Relacionar Columnas Electrolyte imbalances 2Versión en línea body fluid por Amy Meyer 1 How does sodium stay balanced? 2 sodium (cation+) 3 How are electrolytes maintained 4 Sodium Potassium pump action 5 what controls sodium? 6 causes of electrolyte shifts 7 what action occurs due to the sodium potassium pump 8 sodium imbalance assessments 9 what does sodium level show us? 10 what balances sodium LOC, mental status checks, falls, seizure risk diet, kidney excretion and reabsorption thirst, ADH, RAAS most abundant ECF electrolyte, maintains ECF volume/osmolality, muscle contractions and nerve impulse transmission active transport, osmosis, diffusion, sodium potassium pump, chloride relationship moves sodium from outside of cell into the blood, exchanging 3 sodium in the blood and taking 2 potassium into the cell an electrical impulse is created to contribute to HR, heart rhythm, GI impulses, muscle contractions excessive sweating, fluid loss leading to dehydration, vomiting, diuretics, acute kidney injury chloride ratio of total body sodium to total body water