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A construction worker labors outside in 90 deg temps. What hormone will his body release in lg quantities to help him retain water?
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Antidiuretic Hormone
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A post op pt is ordered an I.V. of dextrose 5% in NS. What type of fluid is this solution?
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Hypertonic
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You're teaching a group of athletes how to prevent excessive fluid loss. You should tell them to consume fluids when they:
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are thirsty
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A pt with HYPOnaturemia caused by diabetes insipidus requires I.V. fluid replacement. Which fluid would provide the greatist concentration of Na if the pt were to develop a subnormal serum Na level
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Lactated Ringers solution
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A 29 yr old pt comes to the ED after being involved in a MVA. Chest xray reveals rt pneumothorax. You interpret his ABG results as resp acidosis, why?
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His pH is low; PaCo2 is high, and HCO3-is normal
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A pt is transferred to the ICU in septic shock. ABG results show that the pt is acidotic, you expect the anion gap to be
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Greater that 14mEq/L
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