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The physiologic principles that provide the basis for fluid therapy are reviewed. The application of these principles to clinical fluid management in the surgical patient is outlined. The relationship between disorders of water balance and sodium metabolism as well as the physiology and management of disorders of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus metabolism is delineated.

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Bhattacharya, B., Maerz, L.L. (2014). Fluid and Electrolytes. In: Davis, K., Rosenbaum, S. (eds) Surgical Metabolism. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1121-9_2

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