Acid-Base Disorders: Clinical Evaluation and Management

by Alluru S. Reddi

Overview

This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of acid-base disorders. Each chapter reviews an acid-base disorder, covering pathophysiology, evaluation, and management of the disorder. The chapters also include clinical cases and a Q&A section, based on scenarios and questions that clinicians regularly encounter when treating patients with these disorders. The book concludes with two chapters on acid-based disorders in special patient populations, including critically ill patients, pregnant patients, and surgical patients.

Written by an expert in the field, Acid-Base Disorders: Clinical Evaluation and Management is a state-of-the-art resource that should assist clinicians and practitioners in managing patients with acid-base disorders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030288945
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	10/31/2019
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	317
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alluru S. Reddi, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Department of Medicine
Newark, NJ
USA

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Acid-Base

2 Basic Acid–Base Chemistry and Physiology

3 Methods to Assess Acid-Base Disorders

4 Acid–Base Disorders: General Considerations and Evaluation

5 Lactic Acidosis

6 Ketoacidosis

7 Toxin-Induced Acid-Base Disorders

8 Renal Tubular Acidosis

9 Acid-Base Disorders in Gastrointestinal Diseases

10 Acid-Base Disorders in Kidney Disease

11 Metabolic Alkalosis

12 Respiratory Acidosis

13 Respiratory Alkalosis

14 Mixed Acid–Base Disorders

15 Drug-Induced Acid-Base Disorders

16 Acid-Base Disorders in Critically Ill Patients

17 Acid-Base Disorders in Liver Disease

18 Acid-Base Disorders in Total Parenteral Nutrition

19 Acid-Base Disorders in Pregnancy

20 Acid-Base Disorders in Surgical Patients