USMLE STEP 1 REVIEW: FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES

USMLE STEP 1 REVIEW: FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES

If you are a medical student interesting in acing the USMLE Step 1, you will find this book helpful. This book gives you practice in answering multiple choice questions on the topic of fluids and electrolytes, an often tested topic on the USMLE. This book can also be used later to study for the fluid and electrolytes questions on the surgery shelf exam.

Last updated: 8/28/13



TABLE OF CONTENTS

- Bicarbonate
- Calcium
- Diabetes insipidus

- Extracellular electrolytes
- Extracellular fluid expansion

- Fluid compartments
- Fluid losses
- Fluid resuscitation

- Gastrointestinal secretions
- Glucose

- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypermagnesemia
- Hypernatremia

- Hypocalcemia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypomagnesemia
- Hyponatremia

- Intracellular electrolytes
- Intracellular fluid compartment
- Intraoperative fluid loss

- Lactated Ringer’s solution

- Magnesium

- Osmolality / Osmolarity

- Postoperative fluid management
- Potassium

- Sodium

- Tumor lysis syndrome

- Volume excess
- Water clearance

- Other topics