Nephrology Made Easy · Volume 7

Fluid, Electrolyte & Acid–Base

Made Easy

Dr. Tariq Zayan

An integrated, exam-ready guide built chapter by chapter across mechanisms, diagnosis, clinical reasoning, safety, and application.

●Orientation & Knowledge◆Visualise & Map■Clinical Reasoning▲Safety & Evidence★Patient Decisions✓Apply & Test

Contents

01Fluid CompartmentsBody Water, Tonicity & Volume Assessment●◆■▲✓02Intravenous FluidsCrystalloids, Colloids, the Evidence & Prescribing●◆■▲✓03Disorders of VolumeDepletion, Overload & the Regulation of EABV●◆■▲✓04Diagnosing HyponatraemiaADH, Water Excretion & the Diagnostic Algorithm●◆■▲✓05Treating HyponatraemiaCorrection Limits, Hypertonic Saline & Demyelination●◆■▲✓06Hypernatraemia & Water BalanceWater Deficit, Diabetes Insipidus & Correction●◆■▲✓07Low PotassiumHypokalaemia: Shift, Depletion, Magnesium & ECG●◆■▲✓08High PotassiumHyperkalaemia: Stabilise, Shift & Remove●◆■▲✓09The Divalent IonsCalcium, Phosphate & Magnesium Disorders●◆■▲✓10Reading Acid-BaseThe Systematic Approach: pH, Compensation & Gaps●◆■▲✓11Metabolic AcidosisHigh-Gap, Normal-Gap, RTA & Bicarbonate●◆■▲✓12Alkalosis & RespiratoryMetabolic Alkalosis, Respiratory Acidosis & Alkalosis●◆■▲✓13Mixed & ComplexDetecting Double & Triple Acid-Base Disorders●◆■▲✓14Electrolyte EmergenciesAcute Management: Stabilise, Correct & Remove●◆■▲✓15Specific SettingsCritical Care, GI Losses, Endocrine & Refeeding●◆■▲✓16CKD & DialysisFluid, Electrolyte & Acid-Base in Kidney Failure●◆■▲✓17Special PopulationsPregnancy, the Elderly & Children●◆■▲✓18The Integrated ApproachSynthesis & the Stewardship of the Internal Milieu●◆■▲✓