Synopses & Reviews
Fluids & Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy, Fifth Edition, uses a conversational writing style to break down complex concepts and make the fundamentals of fluids and electrolytes easy to understand and put into practice. This fully updated book is organized into four parts to provide comprehensive coverage of this challenging topic:
- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base basics
- Fluid and electrolyte imbalances
- The importance and management of imbalances in major health problems
- Treatments
New features of this edition include current infusion nursing standards of practice and a revised blood product chart. Each chapter includes clear, simple explanations of health problems, definitions of key terms, illustrations that clearly explain key concepts, memory joggers, and bullets and checklists that make it easy to spot important points at a glance. Chapter summaries provide a quick review of all essential information, and special elements found throughout the text make it easy to remember key points:
- Quick-scan tables, illustrations, and flow charts focus on key informatio
- “Ages and stages" icons identify age-related considerations
- "Chart smart" sections outline all the points that require documentation for a specific imbalance or condition
- "It's not working" icons tell the reader what to do when standard interventions aren't getting results
- "Teaching points" focus on topics to teach patients
- "Uh-oh" icons help the reader quickly recognize dangerous or life-threatening signs and symptoms
- Quick reference appendices on fluid and electrolyte differences in pediatric and geriatric populations
Synopsis
Fluids & Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy, Fourth Edition, is an entertaining reference that reviews the fundamentals of fluids and electrolytes in a fun, interesting, and easy-to-understand manner. Organized into four parts, the books provides comprehensive coverage of this challenging topic, including fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base basics; fluid and electrolyte imbalances; the importance and management of imbalances in major health problems; and treatments. Special elements are found throughout the text make it easy to remember key points.
Synopsis
Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy!, Fourth Edition, presents the fundamentals of fluids and electrolytes in an entertaining, interesting, and easy-to-understand manner. Chapters review basic information about fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance; identify fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances; describe imbalances in major health problems and their consequences; and explain how to treat those imbalances. This thoroughly updated edition includes a new chapter on acute pancreatitis.
Charts, illustrations, recurring icons, Memory joggers, and other features help readers focus on and remember key points. Quick-reference appendices list fluid and electrolyte differences in pediatric and geriatric populations.
Synopsis
Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy!, Fourth Edition, presents the fundamentals of fluids and electrolytes in an entertaining, interesting, and easy-to-understand manner. Chapters review basic information about fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance; identify fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances; describe imbalances in major health problems and their consequences; and explain how to treat those imbalances. This thoroughly updated edition includes a new chapter on acute pancreatitis.
Charts, illustrations, recurring icons, Memory joggers, and other features help readers focus on and remember key points. Quick-reference appendices list fluid and electrolyte differences in pediatric and geriatric populations.
Synopsis
Now in its Third Edition, Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy! presents this difficult topic in a fun, interesting, and easy-to-understand manner. This informative and indispensable reference reviews fundamental information about fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance; identifies electrolyte, fluid, acid, and base imbalances; describes imbalances in major health problems and their consequences; and explains how to treat those imbalances--all in an easy-to-understand, comprehensive, enjoyable format.
Synopsis
Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy!, Fourth Edition, presents the fundamentals of fluids and electrolytes in an entertaining, interesting, and easy-to-understand manner. Chapters review basic information about fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance; identify fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances; describe imbalances in major health problems and their consequences; and explain how to treat those imbalances. This thoroughly updated edition includes a new chapter on acute pancreatitis.
Charts, illustrations, recurring icons, Memory joggers, and other features help readers focus on and remember key points. Quick-reference appendices list fluid and electrolyte differences in pediatric and geriatric populations.
Synopsis
Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy!, Fourth Edition, presents the fundamentals of fluids and electrolytes in an entertaining, interesting, and easy-to-understand manner. Chapters review basic information about fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance; identify fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances; describe imbalances in major health problems and their consequences; and explain how to treat those imbalances. This thoroughly updated edition includes a new chapter on acute pancreatitis.
Charts, illustrations, recurring icons, Memory joggers, and other features help readers focus on and remember key points. Quick-reference appendices list fluid and electrolyte differences in pediatric and geriatric populations.
Table of Contents
Part I: Balancing basics
Ch 1: Balancing fluids
Ch 2: Balancing electrolytes
Ch 3: Balancing acids and bases
Part II: Fluid and electrolyte imbalances
Ch 4: When fluids tip the balance
Ch 5: When sodium tips the balance
Ch 6: When potassium tips the balance
Ch 7: When magnesium tips the balance
Ch 8: When calcium tips the balance
Ch 9: When phosphorus tips the balance
Ch 10: When chloride tips the balance
Ch 11: When acids and bases tip the balance
Part III: Disorders that cause imbalances
Ch 12: Heat syndromes
Ch 13: Heart failure
Ch 14: Respiratory failure
Ch 15: Excessive GI fluid loss
Ch 16: Acute pancreatitis
Ch 17: Renal failure
Ch 18: Burns
Part IV: Treating imbalances
Ch 19: I.V. fluid replacement
Ch 20: Total parenteral nutrition
Appendices
Common fluid and electrolyte imbalances in pediatric patients
Common fluid and electrolyte balances in elderly patients
Transfusing blood and selected components
Practice makes perfect
Glossary
Selected references
Index