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Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid–Base Disorders

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Disorders of fluids, electrolytes, and acid–base regulation are commonly encountered when dealing with children with renal diseases. The underlying cause is often obvious, and mild disorders can be easily corrected. Complex disorders involving tubular defects are sometimes seen and require careful diagnostic evaluation. This chapter is intended to give a stepwise approach to evaluate disorders of fluids; electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphate, and magnesium; and interpretation of an arterial blood gas and an approach to metabolic acidosis and alkalosis. This chapter contains a lot of tables, boxes, and algorithms to facilitate easy understanding of this complex subject.

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    Repeat the same volume again if the radial pulse is weak/not detectable.

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    See footnote 1.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children’s Kidney Care Center, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Koramangala, Bangalore, KA, 560078, India

    Anil Vasudevan & Kishore Phadke

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Kidney Care Center, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Koramangala, Bangalore, KA, 560078, India

    Anil Vasudevan & Kishore Phadke

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  1. Ped. Nephrol., St. John's Med. Coll. Hosp. Children's Kidney Care Center, Bangalore, India

    Kishore D. Phadke

  2. Montreal Children's Hospital Division of Nephrology, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Paul Goodyer

  3. Division of Pediatric Nephrology, McGill University and Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Martin Bitzan

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Vasudevan, A., Phadke, K. (2014). Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid–Base Disorders. In: Phadke, K., Goodyer, P., Bitzan, M. (eds) Manual of Pediatric Nephrology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12483-9_2

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