
Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple
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Description
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. Useful for medical students, interns and residents, nurses responsible for IV fluid therapy, physician assistants, and first year nephrology fellow.
Numerous case examples.
Author(s)
Richard A. Preston, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Nephrology; Director, Div of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Research Center, Dept of Medicine, Univ of Miami School of Medicine.
Details
Pages: 172
Publication: Edition 3 (September 1, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781935660293 eISBN: 9781935660125
Table of contents
Chapter 1. The Basics
Chapter 2. IV Solutions and IV Orders
Chapter 3. Hyponatremia
Chapter 4. Hypernatremia
Chapter 5. Hypokalemia
Chapter 6. Hyperkalemia
Chapter 7. Metabolic Acidosis
Chapter 8. Metabolic Alkalosis
Chapter 9. Mixed Acid-Base Disorders
Chapter 10. Case Examples