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THe Story of salty Sam
Understanding fluids, urea and electrolyte balance;a quantitative approach.A self-directed learning activity. Part One
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meet salty saM
Salty Sam is a pretty average 70kg bloke, and theguy at the gym told him that 60% of his bodymass is water. (The guy at the gym has amachine that just measures electrical impedance between two points on the body and thencalculates the percentage of water which wouldcause that impedance).
How many litres of water are in Salty Sam?
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Well done if you calculated correct answer 42litres. (Sam is 60% of 70kg water, therefore 42kgwater, and you know from school that a litre of water has a mass of 1kg.)
If Sam is 25% extra cellular fluid (ECF), what(rounded to whole litres) are his ECF and hisintracellular fluid volumes?
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