Human Acid-Base Physiology

"Human Acid-Base Physiology" is written for pre-clinical medical students and other physiology students of equivalent standard. It is a logical, self-contained text which explains the fundamentals of common clinical disorders of acid-base regulation. The book covers physical chemistry, the essentials of acid-base physiology, the assessment of acid-base status, and finally the field of acid-base physiology is put into perspective in the wider context of the physiology of the whole organism. The book provides a physiological basis from which subsequent clinical studies should form a continuum with Basic Medical Science. The main points developed in the text are gathered in tables, for review and revision purposes. There is a substantial section of self-assessment material, with a range of types of question allowing the testing both of the ability to analyse concepts and of factual information. The text is complemented by original line drawings and key references. A glossary of terms is provided to help readers to understand the jargon of the subject and to check definitions etc.This book should be of interest to physiology courses for pre-clinical medical and dental students; university students in the Faculty of Science studying courses in physiology; students who have studied the course in the past, never come to terms with it and wish to start afresh, perhaps because of a need demanded by a specialism they have taken up, such as intensive care; honours science students following courses which include specialist treatment of acid-base physiology; medical students in their clinical years following courses in clinical physiology; and postgraduate doctors studying for the MRCP and MRCA qualifications.