Principles and Protocols
On Call Series
3rd Edition
Published in November 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
478 pages
978-0-7216-5079-1 (ISBN)
Description
A quick reference guide to facilitate the transition of medical students and residents from the classroom to the hospital setting. It serves as a second option for medical students and residents who are on call and faced with a patient problem in the middle of the night. It tells them what to do and how to do it quickly - from diagnosing a difficult of life-threatening situation to prescribing the right medication.
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Series
Edition
3rd 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
Illustrations
94 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 186 mm
Width: 123 mm
Weight
459 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7216-5079-1 (9780721650791)
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Content
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. Patient related problems - the common calls: abdominal pain; chest pain; combativeness - the put 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,a analgesics, and antipyretics; hypotension and shock; leg pain; lines, tubes, and drains; polyuria frequency incontinence; pronouncing death; seizures; shortness of breath; skin rashes and urticaria; syncope; transfusion and reactions. Laboratory related problems - the common calls: acid-base disorders; anaemia; calcium disorders; coagulation disorders; glucose disorders; potassium disorders; sodium disorders.