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, vii

Foreword Stephen P. DiBartola, viii

About the Companion Website, x

1 Introduction to Acid–Base and Electrolytes, 1
Angela Randels–Thorp, CVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM) and David Liss, RVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM)

2 Disorders of Sodium, 13
Angela Chapman, BSc (Hons), RVN, Dip HE CVN, Dip AVN, VTS (ECC)

3 Disorders of Chloride, 34
Meri Hall, RVT, LVT, CVT, LATG, VTS (SAIM)

4 Disorders of Potassium, 44
Dave Cowan, BA, CVT, VTS (ECC)

5 Disorders of Magnesium, 57
Louise O Dwyer, MBA, BSc (Hons), VTS (Anaesthesia & ECC), DipAVN (Medical & Surgical), RVN

6 Disorders of Phosphorus, 66
Louise O Dwyer, MBA BSc (Hons), VTS (Anaesthesia & ECC), DipAVN (Medical & Surgical), RVN

7 Disorders of Calcium, 79
Katherine Howie, RVN, VTS (ECC)

8 Traditional Acid–Base Physiology and Approach to Blood Gas, 102
Jo Woodison, RVT and Angela Randels–Thorp, CVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM)

9 Metabolic Blood Gas Disorders, 121
Eric Zamora–Moran, MBA, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia)

10 Respiratory Acid–Base Disorders, 136
Paula Plummer, LVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM)

11 Mixed Acid–Base Disorders, 152
Brandee Bean, CVT, VTS (ECC)

12 Strong Ion Approach to Acid–Base, 163
Angela Randels–Thorp, CVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM)

13 Companion Exotic Animal Electrolyte and Acid–Base, 175
Jody Nugent–Deal, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia/Analgesia & Clinical Practice–Exotic Companion Animal) and Stephen Cital, RVT, RLAT, SRA

Index, 207

Angela Randels-Thorp, CVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM), is Team Director for 1^st 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.