Mosby's Nursing PDQ for Critical Care

Name: Mosby's Nursing PDQ for Critical Care
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ISBN: 9780323074063

ISBN-10: 0323074065

ISBN-13: 9780323074063

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Susan B. Stillwell

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This convenient quick-reference guide offers complete coverage of topics related to the acute care management of patients in the critical care setting. The spiral-bound format provides quick, easy access to information on disorders, treatment, assessment, monitoring, and drug therapy. It also features helpful formulas, laboratory values, and scoring tools. The spiral binding and handy pocket size make it an ideal clinical companion Water- and stain-resistant pages stand up to daily wear and tear Features colored tabs that take you directly to key content areas Includes a comprehensive collection of commonly used, but rarely memorized, clinical information, such as charts, graphs, formulas,…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 9/17/2010
Binding: Comb Bound
Pages: 216
Size: 4.00" wide x 5.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)


Steps of EBP


Guide to Develop PICOT Questions


Cardiac


Cardiac Auscultatory Sites


Auscultation of the Heart


Blood Pressure


Pulse Pressure


Pulse


Edema


Defibrillation vs. Cardioversion


Intraaortic Balloon Pump


Pacemaker


Cerebral Spinal Fluid Pressure Monitoring and Drainage in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm


Effect of Cardiovascular Drugs on Hemodynamics


ECG


ECG Paper


Electrocardiograph Lead Placement


ECG


Lead Uses


Monitoring Ischemia, Injury, and Infarction


Determining ST Segment Deviation


Components of Normal Electrocardiogram


Electrolyte Imbalances and ECG Characteristics


Rhythm Strip Interpretation


Dysrhythmias


Wellen's Syndrome


Wide QRS Tachycardia


Differentiating Bundle Branch Block


ECG Changes with Myocardial Infarctions


Emergency Cardiac Drugs


Hemodynamic Monitoring


Pulmonary Artery


SvO<sub>2</sub> Monitoring


Troubleshooting Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring Lines


Radial Arterial Line


Pulmonary


Assessment


Chest Radiograph


Therapies


Weaning and Extubation


Neurologic


Assessment


Therapies


Neuromuscular Blockade


Intracranial Hypertension


GI/GU/ENDO


Topography of Abdomen


Assessment


Renal Conditions


Endocrine Conditions


Therapies


Pediatrics


Assessment


Equipment and Procedure


Emergency Drugs


Age Specific Preparation of Children for Procedures


Obstetrics


MODS


Pregnancy


Labor


Newborn


Facts: Guides, Labs and Tools


Guide to Assessing Cultural Preferences


Guide to Assessing Pain


Tools for Pain Assessment


Guide to Assess Presence of SIRS, Sepsis and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome


Tool for Quantifying Organ Dysfunction


Laboratory Values


Tools to Calculate Drug Dosages


Nomogram to Determine BSA


Physiologic Formulas


Tools to Estimate % BSA Burn


National Safety Patient Goals 2010 - The Joint Commission