Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders.

SECTION I NORMAL WATER and ACID-BASE REGULATION: Regulation of Intra- And Extracellular Volume. Sodium Metabolism and Maintenance of Extracellular Fluid Volume. Edema-Forming States. Acid-Base Regulation: Cellular and Whole-Body. Classification of Acid-Base Disturbances. Metabolic Acidosis. Acid-Base Disturbances in Pulmonary Medicine. Disorders of Sodium Metabolism. Hyponatremia, Hypernatremia. Disorders of Postassium Metabolism. Hyperkalemia, Hypokalemia. Calcium Homeostasis and Disorders of Calcium Metabolism. Disorders of Magnesium Metabolism. Physiology of Phosphorus Metabolism and Pathophysiology of Hypo-And Hyperphosphatemia SECTION 2 SPECIFIC PATHOLOGIC STATES and SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Clinical Manifestations of Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders. Total Parenteral Nutrition and Its Complications. Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy in Critically Ill Patients and Those Who Are Pre-, Post-, Or Intraoperative. Acute Renal Failure. Chronic Renal Failure. Metabolic Encephalopathy as a Complication of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders. Fluid, Electrolyte, And Acid-Base Complications of Diabetic Emergencies. The Liver and Acid-Base Regulation in Health and Disease. Fluid, Electrolyte, And Acid-Base Complications of Dialysis. Metabolic Disorders Associated with Gastrointestinal Disease. Fluid and Electrolyte Metabolism in Normal and Abnormal Pregnancy. Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy in Infants and Children .