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app site so keep it up today's topic is fluid and electrolytes. I know everyone's favorite topic.

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Okay so let's get started. Let's just jump right into it with some fluid electrolytes in the acid base.

Yeah and we'll try and make this as least painful as possible. I actually didn't

realize how much of a percentage of the exam was fluid electrolytes acid base.

So we'll try and hit the high points.

So we'll start setting our baseline of fluid stats.

So what is our percentage of total body water by weight in an

adult? So typically I think it's different for men or women.

It depends on how much of your is body fat,

but I think a typical equation is you take your body weight

and the 5 times 0.5 for men and 0.6 for women.

Yeah, and I think generally the exam will use 0.6.

I think that's the most widely accepted.

So for a 70 kilogram male, that would be 42 liters of total body water.

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