With a clear, comprehensive approach, this quick reference pocket guide of basic principles of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances, imbalances, and related disorder is a must have for all students! The convenient handbook size enables students to keep it handy for quick access to over 200 diagrams and tables containing valuable information. A developmental approach is used to provide examples across the life span that illustrate common health problems associated with imbalances. Nursing assessments, diagnoses, interventions, and rationales are in a tabular format for quick retrieval and ease of comprehension. All the important information students need is right at their fingertips. (F & E, Fluid and Electrolyte, Acid-Base, Fundamentals, med-surg, medical-surgical, drugs, calculation)
With a clear, comprehensive approach, this quick-reference handbook on the basic principles of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances, imbalances, and related disorders is a must-have for all nursing students.
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Discusses the regulation of fluids, electrolytes, and the acid-base system, and how these factors interconnect.
With its concise, user-friendly outline format, this handy pocket guide is the indispensable consultant for fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disturbances and how they relate to patient care.
Expanded with six additional chapters and new study questions, this updated edition provides a clear and concise understanding of the fundamentals of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base disorders that are frequently encountered in clinical ...
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The text begins with a thorough introduction to these subjects, followed by detailed chapters on sodium, chloride, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, metabolic and respiratory acid-base, blood gas, and mixed acid-base disorders.
"With its concise, user friendly format, this handbook provides the information you need for fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base related patient care.
In addition, this volume offers clinical examples providing step-by-step analysis of the pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, and management of selected clinical problems.
The last chapter covers such treatments as IV fluid replacement and total parenteral nutrition. This edition has been revised and updated and includes new entries on acute pancreatitis and heat syndrome.