Pocket Guide to Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
- 5th Edition - October 20, 2004
- Latest edition
- Authors: Ursula Heitz, Mima M. Horne
- Language: English
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… Read more
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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.
- Helps readers identify a patient's specific imbalance and understand the required nursing care
- Provides the ability to look up a diagnosis and learn what fluid, electrolyte, or acid-base disturbances are associated with that diagnosis
- Includes patient-family teaching guidelines with clear instructions to give the patient and family regarding care for the condition
- Provides pediatric and geriatric information to help users understand the variations within these special patient populations
UNIT I BASIC PRINCIPLES
1. Overview of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
2. Regulation of Vascular Volume and Extracellular Fluid Osmolality
3. Fluid Gains and Losses
4. Nursing Assessment of the Patient at Risk
5. Laboratory Assessment of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
UNIT II DISORDERS OF FLUID, ELECTROLYTE, AND ACID-BASE BALANCE
6. Disorders of Fluid Balance
7. Disorders of Sodium Balance
8. Disorders of Potassium Balance
9. Disorders of Calcium Balanc
10. Disorders of Phosphorus Balance
11. Disorders of Magnesium Balance
12. Overview of Acid-Base Balance
13. Respiratory Acidosis
14. Respiratory Alkalosis
15. Metabolic Acidosis
16. Metabolic Alkalosis
17. Mixed Acid-Base Disorders
UNIT III CLINICAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FLUID, ELECTROLYTE, AND ACID-BASE IMBALANCE
18. Gastrointestinal Disorders
19. Surgical Disturbances
20. Endocrinologic Disorders
21. Cardiac Disorders
22. Renal Failure
23. Acute Pancreatitis
24. Hepatic Failure
25. Burns
26. Providing Nutritional Support
APPENDIX A: Standard Abbreviations
APPENDIX B: Glossary
APPENDIX C: Effects of Age on Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
APPENDIX D: Normal Laboratory Values and New Blood Pressure Guidelines
1. Overview of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
2. Regulation of Vascular Volume and Extracellular Fluid Osmolality
3. Fluid Gains and Losses
4. Nursing Assessment of the Patient at Risk
5. Laboratory Assessment of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
UNIT II DISORDERS OF FLUID, ELECTROLYTE, AND ACID-BASE BALANCE
6. Disorders of Fluid Balance
7. Disorders of Sodium Balance
8. Disorders of Potassium Balance
9. Disorders of Calcium Balanc
10. Disorders of Phosphorus Balance
11. Disorders of Magnesium Balance
12. Overview of Acid-Base Balance
13. Respiratory Acidosis
14. Respiratory Alkalosis
15. Metabolic Acidosis
16. Metabolic Alkalosis
17. Mixed Acid-Base Disorders
UNIT III CLINICAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FLUID, ELECTROLYTE, AND ACID-BASE IMBALANCE
18. Gastrointestinal Disorders
19. Surgical Disturbances
20. Endocrinologic Disorders
21. Cardiac Disorders
22. Renal Failure
23. Acute Pancreatitis
24. Hepatic Failure
25. Burns
26. Providing Nutritional Support
APPENDIX A: Standard Abbreviations
APPENDIX B: Glossary
APPENDIX C: Effects of Age on Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
APPENDIX D: Normal Laboratory Values and New Blood Pressure Guidelines
- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: October 20, 2004
- Language: English
UH
Ursula Heitz
Affiliations and expertise
Nursing Consultant, Nashville, TNMH
Mima M. Horne
Affiliations and expertise
New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Adjunct Faculty, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC