{"id":3525,"date":"2019-11-28T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/education\/textbook\/fluid-therapy\/fluid-case-3\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T15:52:13","slug":"fluid-case-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/education\/textbook\/fluids-and-electrolytes\/fluid-therapy\/fluid-case-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Fluid case 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Use the principles described in Fluids basics<\/a> to approach this problem logically. Go back to those pages to look things up when necessary.<\/p>\n

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An 85 year old man receives IV fluids for 3 days following a stroke; he is not allowed to eat. He has ankle oedema and a JVP of +5 cms; his charts reveal a total input of 9 litres and a urine output of 6 litres over these 3 days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Questions:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. How much fluid has he accumulated during the last 3 days?<\/span><\/p>\n

2. What would you do with his IV fluids?<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Do you have any comments about the probable state of his fluid balance 3 days ago?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

10 marks available.<\/strong> Read the hint if you like … maybe you don’t need it this time.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hints:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/span>Just one hint this time. (click to expand\/collapse)<\/div>
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1. Add up the fluid balance over the last 3 days<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n