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CHLORIDE REGULATION
ELECTROLYTES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CHLORIDE | level 98 to 106 mg/dL |
| HYPERCHLOREMIA | SERUM CHLORIDE LEVEL ABOVE 106 mg/dL |
| What are the causes of hyperchloremia? | EXCESSIVE INGESTION OF CHLORIDE, EXCESSIVE KIDNEY REABSORPTION OF CHLORIDE. |
| What are the clinical presentation of hyperchloremia? | SAME AS HYPERNATREMIA. |
| What is the treatment for hyperchloremia? | TREATMENT OF METABOLIC ACIDOSIS. |
| HYPOCHLOREMIA | SERUM LEVEL < 98 mg/dL |
| What are the causes of Hypochloremia? | EXCESSIVE VOMITING, GASTRIC SUCTIONING |
| Clinical presentation of hypochloremia are. | CHANGES IN THE SENSORIUM, NEUROMUSCULAR IRRITABILITY, SLOW SHALLOW RESPIRATION. |
| TREATMENT FOR HYPOCHLOREMIA. | REPLACE LOST CHLORIDE IONS, TREAT THE METABOLIC ALKALOSIS. |
| ANION GAP | NORMAL IS LESS THAN 15 meq. |
| ANION GAP ABOVE 15 meq. | LACTIC, KETO , CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE ACIDOSIS |