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Fluid and electrolyte - Answer Processes that regulate the balance of water, electrolytes, and conditions that contributes to imbalances. Function of kidneys - Answer Functions to maintain the body's state of homeostasis -Urine formation -Excretion of waste products -Regulation of water...

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NRSG 2500 Unit 3 Fluid and Electrolytes
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Fluid and electrolyte - Answer Processes that regulate the balance of water, electrolytes, and
conditions that contributes to imbalances.



Function of kidneys - Answer Functions to maintain the body's state of homeostasis

-Urine formation

-Excretion of waste products

-Regulation of water excretion

-Regulation of electrolytes

-Regulation of acid-base balance

-Control of water balance and blood pressure

-Renal clearance

-Regulation of RBC production, Erythropoietin hormone (Chronic renal failure: Anemia)

-Synthesis of Vitamin D to active form (Calcium balance & bone metabolism)

-Secretion of prostaglandins



1/ml/kg/hr - Answer Oliguria for pediatric patients is urine output less than



30 mls/hr - Answer adult minimum urine output



25 mls/hr - Answer What is the "oliguria urine output" for a child that weighs 25 lbs?



MAP (mean arterial pressure) - Answer SBP + 2(DBP)/3

Normal is 70-110

(Its easy as 1, 2, 3)

, Mechanisms involved in regulating homeostasis - Answer •Renin-Angiotensin System

•Aldosterone

•Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)



Assessment of kidney function - Answer •VS, (MAP)

•I&O

•Lungs, LOC, Pulses, Urine, Kidneys, Abdomen, Edema, CMS, Color, Flank Pain, Skin

•Labs: Specific Gravity, Creatinine & GFR, BUN, Potassium, Sodium

•Weight (Most accurate indicator of fluid loss or gain in acutely ill patient)

-Accurate daily weight must be obtained and recorded.

- 1 Kg weight gain is equal to 1000 mL of retained fluid.

- 1 pound is about 450ml of retained fluid.



Diagnostic test - Answer •Urinalysis and urine culture

•Renal function tests- 24 hour urine test, creatinine clearance, creatinine, BUN, and BUN to creatinine
ratio.

•Ultrasonography

•CT and MRI

•Nuclear scans

•Intravenous urography, retrograde pyelography, cystography, renal angiography

•Endoscopic procedures

•Biopsies: To evaluate extent of disease

-Contraindicated in morbid obese patients



Renal injury imbalances - Answer Creates fluid and electrolyte imbalances

•Results when the kidneys cannot remove wastes or perform regulatory functions.

•A systemic disorder that results from many different causes.

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