Product Description
A brief, highly readable book providing the clinician with a straightforward approach to solving even the most complex,
acid-base, fluid, and electrolyte problems. Useful to medical students, interns and residents, nurses responsible for
IV fluid therapy, and first year nephrology fellows.
About the Author
Richard A. Preston, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.B.A.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Research Center
Department of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Preface ...................................... 1
Chapter 1 THE BASICS ...................................... 3
Chapter 2 IV SOLUTIONS AND IV ORDERS ...................................... 30
Chapter 3 HYPONATREMIA ...................................... 35
Chapter 4 HYPERNATREMIA ...................................... 57
Chapter 5 HYPOKALEMIA ...................................... 69
Chapter 6 HYPERKALEMIA ...................................... 77
Chapter 6 METABOLIC ACIDOSIS ...................................... 89
Chapter 7 METABOLIC ALKALOSIS ...................................... 108
Chapter 8 THREE STEPS FOR ACID-BASE DISORDERS ...................................... 117
Chapter 9 CASE EXAMPLES ...................................... 136
Index ...................................... 145