Acid-Base Abnormalities
Most patients with ATN are acidotic. An occasional ATN patient with vomiting or nasogastic suction may develop alkalosis if the rate of hydrogen ion loss exceeds the rate of production. Acidosis can be treated by administration of bicarbonate or bicarbonate equivalents. Dialysis is required for severe acidosis. Alkalosis can be treated by the oral or intravenous administration of acid or by employing dialysis baths with reduced concentrations of base.
- THE APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE
- Blood Chemistries
- Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
- NONOBSTRUCTIVE CAUSES OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
- Treatment and Prognosis
- Pulmonary Vasculitis
- CARDIOMYOPATHY
- Visceral Angiography
- TESTS OF HEPATIC FUNCTION
- ETIOLOGY
- Outcome and Prognosis
- SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
- CARDIAC TUMORS
- CONTROL OF BREATHING IN DISEASE STATES
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- Other Cystic Diseases
- Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus (NDI)
- Alterations in Glomerular Hemodynamics, Parathyroid Hormone Metabolism, and Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure
- NONPULMONARY FACTORS
- Nephrosclerosis
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF MALABSORPTION
- Ultrasound and Computed Tomography
- Renal Glycosuria
- SPECIFIC CAUSES OF CIRRHOSIS
- ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION SYSTEM
- Aspiration Pneumonia and Lung Abscess
- MECHANISMS OF ARRHYTHMOGENESIS
- Endocrine Systems
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- LIVER BIOPSY
- DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS
- Membranous Glomerulopathy
- TREATMENT OF MALABSORPTION
- Determination of Kidney Anatomy and Renal Blood Flow