Electrolyte Disturbances in ICU

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1. The physicochemical approach to acid-base : putting things together.

2. How acid-base really works - a detailed exploration!

3. Practical acid-base - putting Stewart to work!

4. pH disturbances and the anion gap
   

   • 'Hyperchloraemic acidosis'

   We also intend to cover:

5. Na & Cl
   

6. Mg
   

7. Phosphate
   

8. K+
   

9. Calcium
   

Literature

1. Hypertension Dialysis Clinical Nephrology has a good section on acid-base, and electrolytes.
2. The Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook has a new section on acid-base that is fairly substantial. Also see their section on respiratory physiology.
3. Look up the Henderson Hasselbalch equation!
4. Tulane has a comprehensive acid base tutorial aimed at e.g. medical students.
5. Alan Grogono has some pretty darn good stuff on acid-base fundamentals. Also try playing around with the Davenport diagram!
6. Myelinolysis in hyponatraemia is well discussed in an article from the Annals of Internal Medicine.
   
   
   

Other articles:

A short review of hyponatraemia.
There are ZIPped downloads on Noel Walmsley's Education Page concerning Na,K,acid-base, etc.
The HJELM (Hong Kong) Chemical Pathology page, on acid-base, Na, K etc seems fair.
There is a tiny review of SIADH from the Royal Perth Hospital
A reasonable article on blood gas analysis is fairly relevant, although derived from (shudder) a computer program manual!
List of trials on hyponatraemia
The uh basics of acid base are discussed here.
The University of Iowa has some scanty stuff on acid-base.
More disorganised stuff here!