What causes hyperthermia, nausea and vomiting in fluid volume deficit patient?

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RLtinker, LPN

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It depends on if the fluid loss is hypertonic, isotonic, or hypotonic.Some books make a distinction between FVD and dehydration and some do not. With dehydration you do have hypernatrimia, with FVD fluids and electrolytes can be lost in the same proportions, but you may have an electrolyte imbalance depending on the cause. But either way, you treat the cause and replace with the fluids dependent on the type of fluid loss. Could the hypernatremia cause increased in body temperature? Yes, but I think it has more to do with the cause of the hypovolemia, then being caused by it.

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN

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Frequently it is related to hypernatremia

"related to" doesn't always mean "caused by," at least not in regular English.

OP, Here is a question to help you think part of this through:

What does your body to do help you regulate body temperature if you're too hot, from any cause? (infection, sunburn, overwork, etc.)

If you have a fluid deficit, how does that affect your ability to do that?

swansonplace

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Thank you for your help. It really helps to understand what is happening.

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN

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Thank you for your help. It really helps to understand what is happening.

Oh, yes, indeed it does. :)

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swansonplace

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Oh, yes, indeed it does. :)

Also, my best advice to students is to get the Anatomy Coloring Book and the Physiology Coloring book, available online from your favorite bookseller, free 2-day shipping from Amazon for students. This is not a joke and not a comic book, but a real, good resource that my students said saved their behinds in this class.

Get the hard copy, not the online download or the iPad version, because part of the reason it's so good is because it engages different parts of your brain when you use your colored pencils to help you retain the material.

There are no shortcuts for A&P because they’re a big part of being a nurse. This is definitely NOT a course you will pass and put out of your head, because after you take it and get into the nursing coursework it will be an integral part of the critical thinking process; your faculty will expect that you remember it. These books will be excellent reference for you when you start seeing real patients. This is unlike any other education you have ever had, trust me. Get the books.

The Physiology Coloring Book (2nd Edition) by Wynn Kapit, Robert I. Macey and Esmail Meisami(Oct 3, 1999)

The Anatomy Coloring Book by Wynn Kapit and Lawrence M. Elson (Jul 5, 2001)

Thank you again.

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