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The fluid, electrolyte & acid-base companion /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faubel, Sarah
Other Authors: Topf, Joel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego, CA : Alert and Oriented Pub., [1999]
Series:Companion series.
Subjects:
Acid-Base Equilibrium.
Acid-Base Imbalance.
Body Water > physiology.
Fluid Therapy > methods.
Electrolytes > therapeutic use.
Acids > therapeutic use.
Table of Contents:
  • Moles and water
  • Water, where are you?
  • Starling's Law
  • Volume regulation
  • Osmoregulation
  • Hyponatremia: the pathophysiology
  • Hyponatremia: diagnosis and treatment
  • Hypernatremia
  • Polydipsia, polyuria
  • Introduction to acid-base physiology
  • Metabolic acidosis: the overview
  • Metabolic acidosis: non-anion gap
  • Metabolic acidosis: anion gap
  • Metabolic alkalosis
  • Respiratory acidosis
  • Respiratory alkalosis
  • Introduction to potassium
  • Hypokalemia
  • Hyperkalemia.