Pocket guide to fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance
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Pocket guide to fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance
Elsevier/Mosby, c2005
5th ed
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Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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. Readers will discover pathophysiology, assessment, diagnostic tests, collaborative management, and nursing diagnoses and interventions reviewed in a logical, consistent, and easy-to-read manner.
Table of Contents
UNIT I BASIC PRINCIPLES 1. Overview of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance 2. Regulation of Vascular Volume and Extracellular Fluid Osmolality 3. Fluid Gains and Losses 4. Nursing Assessment of the Patient at Risk 5. Laboratory Assessment of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance UNIT II DISORDERS OF FLUID, ELECTROLYTE, AND ACID-BASE BALANCE 6. Disorders of Fluid Balance 7. Disorders of Sodium Balance 8. Disorders of Potassium Balance 9. Disorders of Calcium Balanc 10. Disorders of Phosphorus Balance 11. Disorders of Magnesium Balance 12. Overview of Acid-Base Balance 13. Respiratory Acidosis 14. Respiratory Alkalosis 15. Metabolic Acidosis 16. Metabolic Alkalosis 17. Mixed Acid-Base Disorders UNIT III CLINICAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FLUID, ELECTROLYTE, AND ACID-BASE IMBALANCE 18. Gastrointestinal Disorders 19. Surgical Disturbances 20. Endocrinologic Disorders 21. Cardiac Disorders 22. Renal Failure 23. Acute Pancreatitis 24. Hepatic Failure 25. Burns 26. Providing Nutritional Support APPENDIX A: Standard Abbreviations APPENDIX B: Glossary APPENDIX C: Effects of Age on Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance APPENDIX D: Normal Laboratory Values and New Blood Pressure Guidelines
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