Fluid Therapy and Transfusion Medicine Flashcards
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Developing and implementing an appropriate fluid therapy plan includes what 6 things?
- Understand body fluid compartments
- Understand characteristics of different fluid types
- Consider rates of admin
- Consider route of admin
- Monitor effectiveness of achieving fluid therapy goals
- Recognize possible complications
Give some indications for fluid therapy
- Maintaining hydration
- Replacing fluid deficit (dehydration)
- Replacing ongoing losses
- Treating decreased oncotic pressure
- Treating hypovolemia
- Treating shock states
- Improving/increasing urine production
- Correcting acid-base balance or electrolyte disorders
- Maintaining IV access + delivering other medications
TBW
total body water
TBW is spread across ____ and ____ spaces. These spaces are separated by _____.
Intracellular fluid spaces
Extracellular fluid spaces
Cell membranes
ICF makes up __/__ of TBW
Intracellular fluid makes up 2/3 of total body water
ECF makes up __/__ of TBW
Extracellular fluid makes up 1/3 of total body water
ECF is spread across ____ and ____ spaces. These spaces are separated by _____.
Interstitial fluid spaces
Intravascular fluid spaces
Vascular endothelium + glycocalyx
ICF
intracellular fluid
ECF
extracellular fluid
ISF
interstitial fluid
IVF
intravascular fluid
ISF makes up __/__ of ECF
Interstitial fluid makes up 3/4 of extracellular fluid
IVF makes up __/__ of ECF
Intravascular fluid makes up 1/4 of extracellular fluid
Circulating blood volume:
Canines = ____ mL/kg
80-90 mL/kg
Circulating blood volume:
Felines = ____ mL/kg
40-60 mL/kg
Circulating blood volume:
Equines = ____ mL/kg
80 mL/kg
____ can move across all barriers based on concentration gradient
Water
_____ can move across the vascular endothelium freely but cannot move across the cell membrane without active transport
Electrolytes
When administering an electrolyte solution, __/__ will remain in the vascular space and __/__ will move into the interstitial space.
1/4 remains in vascular space
3/4 moves into interstitial space
_____ cannot readily move across the vascular endothelium and are relatively confined to the vascular space
Colloids
Administering colloids increases the _______ which causes fluid to move from the _____ space to the _____ space.
increases oncotic pressure of blood
moves fluid from ISF space to IVF space
a type of osmotic pressure that causes fluid to pull back into the capillary
Oncotic Pressure
electrolytes dissolved in water
Crystalloids
Can be used as transient fluid volume expanders
Crystalloid solutions