Fluid BalanceFluid Balance

Balance:Balance:

Fluid Balance:Fluid Balance: When the water coming into the body When the water coming into the body

precisely equals the water being lost by the precisely equals the water being lost by the body each day.body each day.

Electrolyte Balance:Electrolyte Balance: Gains and losses of electrolytes are equal.Gains and losses of electrolytes are equal.

Acid-base balance:Acid-base balance: When the production of H+ is precisely When the production of H+ is precisely

offset by H+ loss and/ or HCO3- offset by H+ loss and/ or HCO3- production.production.

Overall body Overall body composition:composition:

Ionic composition of Ionic composition of body fluids:body fluids:

Electrolyte Electrolyte balance:balance:

Acid-base Acid-base balancebalance

Respiratory acid-Respiratory acid-base regulationbase regulation

Metabolic acid-Metabolic acid-base regulationbase regulation