Cleary Lake Veterinary Hospital, Prior Lake, Minnesota

Electrolyte Panel

Electrolytes are vital to your pets’ health. Abnormal levels can be life threatening. We need to monitor during vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration and cardiac symptoms.

What does it mean?

Sodium (Na) – role is water distribution, body fluid osmotic pressure and pH balance.

Increase = dehydration, heat stroke

Decrease = congestive heart failure, gastrointestinal losses, chronic renal failure

Potassium (K) – role is muscle function, respiration, and cardiac function

Increase = diabetes, tissue trauma, acute renal failure

Decrease = congestive heart failure, constipation, diabetes, peritonitis, renal failure

Chloride (Cl) – role is acid-base balance and osmotic pressure in blood

Increase = metabolic acidosis

Decrease = severe vomiting, constipation

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