On Call Principles and Protocols

John Ruedy,Shane Marshall

ISBN 10: 072163902X / ISBN 13: 9780721639024

Editore: Saunders, 2004

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• Titolo: On Call Principles and Protocols
• Editore: Saunders
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 072163902X
• ISBN 13: 9780721639024
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Edizione: quarta edizione
• Condizione: Good

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Riassunto

Be on call with confidence! Successfully managing on-call situations requires a masterful combination of speed, skill, and knowledge. The pocket-sized titles in the On Call series provide you with immediate access to the vital, step-by-step information you need to rise to the occasion! When you're on call...alone...in the middle of the night...they're your answer books for what to do and how to do it quickly-from diagnosing a difficult or life-threatening situation to prescribing the right medication.

• Provides easy-to-reference, specialty-specific guidance on how to manage problems that arise while on call without direct supervision.
• Catalogs the calls you are most likely to receive and provides you with the questions you should ask to assess the urgency of each situation.
• Details the ideal approach to diagnose and manage patients, communicate with colleagues and families, and avoid common mistakes for every call.
• Reviews the temporary orders appropriate for each call, as well as the general protocol, and the major threats to life you must consider before arriving at bedside.
• Indexes problems by disease as well as by symptoms to expedite your access to the answers you need.
• Includes a comprehensive collection of differential diagnoses and a detailed formulary of commonly used medications-a quick, alphabetically arranged reference for indications, drug dosages, routes of administration, side effects, contraindications, and modes of action.

Contenuti

Section I

Introduction

. Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of On-Call Problems

. Documentation of On-Call Problems

. Assessment and Management of Volume Status

. AIDS, HBV, HCV, and the House Officer

Section II

PATIENT-RELATED PROBLEMS: THE COMMON CALLS

. Abdominal Pain

. Chest Pain

. Combativeness - The Out-of-Control Patient

. Confusion / Decreased Level of Consciousness

. Decreased Urine Output

. Diarrhea

. 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, and Incontinence

. Pronouncing Death

. Seizures

. Shortness of Breath

. Skin Rashes and Urticaria

. Syncope

. Transfusion Reactions

Section III

LABORATORY-RELATED PROBLEMS: THE COMMON CALLS

. Acid-Base Disorders

. Anemia

. Calcium Disorders

. Coagulation Disorders

. Glucose Disorders

. Potassium Disorders

. Sodium Disorders

APPENDICES

. Adult Emergency Cardiac Care Algorithms

. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Drugs and Electrical Therapy

. Blood Products

. Reading Electrocardiograms

. Miscellaneous

. SI Units Conversion Table

. The On-Call Formulary