Lab Value Interpretation Chemistries course TAB - RN.com
Presented by: 12400 High Bluff Drive San Diego, CA 92130 This course has been approved for two ( ) contact hours. This course expires on September 12, 2005. Copyright 2005 by All Rights Reserved. Reproduction and distribution of these materials are prohibited without the express written authorization of First Published: September 12, 2005 Lab Value Interpretation for Nurses: Chemistries and Renal Studies 1 Acknowledgements ________________________________________ ________________ 2 Purpose & Objectives ________________________________________ ______________ 3 Introduction ________________________________________ ______________________ 4 Chemistries_____________________________ __________________________________ 5 Sodium (NA) ________________________________________ ______________________ 5 Chloride (CL) ________________________________________ _____________________ 6 Potassium (K) _________
cause of abnormal water volume. Since sodium is reported per liter of plasma water, when a sodium value is abnormal, you must determine if it is the sodium that is altered or the body’s water content is altered (Traub, 1996). Causes of Hyponatremia (associated with low total body sodium) Causes of Hyponatremia (associated with normal total body
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