Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple, 4th Edition

by Richard A. Preston M.D. 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