Explain why burn patients consistently show elevated levels of potassium in their urine?

Chapter 26 Fluid Discussion
A 30 year old firefighter
was brought to the ER after being overcome by the intense heat of a large home
fire. He was seriously dehydrated and ad experienced some 2nd degree
burns while saving an elderly resident at the home.

***Why does prolonged
sweating increase plasma sodium levels?
Explain why burn patients consistently show elevated levels of potassium in their urine?/

Chapter 26
Assignment: Fluid and Electrolytes

Explain
the importance of protein channels in the movement of solutes?
Identify
the causes and symptoms of edema?
Identify
the body’s main fluid compartments?
Define
plasma osmolality and identify two ways in which plasma osmolality is
maintained?
Identify the six ions
most important to the function of the body?

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