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HURST REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH PRECISE DETAILED ANSWERS

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HURST REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH PRECISE DETAILED || || || || || ||




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fluid volume excess also another word for ? - ✔✔- HYPERvolemia
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definition of fluid volume excess - ✔✔- too much fluid in the vascular space ( any vessel in
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our body ex: vein , artery)
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what are 2 causes of fluid volume excess? - ✔✔- heart failure
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- renal failure
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heart failure ( HF) means what? - ✔✔- the heart is weak
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- the cardiac output is DOWN
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- kidney perfusion is DOWN
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- urinary output is DOWN
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- the volume stays in the vascular space
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renal failure( RF) means what? - ✔✔- kidneys arent working
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what are three things that contain A LOT of sodium? - ✔✔- canned process foods
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- IVF with sodium
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- fleet enemas
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Aldosterone ( steroid, mineralocorticoid) is found where? - ✔✔- adrenal glands ( on top of
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the kidneys)
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what is the normal action of aldosterone ? - ✔✔When your blood volume gets low through
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for example vomiting or hemorrhage, the aldosterone secretion increases and makes your
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body retain sodium and water and therefore increases the blood volume
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aldosterone makes us retain what? - ✔✔SODIUM AND WATER || || || || || || || ||




when aldosterone secretion increases ----> retain sodium/water---> blood volume goes
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________ ----> retain in ______________________ - ✔✔- up
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- vascular space
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what two diseases have too much aldosterone? - ✔✔- cushings ( too much steroids)
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- hyperaldosterosteronism ( aka: CONNS)
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what disease has too little aldosterone? - ✔✔- Addisons disease ( not enough aldosterone
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means you lose NA & water directly from the vascular space)
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when taking a Anti-diuretic hormone ( ADH) do you retain or diurese? - ✔✔- retain
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when taking a anti-diuretic what do you retain ? - ✔✔- water
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when you have too much ADH what happens in the body ? - ✔✔- RETAIN water
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- fluid volume EXCESS
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- Syndrome of inappropriate ADH ( TOO MANY LETTERS TOO MUCH WATER )
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- urine is CONCENTRATED ( too much ADH and NA )
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- blood is DILUTED
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when you have not enough ADH what happens in the body ? - ✔✔- DIURESE water
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- fluid volume DEFICIT
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- DI ( diabetes insipidus) DIurese
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- urine is DILUTED
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- blood is CONCENTRATED
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when checking the urine specific gravity, sodium, and hematocrit on lets say a urine test
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strip if the urine is concentrated will it make the numbers go up or down? - ✔✔- UP
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when checking the urine specific gravity, sodium, and hematocrit on lets say a urine test
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strip if the urine is diluted will it make the numbers go up or down? - ✔✔- down
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where is ADH found ? - ✔✔- pituitary gland
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what should you think about first when you think your patient has a ADH problem? -
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✔✔head injuries ( craniotomy, increase ICP ) || || || || || ||




transsphenoidhypophysisectomy - ✔✔all the way through ( across) sinus pituitary removal || || || || || || || || || ||




what are some drugs that are anti diuretic hormones ( ADH) - ✔✔- vasoPRESSIN
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*ends in PRESSINS) || ||




what are some S?S of fluid volume excess? - ✔✔- distended neck veins/ peripheral veins (
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VESSELS ARE FULL) || || ||




- third spacing
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- lungs are CRACKLED
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- polyuria
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- pulse INCREASED ( palpate the artery)
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- Blood pressure INCREASES ( more volume = more pressure )
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- weight INCREASES
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what is the treatment for fluid volume excess? - ✔✔- low NA diet
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- restrict fluids
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- daily I& Os and weights
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what are some diuretics you can give to help FVE? - ✔✔- FurosemIDE ( lasix ) (
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DECREASES K+) || ||




- drugs that end in IDE !!!!!
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what is an example of a potassium spraing drug ? - ✔✔- spironolactone ( retain K+)
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when thinking of fluid retention you should think what first? - ✔✔- HEART PROBLEMS
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bed rest induces _________ by the release of ___________- and lowers the production of
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____________- - ✔✔- diurese || || ||




- ANP
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- ADH
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what is another word for fluid volume deficit? - ✔✔- HYPOvolemia
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when you have a big time deficit you should think what first ? - ✔✔- SHOCK
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what are the three causes of Fluid volume deficit? - ✔✔- loss of fluid from annywhere
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- third spacing
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