Electrolytes and Body Fluids — Flashcards

_____, Deuterium and Antipyrine are used for measurement of Total body water (TBW)

_____ volume can be measured by using radiolabeled albumin or Evan's blue

Extracellular fluid is divided into _____ (75% of ECF) and plasma (25% of ECF)

The interstitial fluid pressure is _____ in most of the body except the encapsulated organs

_____ -osmolarity may cause K+ to shift out of cells, causing hyperkalemia

_____ -osmolarity may cause K+ to shift into cells, causing hypokalemia

Excessive NaCl intake is a cause of _____-osmotic volume expansion

Alkalosis may cause K+ to shift _____ cells, causing hypokalemia

Increased luminal anions (e.g. HCO3-) may cause an _____ in K+ secretion and thus hypo-kalemia

_____ is calculated by Vant Hoffs law.