Arterial blood gases made easy. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Iain A M Hennessey, Alan G Japp.
• Authors: Hennessey, Iain; Japp, Alan
• Contents: Front cover; Arterial Blood Gases Made Easy; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The ABG explained; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Pulmonary Gas Exchange:; Pulmonary Gas Exchange: Partial Pressures; Note; Carbon Dioxide Elimination; Key point; Haemoglobin Oxygen Saturation (So2); Note; Key point; Oxyhaemoglobin Dissociation Curve; Key point; Key point; Alveolar Ventilation and Pao2; Alveolar ventilation; Key point; Ventilation/perfusion mismatch and shunting; Key points; Fio2 and oxygenation; 1.3 Disorders of Gas Exchange; Hypoxia, Hypoxaemia and Impaired Oxygenation. Type 1 Respiratory ImpairmentType 2 Respiratory Impairment; Hyperventilation; Summary of Gas Exchange Abnormalities; 1.4 Acid-Base Balance:; Why is acid-base balance important?; Maintaining Acid-Base Balance; What generates H+ ions in our bodies?; What removes H+ ions from our bodies?; Respiratory mechanisms; Renal (metabolic) mechanisms; Maintaining Acid-Base Balance; Disturbances of Acid-Base Balance; Normal acid-base balance; Uncompensated acid-base disturbance; Compensated Acid-Base Disturbance; Mixed Acid-Base Disturbance; The nomogram; 1.5 Disorders of Acid-Base Balance. Metabolic AcidosisMetabolic Acidosis and the Anion Gap; Lactic acidosis; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Other forms of ketoacidosis; Metabolic Alkalosis; Respiratory Acidosis; Respiratory Alkalosis; Mixed Respiratory and Metabolic Acidosis; 1.6 ABG Sampling Technique; Before Sampling; Radial Artery Sampling; After Sampling; 1.7 When and Why Is an ABG Required?; 1. To Establish a Diagnosis; 2. To Assess Illness Severity; 3. To Guide and Monitor Treatment; 4. Venous Blood Gas Analysis; 1.8 Common ABG Values; 1.9 Making ABG Interpretation Easy; Assessing Pulmonary Gas Exchange. Interpreting Acid-Base StatusAppendix; 2 The ABG in practice; CASES; Case 1; History; Examination; Questions; Case 2; History; Questions; Case 3; History; Examination; Questions; Case 4; History; Examination; Questions; Case 5; History; Examination; Questions; Case 6; History; Examination; Questions; Case 7; Questions; Case 8; History; Examination; Questions; Case 9; History; Examination; Questions; Case 10; History; Examination; Questions; Case 11; History; Examination; Questions; Case 12; History; Examination; Questions; Case 13; History; Examination; Questions; Case 14; History. ExaminationQuestions; Case 15; Questions; Case 16; History; Questions; Case 17; History; Examination; Questions; Case 18; History; Examination; Questions; Case 19; History; Examination; Questions; Case 20; History; Examination; Questions; Case 21; History; Examination; Questions; Case 22; History; Examination; Questions; Case 23; History; Examination; Questions; Case 24; History; Examination; Questions; Case 25; History; Examination; Questions; Case 26; History; Examination; Questions; Case 27; History; Examination; Questions; Case 28; History; Examination; Questions; Case 29; History.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh New York : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 164 pages)
• Subjects: 616.07/561; Blood gases -- Analysis; Blood Gas Analysis -- methods; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Blood gases -- Analysis; Case Reports; Problems and Exercises; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702061929; 0702061921; 0702061905; 9780702061905
• Related ISBNs: 9780702061905
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 17, 2015).
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