Flashcards in DIARRHEA Deck (4)
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invasive diarrhea
- blood
- WBC
- fever
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osmotic diarrhea
- mannitol
- sugar
- high tonicity
- osmotic draw pulling fluid out of the body into the GIT
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DIARRHEA
- METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
- because the colon excretes HCO3
- low potassium hypokalemia because the colon also excretes POTASSIUM
- NORMAL ANION GAP due to high chloride level
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