Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy!

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781582551364
• ISBN10: 1582551367
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-28
• Publisher: Spring House

Summary

Learning about fluids and electrolytes doesn't get any easier. This edition boasts new features that further simplify a serious subject -- all in the lighthearted, Incredibly Easy style. "Cheat Sheets" are fun learning aids, and "Practice Makes Perfect" offers case study questions and answers that let nurses assess their progress. Expanded nursing interventions with rationales and "Ages and Stages" -- highlighting information about fluids and electrolytes across the lifespan -- broaden understanding. Contents include balancing basics, such as fluids, electrolytes, and acids and bases; disorders that cause imbalances; treating imbalances; and more.

Table of Contents

Contributors and consultants	iv
Foreword	v
Part I Balancing basics
Balancing fluids	3	(18)
Balancing electrolytes	21	(14)
Balancing acids and bases	35	(16)
Part II Fluid and electrolyte imbalances
When Fluids tip the balance	51	(30)
When sodium tips the balance	81	(20)
When potassium tips the balance	101	(18)
When magnesium tips the balance	119	(24)
When calcium tips the balance	143	(18)
When phosphorus tips the balance	161	(16)
When chloride tips the balance	177	(12)
When acids and bases tip the balance	189	(32)
Part III Disorders that cause imbalances
Heart failure	221	(14)
Respiratory failure	235	(10)
Excessive GI fluid loss	245	(10)
Renal failure	255	(14)
Burns	269	(18)
Part IV Treating imbalances
I.V. fluid replacement	287	(16)
Total parenteral nutrition	303	(10)
Blood products	313	(26)
Appendices and index
Practice makes perfect	328	(11)
Glossary	339	(4)
Index	343