Principles and Protocols
2nd Edition
Published in March 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-7216-3982-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
122 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 186 mm
Width: 123 mm
Weight
391 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7216-3982-6 (9780721639826)
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Content
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.