IV FLUIDS

DISTRIBUTION AND COMPOSITION OF BODY WATER (4)

Pressures affecting fluid movement between spaces.


1) Fluid movement across the cell wall (from intra to extracellular) is only affected by osmotic pressure.


2) This is unlike fluid movement between blood vessel and interstitial space which is also affected by other forces eg. hydrostatic pressure and oncotic pressure.

Mutliple Choice Question

A patient is given a litre of NaCl 0.9% through a cannula.


How will this fluid redistribute itself within the interstitial/plasma/intracellular compartments?

Mutliple Choice Question

A patient is given a litre of Dextrose 5% through a cannula.


How will this fluid redistribute itself within the interstitial/plasma/intracellular compartments?

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