Artigo Revisado por pares

The Regulation of Potassium Balance

1989; American Medical Association; Volume: 262; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1989.03430010115044

ISSN

1538-3598

Autores

George Dunea,

Tópico(s)

Potassium and Related Disorders

Resumo

Are you thinking of taking rounds at the university next month, dear clinical professor? Assuming that you have inside information about the availability of parking, you may also want to buy Seldin and Giebisch's book on potassium. You will impress your resident immensely, instead of having him shift listlessly while you examine the heart or give your little lecture on the causes of an enlarged spleen. You will be able to talk learnedly about transmembrane potentials, and he in return will send a wonderful end-of-term evaluation to the dean. But please, do not try to read the book in one sitting. Take it to a nice beach, perhaps to an island with palm trees, and read a little at a time. Once you get the hang of it you will find it quite readable. Try not to get too worked up when you find that some of the chapters overlap—it

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