Updated and revised edition of the widely used manual providing medical students and residents with an introduction to the assessment and management of common problems encountered "on call" at night. New areas of coverage include discussions of combativeness, confusion/decreased level of consciousness, diarrhea, leg pain, acid-base disorders, and anemia. An appendix of quick-reference data and an on-call formulary of commonly used medications are provided.
Updated and revised edition of the widely used manual providing medical students and residents with an introduction to the assessment and management of common problems encountered "on call" at night. New areas of coverage include discussions of combativeness, confusion/decreased level of consciousness, diarrhea, leg pain, acid-base disorders, and anemia. An appendix of quick-reference data and an on-call formulary of commonly used medications are provided.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 186 mm
Breite: 123 mm
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978-0-7216-3982-6 (9780721639826)
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Part 1 Introduction: approach to the diagnosis and management of on-call problems; documentation of on-call problems; assessment and management of volume status; AIDS and the house officer. Part 2 Patient related problems - the common calls: abdominal pain; chest pain; combativeness - the out-of-control patient; confusion/decreased level of consciousness; decreased urine output; diarrhoea; fall-out-of-bed; fever; gastrointestinal bleeding; headache; heart rate and rhythm disorders; high blood pressure; hypnotics, laxatives, analgesics and antipyretics; hypotension and shock; leg pain; lines, tubes and drains; polyuria - frequency-inconteinence; pronoucing death; seizures; shortness of breath; skin rashes and urticaria; skyncope; transfusion reactions. Part 3 Laboratory-related problems - the common calls: acid-base disorders; anaemia; calcium disorders; coagulation disorders; glucose disorders; sodium disorders. Part 4 Appendix. Part 5 On call formulary - commonly prescribed medications. Part 7 Index.
