Fluid Management & Blood Therapy Flashcards
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hypovolemia
- common in patients scheduled for surgery
- NPO status, bowel prep, surgical trauma, evaporative losses, dry anesthetic gases
- significant increase in morbidity and mortality –> PONV, organ dysfunction, prolonged hospital stays, delirium
goals of fluid therapy
- avoid or correct hypovolemia
- restore intravascular volume
- maintain oxygen carrying capacity
- maintain adequate tissue perfusion (inadequate = poor surgical outcomes)
total body water
60% lean body weight; but varies with age, gender and body habitus
*NOTE adipose tissue does not carry as much water (has decreased water content)
ICV
intracellular volume
40% of body weight
2/3 total body water
ECV
extracellular volume 20% of body weight 1/3 total body water plasma = 4% interstitial volume = 16%
%TBW for 70kg adult male
60% TBW
%TBW for 70kg adult female
55% TBW
%TBW for term infants
75% TBW
%TBW for premature infants
80-90% TBW
%TBW for elderly
50-55% TBW
plasma electrolyte composition
- Na 142
- K 4
- Mg 2
- Ca 5
- Cl 103
- HCO3 25
intracellular fluid electrolyte composition
- Na 10
- K 150
- Mg 40
- Ca 1
- Cl 103
- HCO3 7
extracellular fluid electrolyte composition
- Na 140
- K 4.5
- Mg 2
- Ca 5
- Cl 117
- HCO3 28
osmosis
water moves across a semi-permeable membrane from solution of low to high solute concentration
osmolality
- number of osmotically active particles per kg of water
- calculated
- increased by blood urea, hyperglycemia, hypernatremia
osmolarity
- refers to the number of osmotically active particles per liter of solution
- just another way to express the concentration of a solution
tonicity
-measure of those particles which are capable of exerting an osmotic force
isotonic solution
- two solutions with the same osmolarity
- no osmotic pressure is generated across cell membranes
hypotonic solution
-solution with a lower osmolarity than plasma
hypertonic solution
-solution with a higher osmolarity than plasma
exchange between fluid compartments
- plasma communicates continually with interstitial fluid via capillary pores
- osmotic forces and hydrostatic pressures dictate fluid movement
what is the most important oncotically active constituent of ECV?
albumin
colloid oncotic pressure
- osmotic pressure exerted by the macromolecules (colloid molecules)
- prevents fluid from leaving the plasma and exerts a pull from the interstitial space
- plasma colloid oncotic pressure maintains plasma volume using –> proteins, albumin, gamma globulins
endothelial glycocalyx
- gel layer in capillary epithelium that creates a physiologically active barrier within the vascular space
- creates a barrier between vessel and blood
- binds to circulating plasma albumin, preserving oncotic pressure and decreasing capillary permeability to water
- contains inflammatory mediators, free radical scavenging, activation of anticoagulation factors