Module 1 - Fluids

Fluids often result from? how?

inflammation

*As capillaries dilate and become permeable, passage of fluid from one side of the vessel wall to the other becomes possible

Transudate

Collection of fluid in tissue or in a body space caused by increased hydrostatic or decreased osmotic pressure in the vascular system without a loss of protein into the tissue. They are watery with low protein content

Exudates

The result of increased osmotic pressure in the tissue because of high protein content and are caused by inflammation or obstruction of lymphatic flow

Purulent exudates (pus)

are exudates that are loaded with live and dead leukocytes.

Suppurative inflammation

is an inflammation with a lot of purulent exudates.

Abscess

localized collection of pus

Expyema

occurs when pus fills a body cavity such as the pleural cavity