Balancing fluids -- Balancing electrolytes -- Balancing acids and bases -- When fluids tip the balance -- When sodium tips the balance -- When potassium tips the balance -- When magnesium tips the balance -- When calcium tips the balance -- When phosphorus tips the balance -- When chloride tips the balance -- When acids and bases tip the balance -- Heat-related health alterations -- Heart failure -- Respiratory failure -- Excessive GI fluid loss -- Acute pancreatitis -- Renal failure -- Burns -- I.V. fluid replacement -- Total parenteral nutrition.
Summary
This guide covers the science of fluids and electrolytes as they relate to patient care, fluid types and fluid movements in different body systems, and how hormones and other elements affect fluid balance and fluid losses and gains. It provides patient care examples, including common fluids-related diagnoses, appropriate patient outcomes, and basis for each recommended treatment.
