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what is the minimum daily water intake to maintain fluid balance

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1100ml

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Around 500ml water required for normal excretion of waste products in urine, with remaining losses coming from where?

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insensible losses via skin in sweat, lungs in expired air and in faeces

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The kidneys regulate water balance, with water being filtered, then resorbed in variable amounts depending primarily on

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ADH

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what is the normal reference range for sodium?

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135-145 mmol/l

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is inadequate oral intake of Na a cause for hyponatremia?

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rarely

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hypOnatraemia can present asymptomatically but name some possible symptoms

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vomiting
drowsiness
headaches
seizures

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what does hyponatremia go alongside?

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volume depletion due to water loss/dehydration

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what are 4 drug causes of low sodium?

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antidepressants
diuretics
nsaids
carbamazepine

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what is the most common reason for hypernatremia

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impaired excretion

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what symptoms do patients with high sodium present with that are shared with diabetes inspidus

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polyuria
polydipsia
dehydration

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drug causes are less common for hypernatremia but list some that may increase sodium levels

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lithium
demeclocycline phenytoin

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reference range for K?

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3.4-5.0 mmol/k

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list some non drug causes for hypokalemia

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transcellular movement into cells
losses from GIT
losses from kidney

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px with moderate hypokalemia are often asymptomatic but how might severe cases present

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muscle weakness
depression
confusion
ecg changes

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what ecg changes may be seen in hypokalemia

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st or t wave depression

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list some drug causes for hypokalemia

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diuretics
insulin
corticosteroids
laxatives
salbutamol

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hyperkalemia can be asymptomatic but fatal due effects on the heart, in what ways can it affect the heart

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lowers membrane resting potential thus lowering action potential -> ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest

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non-drug causes of hyperkalaemia

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K goes from cells to ECF, CKD as cannot excrete K,

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drugs causing hyperkalaemia

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ACE/ARB i
spironolactone
K sparing diuretics

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Urea reference range

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3.1-7.9 mmol/l

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urea levels vary with diet, rate of protein metab and what else?

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GFR

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low urea levels are uncommon and not cause for concern.
they are normal for what group?

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normal pregnancy

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why is urea monitoring esp required for highly protein bound drugs such with ntr such as digoxin or phenytoin?

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toxcity can occur

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when might urea monitoring be important?

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when monitoring NTR drugs for toxicity

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what are high urea levels >10 caused by
renal disease or decreased renal blood flow following shock or dehydration
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normal creatinine range
75-155mol/l
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what does creatinine show?
how the kidney is excreting as it is excreted unchanged and not reabsorbed by tubules
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why is creatinine clearance a good indicator of gfr and therefore kidney function
creatinine undergoes complete glomerular filtration with little reabs from renal tubules
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what does a doubled creatinine show?
GFR halved
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a decline in eGFR represents decline in what?
renal function
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an egfr above x means good clearance and therefore kidney function
90
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what is the reference range for men for Hb?
115-165g/L
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what is the reference range for women for Hb
112-160g/L
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what is the primary role of hb
transport oxygen good marker for anaemia
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give one reason why women may have lower hb compared to men
menstrual losses
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why might Hb be higher?
cancer or dehydration
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what is the normal range for platelets?
150-450x10^9 /L
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why are platelets good to measure
damage to vasculature is fixed by the aggregation of platelets to form plus and they act in initiation of coag process
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rbc are produced in bone marrow under the control of
erythropoetin
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what is erythropoetin released in response to
decrease in oxygen delivery
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what does a high rbc mean
increased production in bone marrow due to hypoxia in eg chronic airway disease
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what are reticulocytes?
immature RBCs
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lifespan of normal rbcs
120 days
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when will anaemia occur?
decreased production or increased removal of rbc
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why might increased loss of RBCs occur?
haemolysis/ severe bleeding/haemorrhage
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what do the reticulocytes do in response to low RBCs?
increases production
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what is the mean cell volume
average volume of single RBC
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3 ways that rbc can be characterised based on their size (anaemias)
microcytic normocytic macrocytic
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what is macrocytic anaemia?
folate/b12 deficiency
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what is microcytic anaemia
iron deficiency
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what is the term given to an elevated number of white cells
leucocytosis
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why can white blood cell counts be raised
infection, inflammation, leukaemia
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A decreased WCC is called what?
leucopenia
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give some different causes for leucopenia
chemo bone marrow disorders b12 or folate deficiency liver disease IS disease
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life span and basic function of neutrophils
7 hrs and immune defences
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life span and basic functions of eosinophils
8-12 days and parasitic defence
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life span and basic function of basophil
few hrs to days and inflammatory response
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life span and basic function of monocytes
3 days and immune surveillance
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life span and basic function of b cells
years as memory cells and antibody production
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life span and basic function of t cells
years as memory cells and cellular immune response
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true or false, there isnt a single test that will give a good estimate of liver function
true
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the range for albumin is 34-50g/l and gives an indication of the synthesis of
hepatic proteins
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albumin plays a role in maintaining X pressure of blood...
oncotic
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what do chronically low albumin levels lead to?
in severe hepatic dysfunction can contribute to ascites
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the range for bilirubin should be below 19mmol/l and is formed from the natural breakdown of what?
RBCs at end of their lifespan
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what does increased bilirubin show
liver dysfunction
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what can the prescence of increased bilirubin be seen as clinically
jaundice
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ALT and AST are liver transaminases, what might raised levels indicate?
hepatocellular injury death
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what is ALP?
enzyme that transports metabolites across cell walls
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where is ALP found?
liver, bile, kidney, intestinal wall
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why can ALP be raised
cholestasis (reduced bile flow)
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if alp is raised it is important to monitor the levels of gamma gt, what can a raised gamma gt be caused by
biliary epithelial damage bile flow obstruction alcohol drugs
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name one drug that might raise gamma gt levels
phenytoin
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what is the primary site of synthesis for clotting factors
liver
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a rise in which parameter would indicate that liver function is impaired and unable to make enough clotting factors
INR
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what is the normal range for inr
0.8-1
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lifespan of platelets
5-10 days
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platelets made in bone marrow and released into blood where they play role in what?
coagulation, helping to stop bleeding when blood vessels are injured. clump togetehr and aggregate = blood clot
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where there is infection there will be inflammation but the same isnt true vice versa such as in the case of RA. What is the name of the test that can check for inflammation
CRP
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what is CRP made by
liver
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when can CRP be raised
after MI, inflammation, infection, after surgery, in sepsis
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3 drugs that cause high potassium
ACEi, ARB, potassium sparing diuretics, heparin
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3 drugs that cause low sodium
SSRI, diuretic, carbamazepine, NSAIDS
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