Chapter 25- Acid-Base Disturbances

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should be able to:

1. Define primary acid-base disturbances within the human body.
2. Apply simple formulas in order to determine the etiology of simple acid-base disturbances and the adequacy of compensation.
3. Integrate the supplemental concepts of the anion gap and the excess gap to help assess complex acid-base disturbances.
4. Discuss the most common causes of each primary acid-base irregularity.
5. Determine the appropriate management for patients with acid-base disorders.

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