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- Recognize how the body fluid compartments differ with respect to their volumes and their ionic compositions
- Describe both the driving forces responsible for movement of water across cell membranes and the fluids in the capillary wall
- Identify the volumes changes of the intracellular and extracellular fluid compartments under various pathophysiological conditions
- Evaluate and calculate body compartments volume using the dilution methods
- Use the appropriated formula to both estimate and/or to get the precise value of the plasma osmolality