Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Physiology. A Problem-Based Approach

✍ Scribed by Kamel S. Kamel , Mitchell L. Halperin

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 506
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With a strong focus on problem solving and clinical decision making, Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Physiology is your comprehensive, go-to guide on the diagnosis and management of fluid, electrolytes, and acid-base disorders. This in-depth reference moves smoothly from basic physiology to practical clinical guidance, taking into account new discoveries; new understanding of fluid, acid-base, and electrolyte physiology; and new treatment options available to today’s patients. An essential resource for nephrologists and emergency practitioners, this extensively revised edition helps you make the best management decisions based on the most current knowledge.

• Presents questions and explanations throughout that let you test your knowledge and hone your skills.
• High-yield margin notes and key point boxes make essential information easy to review.
• Numerous line drawings, diagnostic algorithms, and tables facilitate reference.
• Distinguished authors apply their extensive experience in research, clinical practice, and education to make theoretical and clinical knowledge easy to understand and apply.

• Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
• More patient-based problem solving illustrates how key principles of renal physiology, biochemistry, and metabolic regulation are applied in practice, challenging you to test your knowledge and hone your decision-making skills.
• Highlights updated clinical approaches to the diagnosis and management of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders based on current research and understanding.
• Integrative whole-body physiology provides a more comprehensive grasp of the pathophysiology of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter,Copyright,Dedication,Acknowledgment,Preface,Interconversion of Units,List of Cases,List of Flow ChartsEntitled to full textSection One: Acid–Basechapter 1 - Principles of Acid–Base Physiology, Pages 3-32
chapter 2 - Tools to Use to Diagnose Acid–Base Disorders, Pages 33-52
chapter 3 - Metabolic Acidosis: Clinical Approach, Pages 53-66
chapter 4 - Metabolic Acidosis Caused by a Deficit of NaHCO3, Pages 67-97
chapter 5 - Ketoacidosis, Pages 99-139
chapter 6 - Metabolic Acidosis: Acid Gain Types, Pages 141-170
chapter 7 - Metabolic Alkalosis, Pages 171-197
chapter 8 - Respiratory Acid–Base Disturbances, Pages 199-211
chapter 9 - Sodium and Water Physiology, Pages 215-263
chapter 10 - Hyponatremia, Pages 265-308
chapter 11 - Hypernatremia, Pages 309-337
chapter 12 - Polyuria, Pages 339-355
chapter 13 - Potassium Physiology, Pages 359-392
chapter 14 - Hypokalemia, Pages 393-432
chapter 15 - Hyperkalemia, Pages 433-465
chapter 16 - Hyperglycemia, Pages 469-489
Index, Pages 491-513

✦ Subjects

Water-electrolyte imbalances;Acid-base imbalances;Water-electrolyte imbalances;Case studies;Acid-base imbalances;Case studies;HEALTH & FITNESS;Diseases;General;MEDICAL;Clinical Medicine;MEDICAL;Diseases;MEDICAL;Evidence-Based Medicine;MEDICAL;Internal Medicine