Sinopsis
Useful for medical students, interns and residents, hospitalists, ICU caretakers, nurses responsible for IV fluid therapy, physician associates, and first year nephrology fellows.
This new edition includes a brand new chapter on the basics of renal physiology and its application to: body fluid compartments, sodium and water physiology/pathophysiology, osmolality and tonicity, renal water regulation, GFR, renal concentrating and diluting mechanisms, potassium physiology/pathophysiology, hydrogen ion physiology/pathophysiology, renal regulation of bicarbonate, and the anion gap!
A brief, highly readable book providing the clinician with a straightforward approach to solving even the most complex acid-base, fluids, and electrolyte problems. Begins with the basic physiology that is key to understanding clinical water, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders. Numerous case examples!
Topics Include:
- The Basics
- IV Solutions and IV Orders
- Hyponatremia
- Hypernatremia
- Hypokalemia
- Hyperkalemia
- Metabolic Acidosis
- Metbolic Alkalosis
- Case Examples
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