Acid–Base and Electrolyte Handbook for Veterinary Technicians

Acid–Base and Electrolyte Handbook for Veterinary Technicians provides an easy to understand yet comprehensive approach to acid–base and electrolyte balance.   The text begins with a thorough introduction to these subjects, followed by detailed chapters on sodium, chloride, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, metabolic and respiratory acid–base, blood gas, and mixed acid–base disorders. Included are the traditional along with strong ion approaches to acid–base. 

With complete coverage of the principles and procedures, Acid–Base and Electrolyte Handbook for Veterinary Technicians offers both a solid grounding in the fundamentals and more advanced information. A companion website provides case studies and multiple choice questions.

Recently graduated and experienced veterinary technicians alike will find Acid–Base and Electrolyte Handbook for Veterinary Technicians is a useful resource.

Key features:

 Covers the physiology of fluids and their effect on acid–base and electrolyte balance

Provides detailed information on managing acid–base and electrolyte derangements in disease

Includes access to a companion website with case studies and multiple choice questions

List of contributors

Foreword
Stephen P. DiBartola

About the companion website

1. Introduction to acid–base and electrolytes
Angela Randels–Thorp and David Liss

2. Disorders of sodium
Angela Chapman

3. Disorders of chloride
Meri Hall

4. Disorders of potassium
Dave Cowan

5. Disorders of magnesium
Louise O Dwyer

6. Disorders of phosphorus
Louise O Dwyer

7. Disorders of calcium
Katherine Howie

8. Traditional acid–base physiology and approach to blood gas
Jo Woodison and Angela Randels–Thorp

9. Metabolic blood gas disorders
Eric Zamora–Moran

10. Respiratory acid–base disorders
Paula Plummer

11. Mixed acid base disorders
Brandee Bean

12. Strong ion approach to acid–base
Angela Randels–Thorp

13. Companion Exotic Animal Electrolyte and Acid–Base
Jody Nugent–Deal and Stephen Cital

Index

Angela Randels–Thorp, CVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM), is Team Director for 1st Pet Veterinary Centers, an emergency, specialty, and general practice hospital with three locations in Arizona.  She is a published author and routinely lectures internationally on both critical care and internal medicine topics, including acid–base and electrolyte imbalances. 

David Liss, RVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM), is Program Director of a Veterinary Technology program at Platt College in Los Angeles, California, is an ICU technician at VCA Veterinary Specialists of the Valley in Woodland Hills, CA, and is the owner of a consulting business, Veterinary Training and Consulting, Inc. He routinely lectures nationally on critical care topics, and is a widely regarded educator and teacher.