Chapter 22 Managing Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders in Renal Failure Cathy Langston The kidneys are responsible for maintaining homeostasis in the body, and kidney failure may lead to derangements of…
Chapter 27 Fluid Therapy with Macromolecular Plasma Volume Expanders Dez Hughes, Amanda Boag “Those who fill our professional ranks are habitually conservative. This salutary mental attitude expresses itself peculiarly in…
Chapter 23 Shock Syndromes Kate Hopper, Deborah Silverstein, Shane Bateman Shock is perhaps one of the most common clinical conditions that veterinarians treat. It is also one of the least…
Chapter 17 Perioperative Management of Fluid Therapy Peter J. Pascoe The normal mechanisms of fluid homeostasis are disturbed when an animal undergoes anesthesia and surgery. Consequently, animals should receive fluids…
Chapter 24 Blood Transfusion and Blood Substitutes Ann E. Hohenhaus Blood transfusions have many things in common with fluid therapy. Like crystalloid and colloid solutions, blood products are not used…
Chapter 16 Monitoring Fluid Therapy and Complications of Fluid Therapy Karol A. Mathews Intravenous administration of fluids to veterinary patients is very common, and placement of an intravenous catheter is…
Chapter 20 Fluid Therapy in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders David L. Panciera Metabolic disorders such as complicated diabetes mellitus, hypoadrenocorticism, and heatstroke are associated with marked disturbances in fluid homeostasis,…
Chapter 4 Disorders of Chloride Hyperchloremia and Hypochloremia Helio Autran de Morais, Alexander W. Biondo “Whereas for a long time it was assumed that chloride ions were reabsorbed entirely passively…
Chapter 8 Disorders of Magnesium Magnesium Deficit and Excess Shane Bateman Historically, magnesium has received very little attention in veterinary medicine as an electrolyte worthy of consideration. Studies conducted in…
