Fluids and Electrolytes - An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide

Klappentext Fluids and Electrolytes: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide, Second Edition provides just the essential facts in a streamlined, bulleted quick-reference format, using illustrations, logos, and other Incredibly Easy! features to help nurses spot key points at a glance. The opening chapters review the basics of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance. Subsequent chapters address specific imbalances, providing vital information for safe and effective care. 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. Zusammenfassung Reviews the basics of fluid! electrolyte! and acid-base balance. This title provides just the essential facts. It address specific imbalances! providing vital information for safe and effective care. It covers such treatments as IV fluid replacement and total parenteral nutrition. It includes entries on acute pancreatitis and heat syndrome. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors and consultantsRoad map to fluids and electrolytesChapter 1: Balancing basicsChapter 2: Fluid imbalancesChapter 3: Electrolyte imbalancesChapter 4: Acid-base imbalancesChapter 5: Disorders that cause imbalancesChapter 6: Treating imbalancesThe test zoneSelected referencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Lippincott Williams &. Wilkins
• Assisted by: Williams Lippincott (Editor), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Editor), Springhouse (Editor)
• Publisher: Lippincott
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2009
• EAN: 9781605472522
• ISBN: 978-1-60547-252-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide; Incredibly Easy! Series; Made Incredibly Easy (Paperbac; Incredibly Easy! Series (R); Incredibly Easy! Series (R); Incredibly Easy! Series(R); An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General