Acid-Base and Electrolyte Handbook for Veterinary Technicians - Softcover

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

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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

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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