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Chapter 1
Body water
Learn how to calculate total body water, plus what the different body compartments are and what makes water move between them. This chapter lays the foundations for the course.
4 Lessons
10:49 min
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Chapter 2
IV fluids
Learn when to use what type of IV fluid. After attending this chapter, you will know the difference between and advantages of dextrose, crystalloids, and plasma expanders.
6 Lessons
17:57 min
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Chapter 3
Diuretics
In this chapter you will learn to optimize your patients’ diuretic regimen, the advantages and disadvantages of each diuretic, what to do if they don’t work, and much more.
7 Lessons
24:37 min
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Chapter 4
Regulation of volume and water
Here, you will learn how the body regulates water and sodium and why tonicity is more important than osmolality. This chapter lays the foundation for the chapters that follow.
4 Lessons
10:36 min
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Chapter 5
Hyponatremia
Learn how to find the cause of your patient’s hyponatremia and how to correct it. What’s false hyponatremia? How do you correct for glucose? This chapter answers these questions and many more.
11 Lessons
46:46 min
Hyponatremia intro
0:39 min
False hyponatremia
5:56 min
True hyponatremia
2:50 min
Tea and toast syndrome
7:42 min
ADH, volume, and hyponatremia
2:48 min
Euvolemic hyponatremia
5:36 min
Diagnosis and overview
5:44 min
Treatment of asymptomatic hyponatremia part 1
5:04 min
Treatment of asymptomatic hyponatremia part 2
5:58 min
Treatment of acute symptomatic hyponatremia
4:29 min
Hyponatremia quiz
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Chapter 6
Hypernatremia
Learn to diagnose, cure, and prevent this dangerous problem. After attending these lessons, you will know more about hypernatremia than 95% of your colleagues.
7 Lessons
23:08 min
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Chapter 7
Potassium
Learn how to control and analyze this potentially life-threatening ion like a pro, how potassium is regulated, and what causes its shift into the extracellular space.
5 Lessons
14:27 min
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Chapter 8
Hypokalemia
Differentiate between the different causes of hypokalemia, and learn the most effective measures to correct it and what to watch out for.
12 Lessons
36:05 min
Hypokalemia intro
0:25 min
Introduction and decreased intake
4:30 min
Intracellular shift
3:57 min
Increased potassium losses
1:53 min
Increased renal losses: secondary hyperaldosteronism
3:04 min
Increased renal losses: vomiting
4:11 min
Increased renal losses: primary hyperaldosteronism
3:12 min
Primary hyperaldosteronism: hyperaldosteronism without the aldosterone
4:11 min
Unreabsorbable anions
2:49 min
Other causes of increased renal potassium loss
2:50 min
Symptoms and treatment
5:03 min
Hypokalemia quiz
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Chapter 9
Hyperkalemia
This is a life-threatening condition. Learn what therapies work and don’t work with hyperkalemia (that everyone’s using). What are the ECG changes to watch out for?
7 Lessons
20:58 min
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