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How do animals obtain hydration?

A

Drinking, water in their food, metabolically generated water

1
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What is the purpose of fluid therapy ?

A

To save lifves, replenish bodily fluids, prevent fluid loss

2
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How do animals loose water?

A

Urination, defecation, sweating, respiration, vomiting, burns, water taken out of circulation

3
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How to check the need for fluids?

A

Skin elasticity, CRT, eyes, heart rate, jugular distention, weight

4
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What are physical signs of <5% dehydration?

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Undetectable by skin tent

5
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Signs of 5-6% dehydration?

A

In elastic skim, sluggish skin pinch

6
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Signs of 7-9% dehydration?

A

Skin tents for several seconds, eyes sunken, tacky mm

7
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Signs of 10-12% dehydration?

A

Delayed skin tenting, prolonged CRT, sunken eyes, dry MM

8
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Signs of 13-15% dehydration?

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Prolonged CRT, unresponsive, shock or death

9
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Techniques to determine use of fluids using lab procedures?

A

Elevated packed cell volume, elevated TPP, elevated urine specific gravity, elevated BUN

10
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What are maintenance requirements of fluids?

A

Fluid volume needed to stay well hydrated

11
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What is contemporary fluid loss?

A

Continuous loss of fluid due to illness

12
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What is fluid replacement requirement?

A

Volume needed to correct dehydration

13
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What is sensible loss?

A

Always occurring and measureable loss

14
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Examples of sensible fluid loss?

A

Water, urination

15
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What is insensible lose of fluid?

A

Loss is difficult to measure

16
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Examples of insensible fluids loss?

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Fever, respiration, defection, sweating

17
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What is the calculation for maintence volume?

A

Weightx60ml/kg/day

18
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Examples of ongoing fluid loss

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Hemorrhage, diarrhea, vomiting, polyuria

19
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What is the calculation for replacement?

A

Weight x dehydration (decimal) x 1000ml/kg

20
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How do you express drops per mL?

A

Ggt

21
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Signs that a patient is improving on fluids?

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Alertness, improved kidney function, improved CRT,increased elasticity of skin, eyes appear normal

22
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Signs of overhydration?

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Restlessness, tachycardia, increased lung sounds, nasal discharge,

23
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What is an embolism?

A

Clot of catheter

24
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What are examples of self inflicted catheter hArm?

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Chewing, moving around,

25
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What is phlebitis?

A

Inflammation of the vein

26
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What is edema?

A

Improper bandaging

27
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What is a occlusion of s catheter?

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Tubing kinks, clots of blood, positioning of animal

28
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Where is intercellular fluid found?

A

Inside of the cells

29
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What are the two types of extra cellular fluid?

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Instersitial and imtravascular

30
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Where is interstitial fluid found?

A

Surrounds the cells

31
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What is intravascular fluid?

A

Plasma of blood

32
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What are hypertonic crystalloid solutions used for?

A

Dehydration–capable of entering all fluid compartments

33
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What are the four groups of crystalloid solutions?

A

Replacement, maintenance, hypertonic,dextrose in water

34
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What are maintenance crystalloid solutions used for?

A

To refill electrolyte requirements

35
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What are hypertonic crystalloid solutions used for?

A

Increase intravascular volume

36
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What is dextrose in water used for?

A

Infusion of other medications

37
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What are colloidal solutions used for?

A

Increase osmotic pressure and prevent edema–great for shock

38
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What are oxyglobin solutions used for?

A

To treat shock and anemia

39
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What are blood product solutions used for?

A

To replace red blood cells, plasma proteins, platelets and coagulation factors

40
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What are intravenous nutrient solutions used for?

A

Nutrition that needs to be replenish due to illness

41
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What is the most common fluid additive?

A

Potassium chloride