Applied Physiology of Body Fluids in Dogs and Cats
Chapter 1 Applied Physiology of Body Fluids in Dogs and Cats Maxey L. Wellman, Stephen P. DiBartola, Catherine W. Kohn Appropriate treatment of fluid and electrolyte abnormalities requires a basic…
Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances In Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Disease
Chapter 18 Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances In Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Disease Joao Felipe de Brito Galvao, Kenneth W. Simpson, Nichole Birnbaum The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is extremely well adapted to…
Disorders of Sodium and Water: Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia
Chapter 3 Disorders of Sodium and Water Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia Stephen P. DiBartola The volume and tonicity of body fluids are maintained within a narrow normal range by regulation of…
Applied Renal Physiology
Chapter 2 Applied Renal Physiology Stephen P. DiBartola “Superficially it might be said that the function of the kidneys is to make urine; but in a more considered view, one…
Introduction to Fluid Therapy
Chapter 14 Introduction to Fluid Therapy Stephen P. DiBartola, Shane Bateman She had apparently reached the last moments of earthly existence, and now nothing could injure her—indeed, so entirely was…
Metabolic Acid-Base Disorders
Chapter 10 Metabolic Acid-Base Disorders Stephen P. DiBartola Metabolic disturbances of acid-base balance are associated with many disease states, and identification of the acid-base disturbance may facilitate diagnosis of the…
Technical Aspects of Fluid Therapy
Chapter 15 Technical Aspects of Fluid Therapy Bernie Hansen Hospitalized veterinary patients frequently require parenteral fluid therapy for several days, sometimes with complex combinations of intravenous fluids and drugs that…
Disorders of Phosphorus: Hypophosphatemia and Hyperphosphatemia
Chapter 7 Disorders of Phosphorus Hypophosphatemia and Hyperphosphatemia Stephen P. DiBartola, Michael D. Willard Phosphorus plays an essential role in cellular structure and function.91 A constituent of structural phospholipids in…
Hemodialysis and Extracorporeal Blood Purification
Chapter 29 Hemodialysis and Extracorporeal Blood Purification Larry D. Cowgill, Thierry Francey Intermittent hemodialysis is an extracorporeal renal replacement therapy (RRT) used primarily to manage the biochemical and fluid disorders…
Disorders of Potassium: Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
Chapter 5 Disorders of Potassium Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia Stephen P. DiBartola, Helio Autran De Morais Potassium is the major intracellular cation in mammalian cells, whereas sodium is the major extracellular…
