Suggestion: A Case Study Of A Severe Turbine
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With the report of a severe cough, inability to eat or drink, and in bed for 2 days, her labs were obtained for sodium, potassium, chloride, and ABGS. This values are indicative of her health care status. The results show that her sodium was high, potassium was normal, and chloride was high. Her ABGs were low for pH, normal for Pco2, low for Po2, and low for HCO3. When considering that Ms. Blake has not had sufficient fluid intake, a severe cough, and diabetes her electrolyte and fluids are imbalanced. The fluid in her body has shifted from the intracellular space to the extracellular space makes this hypertonic with a high solute of sodium and chloride resulting in hypernatremia. According to Kopp et al. (2012), water deficit and sodium