內容簡介
Acid-base is a key aspect of health care which must be learned by all medical students and residents. Yet it is a complex subject and can be difficult to learn. This text is the first teaching resource devoted to acid-base, with clear and detailed explanations, carefully structured to enhance cumulative learning, step by step. By placing the concepts in a direct and personal teaching style, the author has made this vital subject truly understandable to the broad audience of students responsible for mastering it.
作者簡介
Benjamin Abelow has worked in Washington, DC, writing, lecturing, and lobbying Congress about nuclear arms policy. He holds a B.A. in modern European history from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. from the Yale University School of Medicine. His other areas of interest include the psychology of trauma, including war trauma.
目次
1. Review of Fundamentals
Sect. 1. Chemistry.
2. How Buffers Work: Part 1.
3. How Buffers Work: Part 2.
4. Non-Bicarbonate Buffers.
5. The Bicarbonate Buffer System.
6. Extracellular Fluid as a Multi-Buffered Solution
Sect. 2. Physiology.
7. Introduction to Acid-Base Physiology.
8. Regulation of Arterial PCO[subscript 2].
9. Bicarbonate Reabsorption.
10. Endogenous Acid Production.
11. Acid Excretion (a.k.a. Bicarbonate Regeneration).
12. Renal Bicarbonate Handling: An Integrated View.
13. Concluding Overview
Sect. 3. Pathophysiology.
14. The Language of Pathophysiology.
15. Homeostatic Responses to Acid-Base Disorders.
16. Metabolic Acidosis.
17. Metabolic Alkalosis.
18. Respiratory Acidosis.
19. Respiratory Alkalosis
Sect. 4. Diagnosis.
20. The Foundation of Diagnosis.
21. Venous Electrolytes.
22. Arterial Blood Gases.
23. Other Tests.
24. Making the Diagnosis
Sect. 5. Treatment.
25. Treatment of Metabolic Acidosis.
26. Treatment of Metabolic Alkalosis.
27. Treatment of Respiratory Acidosis.
28. Treatment of Respiratory Alkalosis.
29. Prevention of Acid-Base Disorders
Appendix.
Continuing Education
