Crystalloids - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Acute & Critical Care Medicine (NAPLEX) Exam Questions & Answers, rated A+ IV fluids are characterized as... - -crystalloids or colloids What are crystalloids? - -Solutions containing fluids and electrolytes that are normally found in the body Crystalloids - the volume doesn't remain in the intravascular space (inside the blood vessels), but moves.... - -into the extravascular space or interstitial space Colloids are ____ _____ (typically proteins or starch) and primarily remain in ...

1. A pt presents who had experienced chest pain but is now pain free. EKG's have been repeated twice, and troponin levels repeated at 4 hour intervals are within normal limits. The pt has no significant risk factor for heart disease. The nurse anticipates: A. Admission to the ICU to rule out MI B. Admission to the cardiac cath lab for eval of coronary anatomy C. That the pt will be discharged home, with instructions for close follow up with their PCP because the risk of an adverse coronar...

Crystalloids - most commonly used - contains solutes that mix, dissolve and cross semi-permeable membranes - vary in tonicity Ex: glucose in water (D5W), sodium chloride (NS), lactate Ringer's (RL) solutions Colloids - Contain protein or startch - do not cross semi-permeable membranes ---- therefore remains suspended and distributed in the extracellular space (ECF) (mostly intravascular space) for us pto several days - increases osmotic pressure in intravascular space drawing fulids to increa...

PATHO 370 TEST 3 Questions With Answers Latest Updated 2024 (GRADED) Administration of which therapy is most appropriate for hypovolemic shock? Selected Answer: c. Crystalloids Correct Answer: c. Crystalloids Response Feedback: Crystalloids are solutions that contain electrolytes. Isotonic solutions, such as lactated Ringers, are commonly used crystalloid solutions. These solutions are preferred for volume resuscitation, because they remain in the extracellular space and are more effecti...

NUR 231 Final Exam Questions And Answers 100% Solved What are the normal's for the following labs 1) Urine Specific Gravity 2) Serum Osmolality 3) ABG (pH, HCO3, PaCO2, PaO2) 4) troponin I 5) electrolyte panel( Na+, K+, Ca+, Mg+) 6) BUN & Creatinine 7) CBC ( hgb, hct, RBC, WBC, platelets) 1) 1.000-1.030 2) 270-300 3) pH 7.35-7.45// HC03 22-26// PaCO2 35-45// Pa02 80-100 4) troponin I <0.03 ng/mL 5) Na+ 135-145//K+ 3.5-5// Ca+ 9-10.5//Mg+ 1.2-2 6) BUN 10-20//Creat 0.5-1.2 7) hg...

AHT 2020 Module A Review Exam Questions & Answers The person signing the anesthesia authorization form must be 18 years of age or older. - ANSWERSTrue In most cases when we perform anesthesia in practice, we re concerned with which two categories of pain management as they pertain to surgical pain. - ANSWERSPreemptive pain management and management of acute pain Calculate the 24 hours fluid requirement for a 3.5 kg cat, 8% dehydrated, losing 100 ml per day due to uncontrolled diarrhea...

ATI Adv. Med-surg FINAL EXAM 1. A nurse in a burn treatment center is caring for a client who is admitted with severe burns to both lower extremities and is pending an escharotomy. The client’s spouse asks the nurse what the procedure entails. Which of the following nursing statements is appropriate? a. “large incisions will be made in the eschar to improve circulation” b. “ I can call the doctor back here if you want me to” c. “a piece of skin will be removed and grafted ov...

Fluid regulation mechanisms - Answer--The thirst center. The thirst center in the hypothalamus stimulates or inhibits the desire for a person to drink. -Antidiuretic hormone. ADH regulates the amount of water the kidney tubules absorb and is released in response to low blood volume or in response to an increase in the concentration of sodium and other solutes in the intravascular fluids. -The RAAS. The RAA system controls fluid volume, in which when the blood volume decreases, blood flow t...

AGACNP - Acute Care Problems Question and answers already passed 2024Parkland Formula for burns - correct answer 4ml/kg x TBSA % burned = amount to be given during the first 24 hours What type of fluids do we give for burns - correct answer Crystalloids, NOT colloids When do we begin giving fluids to a burn patient? - correct answer As soon as the injury occurs, not when the patient gets to the hospital How do we administered the required fluids for a burn patient? - correct answer Half...

Which of the following statements about IV catheters is NOT correct? - Vesicants cannot be administered safely using an IV catheter. Which of the following would NOT be a vessel where you would insert an arterial catheter? - Cephalic The delivery rate of a microdrip administration set is which of the following. - 60 gtt/mL Which of the following would NOT be a contraindication for the use of an arterial catheter? - Pyoderma The fluid type most appropriate to replace moderate losses from d...