Arterial Blood Gases Made Easy
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- 2nd Edition - April 27, 2015
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Iain A M Hennessey, Alan G Japp
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 6 1 9 0 - 5
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 6 1 9 1 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 6 1 9 2 - 9
Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is a fundamental skill in modern medicine yet one which many find difficult to grasp. This book provides readers with the core background kn… Read more
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Request a sales quoteArterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is a fundamental skill in modern medicine yet one which many find difficult to grasp. This book provides readers with the core background knowledge required to understand the ABG, explains how it is used in clinical practice and provides a unique system for interpreting results. Over half of the book is devoted to thirty clinical case scenarios involving analysis of arterial blood gases, allowing the reader to gain both proficiency in interpretation and an appreciation of the role of an ABG in guiding clinical diagnosis and management.
- A practical guide written for all those who use this test and have to interpret the results.
- Utilises worked examples to allow the reader to gain confidence in interpreting ABGs and appreciate the usefulness of the test in a variety of different clinical settings.
- Written in a simple style and presents the concepts in a straightforward manner.
Medical Undergraduates at all stages of training, junior doctors in A&E, anaesthetics, surgery, acute medicine and respiratory medicine
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1 The ABG explained
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Pulmonary Gas Exchange: The Basics
- Pulmonary Gas Exchange: Partial Pressures
- Carbon Dioxide Elimination
- Haemoglobin Oxygen Saturation (SO2)
- Oxyhaemoglobin Dissociation Curve
- Alveolar Ventilation and PaO2
- 1.3 Disorders of Gas Exchange
- Hypoxia, Hypoxaemia and Impaired Oxygenation
- Type 1 Respiratory Impairment
- Type 2 Respiratory Impairment
- Hyperventilation
- Summary of Gas Exchange Abnormalities
- 1.4 Acid–Base Balance: The Basics
- Maintaining Acid–Base Balance
- Maintaining Acid–Base Balance
- Disturbances of Acid–Base Balance
- Compensated Acid–Base Disturbance
- Mixed Acid–Base Disturbance
- 1.5 Disorders of Acid–Base Balance
- Metabolic Acidosis
- Metabolic Acidosis and the Anion Gap
- Lactic acidosis
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Other forms of ketoacidosis
- Metabolic Alkalosis
- Respiratory Acidosis
- Respiratory Alkalosis
- Mixed Respiratory and Metabolic Acidosis
- 1.6 ABG Sampling Technique
- Before Sampling
- Radial Artery Sampling
- After Sampling
- 1.7 When and Why Is an ABG Required?
- 1. To Establish a Diagnosis
- 2. To Assess Illness Severity
- 3. To Guide and Monitor Treatment
- 4. Venous Blood Gas Analysis
- 1.8 Common ABG Values
- 1.9 Making ABG Interpretation Easy
- Assessing Pulmonary Gas Exchange
- Interpreting Acid–Base Status
- Appendix
- Cases
- Case 1
- Case 2
- Case 3
- Case 4
- Case 5
- Case 6
- Case 7
- Case 8
- Case 9
- Case 10
- Case 11
- Case 12
- Case 13
- Case 14
- Case 15
- Case 16
- Case 17
- Case 18
- Case 19
- Case 20
- Case 21
- Case 22
- Case 23
- Case 24
- Case 25
- Case 26
- Case 27
- Case 28
- Case 29
- Case 30
- Answers
- Case 1
- Case 2
- Case 3
- Case 4
- Case 5
- Case 6
- Case 7
- Case 8
- Case 9
- Case 10
- Case 11
- Case 12
- Case 13
- Why is the patient hypoxaemic?
- Why does SaO2 appear to be normal?
- Case 14
- Case 15
- Case 16
- Case 17
- Case 18
- Case 19
- Case 20
- Case 21
- Case 22
- Case 23
- Case 24
- Case 25
- Case 26
- Case 27
- Case 28
- Case 29
- Case 30
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: April 27, 2015
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 176
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702061905
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702061912
- eBook ISBN: 9780702061929
IH
Iain A M Hennessey
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Innovation, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.AJ
Alan G Japp
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK