Starting on:
Oct 2, 2024
Ending on:
Oct 2, 2024
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Venue:
KUTRRH
Max Credits:
3 Points
Provider:
Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital
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Oct 2, 2024
Ending on:
Oct 2, 2024
Moderator(s):
KUTRRH
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3 Points
Provider:
Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital
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Electrolyte imbalance
Starting on:
Oct 2, 2024
Oct 2, 2024
Ending on:
Oct 2, 2024
Oct 2, 2024
Venue:
KUTRRH
KUTRRH
Description
An electrolyte imbalance occurs when certain mineral levels in your blood get too high or too low. Symptoms of an electrolyte imbalance vary depending on the severity and electrolyte type, including weakness and muscle spasms. A blood test called an electrolyte panel checks levels.
Objectives
CAUSES OF HYPOVOLEMIC HYPONATREMIA (Sterns, 2023):
GI LOSSES THROUGH DIARRHEA AND VOMITING
THIRD SPACING OF FLUIDS SUCH AS IN PANCREATITIS, HYPOALBUMINEMIA AND SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
DIURETICS
OSMOTIC DIURESIS SUCH AS IN THE USE OF GLUCOSE AND MANNITOL
SALT WASTING NEPHROPATHIES
MINERALOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY