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__ is frequently associated with hyperkalemia Correct Answers
cardiac arrest
a potassium level of 4.5 is Correct Answers within normal
limits
actual causes hypernatremia Correct Answers INCREASE
SODIUM
steroids cause kidney to retain sodium
excess oral ingestion
hypertonic solutions
cushings syndrome (kidneys retain sodium(
actual causes of hyponatremia Correct Answers LOSS OF NA
sweating, wound drainage, burns, low Na diet, diuretics (sodium
wasting - thiazides and loop)
after testing the patients sodium level is 150. this value is
indicative of Correct Answers hypernatremia
after testing, patients sodium level is 150. this is indicative of?
Correct Answers hypernatremia
after treatment, patients sodium level is now 138. this value is...
Correct Answers within normal limits
,assessment for hypophosphatemia Correct Answers symptoms
related to lack of energy and damage to cell membranes
average for HCO3- Correct Answers 22 to 26 mEq/L
average for PaCO2 Correct Answers 35 to 45 mmHg
average for PaO2 Correct Answers 80-100 mmHg
average O2 saturation Correct Answers 94%
blood gas analysis is commonly used to evaluate what? Correct
Answers the partial pressures of gas in blood and acid base
content
calcium and phosphorus have this type of relationship Correct
Answers inverse
calcium is controlled by Correct Answers parathyroid hormone
causes of hypercalcemia Correct Answers hyperparathyroidism
(too much PTC)
malignancy - multiple myeloma
vitamin D toxicity
excessive nutritional intake
causes of hyperchloremia Correct Answers dehydration,
metabolic acidosis (low bicarb, high Cl), acute renal failure,
cushings disease
, causes of hyperkalemia Correct Answers renal failure (unable
to secrete K), acidosis, diabetes, dehydration, burns/tissue injury
(necrosis), infection, endocrine disorders (addison disease)
causes of hypermagnesemia Correct Answers excess intake of
mag
overcorrection with supplementation
renal failure
causes of hyperphosphatemia Correct Answers renal failure,
tumor lysis syndrome (toxin byproducts, breakdown of cell
membrane), excessive intake or overcorrection,
hypoparathyroidism, hypocalcemia
causes of hypocalcemia Correct Answers renal failure,
malnutrition/malabsorption (alcoholism, liver disease,
deficiency in vitamin D, Mg, or albumin), hypoparathyroidism,
hyperparathyroidism
causes of hypochloremia Correct Answers volume overload
(CHF, water intoxication), metabolic alkalosis (bicarb up Cl
down), actual salt losses (burns, swearing, GI losses, cystic
fibrosis, addisons disease)
causes of hypokalemia Correct Answers cushing syndrome,
excess insulin, alkalosis, vomiting/diarrhea, diuretics (potassium
wasting)
causes of hypomagnesemia Correct Answers ETOH abuse,
renal failure, malnutrtion/malabsorption, hypoparathyroidism,
diarrhea
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