Sentences with phrase «blood osmolality»

Occasionally, blood osmolality will go up in ordinary diabetes due to very high blood sugar levels or due to failing kidneys that allow blood urea levels to become too high or due to too much sodium in the blood (hypernatremia),

Your dog or cat's blood osmolality is determined by a simple mathematical formula that uses the concentration of dissolved sodium (Na +) glucose and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) found in your pet's blood sample.

Knowing your pet's blood osmolality (either by calculating it or observing its blood Na, K, Cl and BUN levels) is critical to deciding the proper ingredients for IV fluids your vet will give in emergency, life - threatening situations.

Excessive corticosteroid medications or too little sodium and potassium in the blood (hyponatremia, hypokalemia) as occasionally occurs on high doses of diuretics can both lower your pet's blood osmolality.

Your pet's blood osmolality value tells your veterinarian if the concentration of dissolved particles within it is elevated, normal or low.

(There is a minor difference between blood osmolality and blood osmolarity, but it is not worth pondering over.)

Not exact matches

A solution that has a lower osmolality than blood is referred to as being Hypotonic, which means that a low osmolality solution passes through the stomach faster as compared to a high osmolality solution.

One measured fluid, electrolyte, and renal indices of hydration over eleven days of caffeine consumption in human subjects, finding that doses of up to 6 mg caffeine per kilogram of body weight had no effect on body mass, urine osmolality (urine concentration), urine specific gravity (concentration of excreted materials in urine), urine color, urine volume, sodium excretion, potassium secretion, creatinine content, blood urea nitrogen (forms when protein breaks down), and serum levels of sodium and potassium.