK'S SIGN
CONTRACTION OF FACIAL MUSCLE WHEN FACIAL NERVE IS TAPPED
HYPERCALCEMIA
INCREASE IN TOTAL SERUM CONCENTRATION OF CALCIUM ABOVE 10.5mg/dL OR 5.5 mEq/L
S/S OF HYPOCALCEMIA
NUMBNESS AND TINGLING OF FINGER AND MOUTH REGION
HYPERACTVE REFLEXES
+ TROUSSEAU'S SIGN
+ CHVSTEK'S SIGN
MUSCLE CRAMPS
PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES
S/S OF HYPOKALEMIA
WEAKNESS AND FATIGUE
NAUSEA AND VOMITING
MUSCLE WEAKES
INTESTINAL DISTENTION
DECREASED BOWEL SOUNDS
DECREASED DEEP TENDON REFLEXES
VENTRICULAR DYSRHYTHMIAS
PARASTHESIA AND WEAK
IRREGULAR PULSE
CARDIAC FUNCTION
RELATED CAUSES OF HYPOCALCEMIA
RAPID ADMINISTRATION OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION WITH CITRATE
HYPOALBUMINEMIA
HYPOPARATHYROIDISM
VITAMIN D DEFICIENC
PANCREATITIS ALKALOSIS
RENAL FAILURE
ALCOHOL ABUSE
S/S OF HYPOCHLOREMIA
METABLIC ALKALOSIS
SIMILAR TO HYPNATREMIA
HYPONATREMIA LEVEL
LOWERTHAN NORMAL CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM
LESS THAN 135mEq/L
HYPOCALCEMIA LEVEL
DROP IN CALCIUM LEVEL
BELOW 4.5mEq/L OR 8.5mg/dL
HYPERCHLOREMIA LEVEL
SERUM CHLORIDE LEVEL RISES ABOVE 105mEq/L
HYPOCHLOREMIA LEVEL
SERUM CHLORIDE LEVEL FALLS BELOW NORMAL LEVEL
BELOW 95mEq/L
CHVOSTEK'S SIGN
CONTRACTION OF FACIAL MUSCLE WHEN FACIAL NERVE IS TAPPED
HYPERCALCEMIA
INCREASE IN TOTAL SERUM CONCENTRATION OF CALCIUM ABOVE 10.5mg/dL OR 5.5 mEq/L