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Acid-Base Balance

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Acid-base balance has long been considered a very difficult subject

to understand but it is an every day task for health care

professionals who must evaluate acid-base balance and electrolyte

imbalance in their patients. I really liked this book because it

explains how acids and bases interact in the kidney, lung and total

body in an easy to understand, quantitative and pictorial fashion,

without complicated equations and calculations. This book would be

very useful for anyone involved in health care. It explains the

metabolic pathways that maintain normal electrolyte balance and what

happens to cause electrolyte imbalance when these processes are

altered. It gives some examples of how electrolyte disturbances occur

in conditions such as prolonged diarrhea or diabetes mellitus. By

making it easier to understand the factors that produce electrolyte

disturbance, this book helps the reader understand how to treat or

prevent acid-base imbalance. As an author of a detailed textbook on

renal physiology, I think the unique aspect of this book is that the

material is presented in an easy to understand way while also

providing complete explanations along with written, graphic and

pictorial examples. This book provides a thorough overview of acid-

base balance. As a physiologist and someone who taught acid-base

physiology for over 35 years to all levels of students including

medical students, nursing students and allied health students, I

think anyone involved in any aspect of health care would find this

book helpful to enhance their understanding of acid-base balance and

electrolyte disturbances in the body. I highly recommend this book

for anyone involved in health care.

By: Esmail Koushanpour, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor, Northwestern University Medical School