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Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance

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This chapter will cover the major serum electrolytes: sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, magnesium and phosphorus. It will examine their normal function, what to expect when they become abnormal and how to treat these conditions. A discussion of acid base status utilizing both the Strong Anion Difference and the traditional anion gap method will follow including an indepth discussion of metabolic, respiratory and mixed acidosis and alkalosis. The chapter will conclude with a case study.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Bryan Marchant

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Adam Kingeter & Matthew D. McEvoy

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

  2. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Richard D. Urman

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

    B. Scott Segal

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Marchant, B., Kingeter, A., McEvoy, M.D. (2022). Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance. In: Ehrenfeld, J.M., Urman, R.D., Segal, B.S. (eds) Anesthesia Student Survival Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98675-9_14

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