Malyshev V.D.
Acid-Base Status and Water-Electrolyte Balance in Intensive Care
228 pp., ill.
ISBN 5-225-04698-3

  The book presents modern approaches to diagnosis and treatment of acute disorders in acid-base status and water-electrolyte balance. Special attention is paid to methods for correction of the detected disorders, infusion/transfusion therapy, medical care rendered in urgent states (shock, septic syndrome, lactate acidosis and ketoacidoses, lung edema, circulatory insufficiency, renal failure, hemorrhages, etc.). Questions are formulated and brief answers are offered, helping better understand the syndromal disorders in various clinical conditions.
  Addressed to medical students, physicians of intensive care departments and of other specialization.