On Call
Principles and Protocols
- 7th Edition - November 13, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Shane A. Marshall, John Ruedy
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 1 0 4 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 1 6 8 - 6
Ideal for any on-call professional, resident, or medical student, this highly templated, best-selling reference covers the common problems you’ll encounter while on call in the h… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIdeal for any on-call professional, resident, or medical student, this highly templated, best-selling reference covers the common problems you’ll encounter while on call in the hospital. On Call Principles and Protocols, 7th Edition, by Drs. Shane A. Marshall and John Ruedy, provides key information in time-sensitive, challenging situations. You’ll gain speed, skill, and knowledge with every call - from diagnosing a difficult or life-threatening situation to prescribing the right medication.
- Features a logical, highly templated format so you can locate critical information quickly
- Includes new content on COVID-19 in chapters on Viruses and Shortness of Breath and Fever
- Covers essential topics such as Approach to Diagnosis and Management of On-Call Problems; Documentation; Assessment and Management of Volume Status; and HIV, HBV, HCV, Influenza, and the House Officer
- Delivers consistent, easy-to-follow coverage of the most common on-call problems and approaches, including what to do from the initial phone call, "Elevator Thoughts," how to immediately identify major threats to life, what to do at the bedside, and how to avoid common mistakes for every call
- Provides updated content and references, as well as an extensively revised drug formulary of commonly prescribed medications, keeping you on the cutting edge of current, evidence-based information
- Serves as the perfect bridge to clinical medicine for students transitioning to the hospital setting, a trusty "peripheral brain" for residents, and a handy reminder for more experienced practitioners
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Medical students, residents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Structure of the Book
- Commonly Used Abbreviations
- Dosage_Notice
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1 Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of On-Call Problems
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 2 Documentation of On-Call Problems
- Chapter 3 Assessment and Management of Volume Status
- QUICK-LOOK TEST
- VITAL SIGNS
- SELECTIVE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- SELECTIVE CHART REVIEW
- CLASSIC VOLUME DEPLETION
- CLASSIC VOLUME OVERLOAD
- CLASSIC NORMAL VOLUME STATUS
- REMEMBER
- Chapter 4 Viruses and the House Officer
- CORONAVIRUS
- INFLUENZA
- RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV) AND HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS (HMPV)
- MONKEYPOX
- HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) EXPOSURE
- HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS EXPOSURE (HIV) EXPOSURE
- HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) EXPOSURE
- EBOLA VIRUS
- MPOX (MONKEYPOX)
- PATIENT-RELATED PROBLEMS: THE COMMON CALLS
- Chapter 5 Abdominal Pain
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 6 Chest Pain
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- LOOK AT THE CHEST RADIOGRAPH
- Chapter 7 Combativeness: The Out-of-Control Patient
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 8 Confusion/Decreased Level of Consciousness
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- Central Nervous System (Intracranial) Causes
- Systemic Causes
- COINCIDENTAL CAUSES
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 9 Decreased Urine Output
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- REMEMBER
- Chapter 10 Diarrhea
- PHONE CALL
- Questions
- Orders
- Informing the Registered Nurse
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- Inflammatory
- Viruses
- Nematode
- Protozoa
- Toxins
- Preformed Toxins
- Chronic Diarrhea (>2 Weeks’ Duration)
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 11 Fall Out of Bed
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 12 Fever
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- REMEMBER
- Chapter 13 Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- REMEMBER
- Chapter 14 Headache
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 15 Heart Rate and Rhythm Disorders
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- REMEMBER
- Chapter 16 High Blood Pressure
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 17 Hypnotics, Laxatives, Analgesics, and Antipyretics
- Phone Call
- Remember
- Phone Call
- Remember
- Phone Call
- Remember
- Chapter 18 Hypotension and Shock
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- REMEMBER
- Chapter 19 Leg Pain
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 20 Lines, Tubes, and Drains
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 21 Polyuria, Frequency, and Incontinence
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- REMEMBER
- Chapter 22 Pronouncing Death
- SPECIAL SITUATIONS
- Chapter 23 Seizures
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 24 Shortness of Breath
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
- PULMONARY EMBOLISM
- PNEUMONIA
- BRONCHOSPASM (ASTHMA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE)
- REMEMBER
- Chapter 25 Skin Rashes and Urticaria
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Chapter 26 Stroke
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- Syncope
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- REMEMBER
- Chapter 28 Transfusion Reactions
- PHONE CALL
- ELEVATOR THOUGHTS
- MAJOR THREAT TO LIFE
- BEDSIDE
- LABORATORY-RELATED PROBLEMS: THE COMMON CALLS
- Chapter 29 Acid–Base Disorders
- Acidemia (pH ≤7.35)
- Respiratory Acidemia
- Metabolic Acidemia
- Alkalemia (pH ≥ 7.45)
- RESPIRATORY ALKALEMIA
- METABOLIC ALKALEMIA
- Chapter 30 Anemia
- Causes of Anemia
- Chapter 31 Calcium Disorders
- HYPERCALCEMIA
- HYPOCALCEMIA
- Chapter 32 Coagulation Disorders
- Disorders Associated With Prothrombin Time Prolongation
- Disorders Associated With Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Prolongation
- Disorders Associated With Low Platelet Count
- Hereditary Disorders
- Acquired Disorders
- Hereditary Disorders
- Acquired Disorders
- Manifestations
- Management
- Chapter 33 Glucose Disorders
- Causes
- Acute Manifestations
- Management
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Management
- Chapter 34 Potassium Disorders
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Management
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Management
- REMEMBER
- Chapter 35 Sodium Disorders
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Management
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Management
- APPENDIXES
- Appendix A Blood Products
- Appendix B Reading Electrocardiograms
- Normal P Wave
- Left Atrial Enlargement
- Right Atrial Enlargement
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
- First-Degree Block
- Second-Degree Block
- Third-Degree Block
- Left Anterior Hemiblock
- Left Posterior Hemiblock
- Complete Right Bundle Branch Block
- Complete Left Bundle Branch Block
- Ventricular Preexcitation
- Appendix C Miscellaneous
- Appendix D SI Units Conversion Table
- Appendix E The On-Call Formulary
- LIDOCAINE (Xylocaine) Class IB antiarrhythmic
- Index
- Edition: 7
- Published: November 13, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 600
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443111044
- eBook ISBN: 9780443111686
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Shane A. Marshall
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Cardiologist, Department of Medicine, King Edward VIIth Memorial Hospital; Director, The Cardiac Echo Lab, Paget, BermudaJR
John Ruedy
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada