1. Elemento flotante
2. Risk Factors
   1. Infants and children
   2. Older Adults
   3. Chronic illnesses
   4. Athletes
   5. (Celluci,2014)
3. Excessive loss of fluid from the body occurs when the loss of fluid exceeds the fluid intake.
4. Etiology
   1. Vomiting
   2. Diarrhea
   3. Renal Problems
   4. Excesive Sweating
   5. Burns
   6. Abdominal Surgery
   7. (Celluci, 2014)
5. Isonatremic
   1. Equal loss of water and electrolytes
   2. (Celluci,2014)
6. Patho
   1. Dehydration is when the normal compensation of fluid in the bloodstream can not be corrected by stores fluid. The fluids are lost from the intravascular spaces because of lack of intake or excess loss interstitial fluids move in to restore vascular volume because the volume of fluid in the interstitial space limited other compensation system are initiated to stored fluid volume.
   2. (Damsick,2013)
7. Hypernatremic
   1. Loss of water
   2. (Celluci,2014)
8. Medical TX
   1. Antidiarrheal
   2. IV fluids (hypotonic, low sodium solution)
   3. Orally fluids
   4. Antiemetic
   5. Rest
   6. (Celluci, 2014)
9. Hyponatremic
   1. Primarily loss of electrolytes
   2. (Celluci,2014)
10. Nursing Management
    1. Provide fluids
    2. Monitoring fluid output(amount and color)
    3. Administer an Antdiarrheal or Antiemetic
    4. Monitoring signs(hypotension or tachycardia)
    5. Record intake of fluid
    6. Monitoring weight
    7. Oral care and skin
    8. (Damsick.2013)
11. Preventative Tx
    1. 50ml should be given after each vomit or diarrhea
    2. Drink more water than usual
    3. Nutritional intake
    4. Rest
    5. Watch signs of dehydration
    6. (Alnami,2010)
12. Signs & Symptons
    1. Reduce urine
    2. increased thirst
    3. Dry mouth
    4. Dry mocus membrane(eyes, skin)
    5. Rapid heartbeat
    6. Hypotension
    7. (Damsick, 2013)
13. Exams / Testing
    1. Blood Chemistries(Electrolytes, sodium and potassium)
       1. Elemento flotante
    2. Complete blood count (CBC)
    3. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
    4. ECG
    5. (Alnami,,2010)
14. (Damsick,2013)