http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12:42 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12:42 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=345428 Acid-Base Physiology was designed by Dr. Kerry Brandis, a clinical professor of anesthesiology at Gold Coast Hospital in Queensland, Australia. The learning resources is an open textbook for medical students studying anesthesia. It would be useful to any learner who needs a comprehensive understanding of acid-base balance, for example, pulmonary medicine and nurse anesthetist students. The textbook includes eleven chapters: 1- Introduction 2 - Control of Acid-Base Balance 3 - Acid-Base Disorders 4 - Respiratory Acidosis 5 - Metabolic Acidosis 6 - Respiratory Alkalosis7 - Metabolic Alkalosis 8 - Major Types of Megabolic Acidosis 9 - Assessment of Acid-Base Disorders 10 - Quantitative Acid-Base Analysis 11 - Special Aspects of Acid-Base Physiology. It includes 30 different case studies, as well as references for each chapter. The learning resource was recognized in 2006 by the "American Thoracic Best of Web" series.