Pocket Guide to Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance - E-Book

by Ursula Heitz RN, MSN, Mima M. Horne RN, MS, CDE

Overview

• Compares different types of parenteral and enteral feedings, along with nursing implications
• Contains expanded and updated relevant IV therapy and pharmacology
• Features updated content throughout with current literature and research findings, such as most current blood pressure guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323170819
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	10/20/2004
Series:	Nursing Pocket Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	5 MB

Table of Contents

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