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Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance

Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance. Body Water Content. Infants have low body fat, low bone mass, and are 73% or more water Total water content declines throughout life Healthy males are about 60% water; healthy females are around 50%.

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Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance

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  1. Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

  2. Body Water Content • Infants have low body fat, low bone mass, and are 73% or more water • Total water content declines throughout life • Healthy males are about 60% water; healthy females are around 50%

  3. Body Water Content • This difference reflects females’: • Higher body fat • Smaller amount of skeletal muscle • In old age, only about 45% of body weight is water

  4. Fluid Compartments • Water occupies two main fluid compartments • Intracellular fluid (ICF) – about two thirds by volume, contained in cells • Extracellular fluid (ECF) – consists of two major subdivisions • Plasma – the fluid portion of the blood • Interstitial fluid (IF) – fluid in spaces between cells • Other ECF – lymph, cerebrospinal fluid, eye humors, synovial fluid, serous fluid, and gastrointestinal secretions

  5. Fluid Compartments

  6. Composition of Body Fluids • Water is the universal solvent • Solutes are broadly classified into: • Electrolytes – inorganic salts, all acids and bases, and some proteins • Nonelectrolytes – examples include glucose, lipids, creatinine, and urea • Electrolytes have greater osmotic power than nonelectrolytes • Water moves according to osmotic gradients

  7. Electrolyte Concentration • Expressed in milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L), a measure of the number of electrical charges in one liter of solution • mEq/L = (concentration of ion in [mg/L]/the atomic weight of ion)  number of electrical charges on one ion

  8. Extracellular and Intracellular Fluids • Each fluid compartment of the body has a distinctive pattern of electrolytes • Extracellular fluids are similar (except for the high protein content of plasma) • Sodium is the chief cation • Chloride is the major anion • Intracellular fluids have low sodium and chloride • Potassium is the chief cation • Phosphate is the chief anion

  9. Extracellular and Intracellular Fluids • Sodium and potassium concentrations in extra- and intracellular fluids are nearly opposites • This reflects the activity of cellular ATP-dependent sodium-potassium pumps • Electrolytes determine the chemical and physical reactions of fluids

  10. Extracellular and Intracellular Fluids • Proteins, phospholipids, cholesterol, and neutral fats account for: • 90% of the mass of solutes in plasma • 60% of the mass of solutes in interstitial fluid • 97% of the mass of solutes in the intracellular compartment

  11. Electrolyte Composition of Body Fluids

  12. Fluid Movement Among Compartments • Compartmental exchange is regulated by osmotic and hydrostatic pressures • Net leakage of fluid from the blood is picked up by lymphatic vessels and returned to the bloodstream • Exchanges between interstitial and intracellular fluids are complex due to the selective permeability of the cellular membranes • Two-way water flow is substantial

  13. Extracellular and Intracellular Fluids • Ion fluxes are restricted and move selectively by active transport • Nutrients, respiratory gases, and wastes move unidirectionally • Plasma is the only fluid that circulates throughout the body and links external and internal environments • Osmolalities of all body fluids are equal; changes in solute concentrations are quickly followed by osmotic changes

  14. Continuous Mixing of Body Fluids

  15. Water Balance and ECF Osmolality • To remain properly hydrated, water intake must equal water output • Water intake sources • Ingested fluid (60%) and solid food (30%) • Metabolic water or water of oxidation (10%)

  16. Water Balance and ECF Osmolality • Water output • Urine (60%) and feces (4%) • Insensible losses (28%), sweat (8%) • Increases in plasma osmolality trigger thirst and release of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

  17. Water Intake and Output

  18. Regulation of Water Intake • The hypothalamic thirst center is stimulated: • By a decline in plasma volume of 10%–15% • By increases in plasma osmolality of 1–2% • Via baroreceptor input, angiotensin II, and other stimuli

  19. Regulation of Water Intake • Thirst is quenched as soon as we begin to drink water • Feedback signals that inhibit the thirst centers include: • Moistening of the mucosa of the mouth and throat • Activation of stomach and intestinal stretch receptors

  20. Regulation of Water Intake: Thirst Mechanism Figure 26.5

  21. Regulation of Water Output • Obligatory water losses include: • Insensible water losses from lungs and skin • Water that accompanies undigested food residues in feces • Sensible water loss of 500ml in urine • Kidneys excrete 900-1200 mOsm of solutes to maintain blood homeostasis • Urine solutes must be flushed out of the body in water

  22. Influence and Regulation of ADH • Water reabsorption in collecting ducts is proportional to ADH release • Low ADH levels produce dilute urine and reduced volume of body fluids • High ADH levels produce concentrated urine • Hypothalamic osmoreceptors trigger or inhibit ADH release • Factors that specifically trigger ADH release include prolonged fever; excessive sweating, vomiting, or diarrhea; severe blood loss; and traumatic burns

  23. Mechanisms and Consequences of ADH Release Figure 26.6

  24. Disorders of Water Balance: Dehydration • Water loss exceeds water intake and the body is in negative fluid balance • Causes include: hemorrhage, severe burns, prolonged vomiting or diarrhea, profuse sweating, water deprivation, and diuretic abuse • Signs and symptoms: cottonmouth, thirst, dry flushed skin, and oliguria • Prolonged dehydration may lead to weight loss, fever, and mental confusion • Other consequences include hypovolemic shock and loss of electrolytes

  25. Disorders of Water Balance: Dehydration Figure 26.7a

  26. Disorders of Water Balance: Hypotonic Hydration • Renal insufficiency or an extraordinary amount of water ingested quickly can lead to cellular overhydration, or water intoxication • ECF is diluted – sodium content is normal but excess water is present • The resulting hyponatremia promotes net osmosis into tissue cells, causing swelling • This leads to nausea, vomiting, muscular cramping, cerebral edema, disorientation, convulsions, coma and death

  27. Disorders of Water Balance: Hypotonic Hydration Figure 26.7b

  28. Disorders of Water Balance: Edema • Atypical accumulation of fluid in the interstitial space, leading to tissue swelling • Caused by anything that increases flow of fluids out of the bloodstream or hinders their return • Factors that accelerate fluid loss include: • Increased capillary hydrostatic pressure • Increased blood pressure, capillary permeability, incompetent venous valves, localized blood vessel blockage, congestive heart failure, hypertension, high blood volume

  29. Disorders of Water Balance: Edema • Increased capillary permeability • Due to inflammation • Decreased blood colloid osmotic pressure • Hypoproteinemia • Forces fluids out of capillary beds at the arterial ends • Fluids fail to return at the venous ends • Results from protein malnutrition, liver disease, or glomerulonephritis

  30. Edema • Increased interstitial colloid osmotic pressure • Blocked (or surgically removed) lymph vessels cause leaked proteins to accumulate in interstitial fluid • Interstitial fluid accumulation results in low blood pressure and severely impaired circulation

  31. Electrolyte Balance • Electrolytes are salts, acids, and bases, but electrolyte balance usually refers only to salt balance • Salts are important for: • Neuromuscular excitability • Secretory activity • Membrane permeability • Controlling fluid movements • Salts enter the body by ingestion and are lost via perspiration, feces, and urine

  32. Sodium in Fluid and Electrolyte Balance • Sodium holds a central position in fluid and electrolyte balance • Sodium salts: • Account for 90-95% of all solutes in the ECF • Contribute 280 mOsm of the total 300 mOsm ECF solute concentration • Sodium is the single most abundant cation in the ECF • Sodium is the only cation exerting significant osmotic pressure

  33. Sodium in Fluid and Electrolyte Balance • The role of sodium in controlling ECF volume and water distribution in the body is a result of: • Sodium being the only cation to exert significant osmotic pressure • Sodium ions leaking into cells and being pumped out against their electrochemical gradient • Sodium concentration in the ECF normally remains stable

  34. Sodium in Fluid and Electrolyte Balance • Changes in plasma sodium levels affect: • Plasma volume, blood pressure • ICF and interstitial fluid volumes • Renal acid-base control mechanisms are coupled to sodium ion transport

  35. Regulation of Sodium Balance: Aldosterone • Sodium reabsorption • 65% of sodium in filtrate is reabsorbed in the proximal tubules • 25% is reclaimed in the DCT • When aldosterone levels are high, all remaining Na+ is actively reabsorbed • Water follows sodium if tubule permeability has been increased with ADH

  36. Regulation of Sodium Balance: Aldosterone • The renin-angiotensin mechanism triggers the release of aldosterone • This is mediated by the juxtaglomerular apparatus, which releases renin in response to: • Sympathetic nervous system stimulation • Decreased filtrate osmolality • Decreased stretch (due to decreased blood pressure) • Renin catalyzes the production of angiotensin II, which prompts aldosterone release

  37. Regulation of Sodium Balance: Aldosterone • Low aldosterone cause Na excretion and water will follow it • High aldosterone levels will cause Na absorption. For the water to be absorbed ADH must also be present • Adrenal cortical cells are also directly stimulated to release aldosterone by elevated K+ levels in the ECF • Aldosterone brings about its effects (diminished urine output and increased blood volume) slowly

  38. Regulation of Sodium Balance: Aldosterone

  39. Cardiovascular System Baroreceptors • Baroreceptors alert the brain of increases in blood volume (hence increased blood pressure) • Sympathetic nervous system impulses to the kidneys decline • Afferent arterioles dilate • Glomerular filtration rate rises • Sodium and water output increase

  40. Cardiovascular System Baroreceptors • This phenomenon, called pressure diuresis, decreases blood pressure • Drops in systemic blood pressure lead to opposite actions and systemic blood pressure increases • Since sodium ion concentration determines fluid volume, baroreceptors can be viewed as “sodium receptors”

  41. Maintenance of Blood Pressure Homeostasis

  42. Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) • Is released in the heart atria as a response to stretch (elevated blood pressure) • Has potent diuretic and natriuretic effects • Promotes excretion of sodium and water • Suppressing ADH, renin, aldosterone release • Relaxes vascular smooth muscle • Reduces blood pressure and volume

  43. Mechanisms and Consequences of ANP Release

  44. Influence of Other Hormones on Sodium Balance • Estrogens: • Are chemically similar to aldosterone • Enhance NaCl reabsorption by renal tubules • May cause water retention during menstrual cycles • Are responsible for edema during pregnancy

  45. Influence of Other Hormones on Sodium Balance • Progesterone: • Decreases sodium reabsorption • Acts as a diuretic, promoting sodium and water loss • Glucocorticoids • Have aldosterone-like effects • Increase tubular reabsorption of sodium and promote edema

  46. Regulation of Potassium Balance • Relative ICF-ECF potassium ion concentration affects a cell’s resting membrane potential • Hyperkalemia decreases the resting membrane potential • Because more K+ moves into the ICF • Hypokalemia causes hyperpolarization and nonresponsiveness • Because more K+ moves into the ECF

  47. Potassium balance • Potassium ion excretion increases as • K concentration in the ECF rises • Aldosterone is secreted • Hyperkalemia directly stimulates aldosterone secretion • pH rises

  48. Potassium balance • Potassium retention occurs when pH falls • Because hydrogen ions instead of K are secreted in exchange for sodium. • Hypokalemia causes muscle weakness, and even paralysis • Hyperkalemia and hypokalemia can: • Disrupt electrical conduction in the heart • Lead to sudden death

  49. Regulation of Potassium Balance • K is also part of the body’s buffer system • Shift of the hydrogen ions in and out of cells leads to corresponding shifts in potassium in the opposite direction • Interferes with activity of excitable cells

  50. Tubular Secretion and Solute Reabsorption at the DCT

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