Stewart's Textbook of Acid-Base

Description

Almost 30 year ago, Peter A Stewart published his classic work introducing the quantitative approach to acid-base. Treasured by many, despised by some, his approach has now become the method of choice in the latest editons of classic medical treatises.

This new textbook incorporates his unabridged original publication. This is complemented by over 20 new chapters written by an international team of top clinicians and researchers in the field. Edited by John A Kellum and Paul WG Elbers, these discuss recent developments in acid-base medicine and physiology using the same clear and concise style. In particular, there is extensive focus on practical clinical application of the Stewart approach to acid-base in virtually every branch of medicine.

Key Features:

• An easy-to-read writing style that completely demystifies this difficult subject
• Contains Stewart’s classic text “How to Understand Acid-Base”
• Over 20 new chapters reviewing the latest in quantitative acid-base medicine
• Extensive focus on clinical application in different fields of medicine
• Numerous clear figures and convenient tables to illustrate key points

Recommended for everyone that seeks to understand, apply or practice acid-base medicine and physiology. This includes consultants, fellows and residents in critical care medicine, anesthesiology, internal medicine, emergency medicine and surgery; physicians in other branches of medicine; physiologists; veterinarians; bioscientists; and medical students.

Table of contents

Why and How to Read This Book
Positivist Philosophy and Theoretical Acid-Base Physiology
Preface to the First Edition
Foreword
In Memory of Peter A Stewart

Part I“How to Understand Acid-Base, a Quantitative Acid-Base Primer for Biology and Medicine”; Stewart’s Classic Text

Introduction

1. Body Fluids
2. Goals, Definitions and Basic Principles
3. The Simplest Acid-Base System: Pure Water
4. Strong Ions and the Strong Ion Difference
5. Weak Electrolytes and Buffers
6. Strong Ions plus Carbon Dioxide
7. Strong Ions plus Carbon Dioxide plus Weak Acid
8. Interactions between Body Fluids
9. Whole-body Acid-Base Balance

Part II Quantitative Acid-Base Chemistry and Physiology

10. Normal [SID]
11. Role of Non-Volatile Weak Acids (Albumin, Phosphate and Citrate)
12. Advances in Estimating [ATOT] and KA
13. Intracellular [H+]
14. Base Excess
15. Buffers
16. Pregnancy
17. Comparative Animal Physiology and Adaptation

Part III Clinical Applications of Quantitative Acid-Base Medicine

18. Unmeasured Ions and the Strong Ion Gap
19. Using the Stewart Model at the Bedside
20. Fluid Resuscitation
21. Hyperchloremia
22. Lactic Acidosis
23. Renal Failure
24. Renal Tubular Acidosis
25. The Liver and the Gut
26. Sepsis
27. Trauma
28. The Emergency Department
29. The Perioperative Period
30. Pediatrics

Afterword
Index