The painless guide to mastering clinical acid-base / Benjamin Abelow
Imprint
[Place of publication not identified] : Benjamin Abelow, MD, [2016]
Edition
First edition
Descript
viii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
CONTENT
The chemical foundation: the bicarbonate buffer system -- Overview of acid-base: a balancing act -- Acid-base physiology: the lung -- Acid-base physiology: the kidney -- Compensation: a "damage limitation" strategy -- Metabolic acidosis -- Metabolic alkalosis -- Respiratory acidosis -- Respiratory alkalosis -- Mixed disturbances -- Diagnosis with arterial blood gases -- Diagnosis with venous bicarbonate, anion gap, and potassium -- All together now: integrative problems