Body Fluids And Electrolytes

This book is designed to prepare students for classes or NCLEX by providing a comprehensive outline review of this particularly difficult area of study. Fluids and Electrolytes offers extensive self-testing that includes answer keys with rationale for correct and incorrect responses, as well as a comprehensive outline review and chapter study questions and a comprehensive examination at the end of the book. Each question is categorized according to the components of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Licensing Examinations (NCLEX). Includes FREE disk containing more NCLEX questions.

Fluids and Electrolytes: Essentials for Healthcare Practice is designed to give a solid understanding of fluid and electrolyte physiology and its implications for practice, including acid-base balance and intravenous (IV) therapy, in a concise and easily understandable format. Chapters incorporate physiological, developmental and practical aspects, highlighting some of the key issues that arise from childhood to old age. This accessible text is presented with clear graphical representations of key processes, numerous tables and contains interesting facts to explore some common myths about human fluid and electrolyte physiology. A valuable resource for healthcare students, this book also provides a strong comprehensive overview for practitioners, nurses, physiotherapists and paramedics.

Fluids and Electrolytes: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses offers both a serious reference book to read and a collection of logically organized bullet points for a quick review. The wide inner column of each page contains narrative text so nurses can, for instance, carefully read about the pathophysiology underlying an imbalance or the signs associated with the imbalance. The narrow outer column lists the corresponding summaries, better to rapidly review the key pathophysiologic events or key signs and symptoms. Full-color inserts enhance the content by bringing to life trademark ECG findings associated with two critical electrolytes, potassium and calcium, and their impact on myocardial function.

Now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fifth Edition, this handbook is the only volume on fluids and electrolytes that is geared specifically to surgical residents and surgeons. It explains, in practical terms, how to assess and manage problems of fluid-electrolyte and acid-base balance in surgical patients. This edition's chapters have all been rewritten for easier readability. New charts and figures have been added and tables have been revised to reflect recent modifications in therapy. The text precisely describes the specific characteristics and uses of all currently available fluids. This edition also provides more information on the interpretation and therapeutic implications of laboratory results.

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The administration of intravenous fluids is one of the most common and important therapeutic practices in the treatment of surgical, medical and critically ill patients. The international literature accordingly contains a vast number of works on fluid management, yet there is still confusion as to the best options in the various situations encountered in clinical practice. The purpose of this volume is to help the decision-making process by comparing different solution properties describing their indications, mechanisms of action and side-effects according to physiologic body water distribution, electrolytic and acid-base balance, and to clarify which products available on the market represent the best choice in different circumstances. The book opens by discussing in detail the concepts central to a sound understanding of abnormalities in fluid and electrolyte homeostasis and the effect of intravenous fluid administration. In the second part of the monograph, these concepts are used to explain the advantages and disadvantages of solutions available on the market in different clinical settings. Body Fluid Management: From Physiology to Therapy will serve as an invaluable decision-making guide, including for those who are not experts in the subject.

Are you curious about Fluids and Electrolytes? Would you like to be able to understand them once and for all? If so, then keep reading! Biofluids are one of the main components of the body's metabolical and regulatory mechanisms that regulate homeostasis. Their circulation, composition, and style of activities vary, so it is necessary to study the mode of circulation and what these changes in body fluids imply in reality. Even the slightest imbalances in body fluid composition can reveal hidden and underlying conditions that can't be discovered otherwise. That is why it's important to know at all times what every deviation means. Since it is impossible to store every bit of information in your brain, you might need quick access to such information – that's what this practical guide offers.This guide is written from a skilled nurse's personal experience so that you can have easy access to all essential information at all times. Organized the way a nurse thinks, up-to-date, and easy to navigate. Perfect when you are in a rush and have no time to search for the information you need—an excellent choice for medical students and doctors, not just nurses. Here is what this practical medical handbook to body fluids can offer you: – Way to refresh your knowledge on basic medical concepts regarding bodily fluids – Quick access to relevant information (abbreviations, measurements, etc.) – Complete information on the diagnostically significant biofluids – Easy access to referent values of their composition – serum sodium, chloride, potassium, calcium, etc. – Easy way to reference increased and decreased values with clinical implications and factors that can affect results – Quick way to review or update yourself on some concepts and procedures If you want to stay on the top of your game and be the expert that you and your patient deserve to be, then this practical guide is a Must-Have in your collection. What are you waiting for? Scroll up, and Get Your Copy Now!