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Homeostasis - Answer A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state
regardless of external change
Hypernatremia - Answer Causes increase in BP and edema; >145mEq/L
Serum pH is within normal range but carbon dioxide or bicarb are abnormal - Answer
Compensation occurs when...
third spacing - Answer Fluid shifts resulting in fluid deficit in the vascular compartment
known as hypovolemia and fluid excess in interstitial space...
decreased reflexes, cardiac arrhythmias, lethargy, slurred speech, depressed
neuromuscular function - Answer Hypermagnesemia can cause...
Buffer pairs in plasma - Answer Which buffer system is first to respond to unbalanced
pH...
Alkalosis - Answer Increase in serum pH with a deficit of hydrogen ions result in... pH
>7.45
Alcoholism - Answer Hypomagnesium is associated with...
Potassium - Answer Which electrolyte assists in regulation of ICF volume, role in
metabolic process in cell, and important nerve conduction and contraction in ALL
muscles...
Hypotonic Dehydration - Answer Loss of fluids with GREATER loss of electrolytes..
Serum pH is out of normal range - Answer When evaluating arterial blood gasses we
understand decompensation is occurring if...
Etiology - Answer The causes of a disease
Hyponatremia - Answer Causes impaired nerve conduction and brain cells to swell, fluid
imbalances, decreased BP..
Acidosis - Answer Excess in hydrogen ions and a decrease in serum pH is... pH <7.35
gate-control theory - Answer Passage of pain impulses may be naturally blocked at the
synapse by entry of other sensory impulses is...
Bacterial infection - Answer Leukocytosis indicates...
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