Summary: | Provides pediatricians with both the contemporary scientific bases of pathophysiology, and comprehensive therapeutic approaches to dealing with fluid and electrolyte disorders in children. The aim is to reduce the common, and often detrimental, practice in pediatric wards of simply correcting an electrolyte imbalance in the plasma without investigating its cause. Surveys the range of therapeutic measures that may be appropriate and available in a particular case, with suggestions on how various subspecialists can and cannot help. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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