Technology 1 Flashcards
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Hypernatremia
Na > 142, (severe = Na > 160)
Causes: fluid restriction, excess free water loss
Abnormalities cause: AMS, focal neuro deficits, seizures
Tx: Give free water (slowly)
Hyponatremia
Na < 129
Abnormalities cause: AMS, focal neuro deficits, seizures
Causes:
–Pseudohyponatremia (elevated BG, TG, TSH)
–Hypervolemic : diurese
–Euvolemic: fluid restrict
–Hypovolemic : fluids w/ lytes
Hypervolemic hyponatremia
Ex: HF, Cirrhosis, Nephrotic Syndrome
Increased total body water but decreased intravascular volume
Brain releases ADH to retain fluid, diluting Na
Assessment: JVD, LE edema
Tx: Diurese
Euvolemic hyponatremia
Ex: SIADH (lung cancer, PNA)
ADH secretion outside of posterior pituitary (often by the lung), not responding to negative feedback increased fluid retention and dilutional hypoNa
Tx: Fluid restriction
Hypovolemic hyponatremia
Ex: Endurance athletes
Sweating increased ADH stimulates thirst free water intake w/o repleting electrolytes dilutional hyponatremia
Assessment: Mucus membranes
Tx: Give fluids w/ lytes
Hyperkelamia
> 5.5
Causes:
AKI,
Hyperaldosteronism (Spironolactone, ACE-Is, prolonged SQ heparin)
Hypoinsulinemia (DKA)
Acidosis
Cellular injury (bones, crush, TLS, rhabdo)
Symptoms: muscle weakness, peaked T waves, arrhythmias
Acute: Insulin +D50, CaGlu, Kayexalate
Subacute: Indication for dialysis
Hypokalemia
<3.5
Symptoms: muscle cramps, ECG changes
Causes:
GI loss (diarrhea)
GU loss (diuretics, hyperaldosteronism)
Hypomagnesemia (EtOH, tacrolimus)
Repletion: (4.0–actual K) x 100
replete primarily PO (up to 60 mEq, rest slowly IV)
Anion Gap Acidosis
16 +/-4
Addition of an unmeasured acid in blood causes acidosis
o Methanol
o Uremia/AKI (uric acid)
o DKA (ketones)
o Polyethylene glycol
o Isoniazid
o Lactate
o Ethylene glycol
o Salicylates
Non-AG Acidosis
Loss of HCO3
Diarrhea
Dehydration/fluid resuscitation w/ NSS
Hyperchloremia
Renal tubular acidosis
Creatinine
0.8-1.2
Muscle breakdown product, released into plasma at fairly steady rate –> marker of renal function, used to calculate GFR
Trends more important than individual numbers, view in context of broader clinical picture (ex: UO, s/sx fluid overload)
High–AKI
Low–poor nutritional status
BUN
6-20
Biproduct of protein degradation, marker of renal function
High: prerenal AKI (esp if elevated out of proportion to cr), GIb, TPN
Low: Poor nutritional status
Hypomagnesemia
<1.7
Can lead to hypocalcemia, hypokalemia, arrhythmias
Causes: K wasting diuretics, chronic etoh use
Tx 1 G IV to raise serum level by 0.1
Usually IV because PO causes severe GI ADEs (diarrhea)
Hypercalcemia
> 10.7
Slows smooth muscle cells, nerve cells
Stones (renal), bones (reabsorption), moans (joint pain), groans (constipation) and psychiatric overtones
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Adenoma in PT gland overproduces PTH
Slight increase in Ca (<11), Phos within normal range
Tx: remove PTH gland. Major head/neck surgery. Complications of not treating = bone loss
Secondary hyperparathyroidism
In the setting of CKD, elevated Phos signals PT to release PTH
Normal Ca, elevated Phos, elevated PTH
Risk = damage to bone health
Tx: low phosphate diet, phosphate binders with meals
Hyperparathyroidism of malignancy
Especially common in lung cancer
Ca extremely high (13-14), Phos low, PTH low
Tx: fluids
Hypocalcemia
Pretty rare
S/sx: easy excitement of electrical cells (Chvostek, Trousseau), prolonged QT, R on T phenomenon, seizures
Causes: pseudo/lab error (in setting of low albumin), sepsis, TLS, eating disorders, post blood transfusion
Leukocytosis
> 11,000
Infection/Inflammation: Will see increase in % neutrophils (shift to the Left)
Demargination: movement of WBC from peripheral tissue into circulation by exogenous steroids (Mechanism by which steroids can cause elevated WBC and immunosuppression)//Will also see shift to the Left
Malignancy
Leukopenia
Sepsis/infection
Malignancy
Marrow suppressive drugs: chemo, immunosuppressants, Abx (cephalosporins, PCN)
Platelet lifecycle
Thrombopoietin produced by liver and stimulates production of plt by megakaryocytes in bone marrow
Up to 1/3 platelets sequestered in spleen, the rest circulate in blood and form plugs at the sites of vessel injury then are cleared
Actively bleeding = clearing platelets
Thrombocytosis
Acute phase reaction
Anemia (esp. Fe deficiency anemia)
Essential thrombocytosis in malignancy
Post splenectomy (leave it alone)
Anterior Septal wall
Left Anterior Descending
V1-V4
Inferior wall
Right Coronary Artery
II, III, aVF
Lateral wall
Left Circumflex Artery
I, aVL, V5, V6