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.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. Preface - p. 5 6. Unit I: Basic Principles - p. 6 7. Chapter 1: Overview of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance - p. 7 8. Chapter 2: Regulation of Vascular Volume and Extracellular Fluid Osmolality - p. 10 9. Chapter 3: Fluid Gains and Losses - p. 13 10. Chapter 4: Nursing Assessment of the Patient at Risk - p. 14 11. Chapter 5: Laboratory Assessment of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance - p. 17 12. Unit II: Disorders of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance - p. 21 13. Chapter 6: Disorders of Fluid Balance - p. 22 14. Chapter 7: Disorders of Sodium Balance - p. 31 15. Chapter 8: Disorders of Potassium Balance - p. 35 16. Chapter 9: Disorders of Calcium Balance - p. 40 17. Chapter 10: Disorders of Phosphorus Balance - p. 45 18. Chapter 11: Disorders of Magnesium Balance - p. 50 19. Chapter 12: Overview of Acid-Base Balance - p. 54 20. Chapter 13: Respiratory Acidosis - p. 56 21. Chapter 14: Respiratory Alkalosis - p. 61 22. Chapter 15: Metabolic Acidosis - p. 62 23. Chapter 16: Metabolic Alkalosis - p. 65 24. Chapter 17: Mixed Acid-Base Disorders - p. 68 25. Unit III: Clinical Conditions Associated with Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalance - p. 69 26. Chapter 18: Gastrointestinal Disorders - p. 70 27. Chapter 19: Surgical Disturbances - p. 73 28. Chapter 20: Endocrinologic Disorders - p. 74 29. Chapter 21: Cardiac Disorders - p. 78 30. Chapter 22: Renal Failure - p. 79 31. Chapter 23: Acute Pancreatitis - p. 81 32. Chapter 24: Hepatic Failure - p. 82 33. Chapter 25: Burns - p. 83 34. Chapter 26: Providing Nutritional Support - p. 85 35. Selected References - p. 95 36. Appendices - p. 98 37. Appendix A: Standard Abbreviations - p. 99 38. Appendix B: Glossary - p. 100 39. Appendix C: Effects of Age on Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance - p. 103 40. Appendix D: Normal Laboratory Values and New Blood Pressure Guidelines - p. 104 41. Index - p. 105
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.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. Preface - p. 5 6. Unit I: Basic Principles - p. 6 7. Chapter 1: Overview of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance - p. 7 8. Chapter 2: Regulation of Vascular Volume and Extracellular Fluid Osmolality - p. 10 9. Chapter 3: Fluid Gains and Losses - p. 13 10. Chapter 4: Nursing Assessment of the Patient at Risk - p. 14 11. Chapter 5: Laboratory Assessment of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance - p. 17 12. Unit II: Disorders of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance - p. 21 13. Chapter 6: Disorders of Fluid Balance - p. 22 14. Chapter 7: Disorders of Sodium Balance - p. 31 15. Chapter 8: Disorders of Potassium Balance - p. 35 16. Chapter 9: Disorders of Calcium Balance - p. 40 17. Chapter 10: Disorders of Phosphorus Balance - p. 45 18. Chapter 11: Disorders of Magnesium Balance - p. 50 19. Chapter 12: Overview of Acid-Base Balance - p. 54 20. Chapter 13: Respiratory Acidosis - p. 56 21. Chapter 14: Respiratory Alkalosis - p. 61 22. Chapter 15: Metabolic Acidosis - p. 62 23. Chapter 16: Metabolic Alkalosis - p. 65 24. Chapter 17: Mixed Acid-Base Disorders - p. 68 25. Unit III: Clinical Conditions Associated with Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalance - p. 69 26. Chapter 18: Gastrointestinal Disorders - p. 70 27. Chapter 19: Surgical Disturbances - p. 73 28. Chapter 20: Endocrinologic Disorders - p. 74 29. Chapter 21: Cardiac Disorders - p. 78 30. Chapter 22: Renal Failure - p. 79 31. Chapter 23: Acute Pancreatitis - p. 81 32. Chapter 24: Hepatic Failure - p. 82 33. Chapter 25: Burns - p. 83 34. Chapter 26: Providing Nutritional Support - p. 85 35. Selected References - p. 95 36. Appendices - p. 98 37. Appendix A: Standard Abbreviations - p. 99 38. Appendix B: Glossary - p. 100 39. Appendix C: Effects of Age on Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance - p. 103 40. Appendix D: Normal Laboratory Values and New Blood Pressure Guidelines - p. 104 41. Index - p. 105