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QUIZ:groups at risk for electrolyte imbalance
✓✓~ elderly, excessive exercise, diabetics, dehydrated people
QUIZ: hypernatremia
✓✓~ serum sodium >145 mEQ/L.
QUIZ: aldosterone
✓✓~ reuptake of sodium is regulated by what hormone?
QUIZ: sodium
✓✓~ electrolye needed for nerve impulse transmission and
acid/base balance
QUIZ: fever, diarrhea, heat stroke, osmotic diuretic
treatment
✓✓~ In hypernatremia, water loss in excess of Na loss causes
______________
QUIZ: hypertonic tube feedings, IV infusions
, ✓✓~ In hypernatremia, Na intake in excess of water intake
cause______
QUIZ: s/s of hypernatremia
✓✓~ thirst, dry flushed skin, dry mucous membranes. poor skin
turgor, confusion, restlessness agitation, decreased urine output
QUIZ: hypernatremia
✓✓~ treatment of ____is to replace water gradually, low salt diet,
rehydrate with IV isotonic fulids
QUIZ: inside the cells
✓✓~ most of the body's water is located
QUIZ: 135-145 mEQ/L
✓✓~ normal serum sodium concentration
QUIZ: 3.5-5.0 mEQ/L
✓✓~ normal serum potassium concentration
QUIZ: aldosterone
✓✓~ which hormone exerts the most control over how much
sodium is retained or excreted by the kidneys?