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Curriculum Objective
Objective
General Objectives
Circulating volume

Curriculum Block

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2 / Renal
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Curriculum Block
Part 2 Medical Foundation 2 Renal
Curriculum Week
Part 2
Discipline
Nephrology

Related Objectives

Parent Objective

The Kidney: Regulation of Fluid Compartments, Electrolytes, and Hypertension

Child Objectives
  • Describe and apply how the total amount of sodium in the body determines the volume of the intravascular space.
  • Understand how the kidney conserves sodium appropriately during hypovolemic states, and inappropriately in the setting of congestive heart failure.
  • Illustrate the mechanisms by which the kidney may excrete a dilute versus concentrated urine.
  • Describe the relationship between total body water and the serum sodium concentration.
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