Fluid Management & Blood Therapy Flashcards
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Hypovolemia is
Common in patients scheduled for surgery due to NPO status, bowel preps, surgical trauma, evaporative losses and dry anesthetic gases
Hypovolemia is associated with significant increase in
Postoperative morbidity and mortality
PONV, organ dysfunction, prolonged hospital stays, and delirium
Goals of fluid therapy include
Avoid or correct a hypovolemia state
Restore intravascular volume
Maintain oxygen carrying capacity intravascularly
Maintain adequate tissue perfusion
Inadequate tissue perfusion leads to
Poor surgical outcomes
Total body water is
60% of lean body weight
Intercellular water is
40% of body weight (2/3rds of TBW)
Extracellular water is
20% of body weight (1/3rd TBW)
Plasma volume 4%
Interstitial volume 16%
Total body water varies with
Age, gender, and body habitus
The total body water in an average 70 kg adult male is
60% TBW
The total body water of an average 70 kg adult female is
55% TBW
The total body water of term infants is
75% TBW
The total body water for premature infants is
80-90% TBW
The total body water for elderly patients is
50-55% TBW
Osmosis is
the movement of water across a membrane from low solute to high solute
The solution with the higher concentration always has
a higher osmotic pressure than solution of lower concentration
Osmolality is
the number of osmotically active particles per kilogram of water
Osmolarity is
the number of osmotically active particles per liter of solution
Osmolality can be calculated by
(serum Na+ x 2) + blood glucose + blood urea (mmol/kg)
Tonicity is
the measure of particles which are capable of exerting an osmotic force
Isotonic means
two solutions with the same osmolarity
no osmotic pressure is generated across cell membranes
Hypotonic is a
solution with a lower osmolarity than plasma
Hypertonic is a
solution with a higher osmolarity than plasma
Plasma communicates continually with interstitial fluid via
capillary pores
What dictates fluid movement?
osmotic forces and hydrostatic pressures