Arterial Blood Gases Made Easy, 2nd Edition

Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is a fundamental skill in modern medicine yet one which many find difficult to grasp. This book provides readers with the core background knowledge required to understand the ABG, explains how it is used in clinical practice and provides a unique system for interpreting results. Over half of the book is devoted to thirty clinical case scenarios involving analysis of arterial blood gases, allowing the reader to gain both proficiency in interpretation and an appreciation of the role of an ABG in guiding clinical diagnosis and management.

• A practical guide written for all those who use this test and have to interpret the results.
• Utilises worked examples to allow the reader to gain confidence in interpreting ABGs and appreciate the usefulness of the test in a variety of different clinical settings.
• Written in a simple style and presents the concepts in a straightforward manner.

• Additional clinical case scenarios put the ABG into practice.
• Includes a video detailing how to take a sample.

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Seidel's Physical Examination Handbook, 8e

Be prepared in any clinical setting with this portable, full-color, illustrated guide. Examination tables and Aids to Differential Diagnosis tables provide easy access to the physical exam in a two-column format for each system exam. Key information includes differential diagnosis tips, pediatric variations, sample documentation, and other helpful assessment data for quick reference. Separate chapters cover age-specific exams for infants, children, adolescents, and older adults, the healthy female evaluation, as well as reporting and documenting findings for computerized charting.

• Examination tables offer quick and reliable reference to key exam steps and what to expect.
• Aids to Differential Diagnosis tables summarize distinguishing characteristics of abnormalities, furnishing you with clues for identifying characteristic symptoms and diagnosing patient problems.
• Sample Documentation sections at the end of system chapters promote concise yet thorough patient charting for each system exam.
• Equipment Lists, indicating needed items in preparation for each system exam, facilitate efficiency in the practice setting.
• Color-coded Pediatric Variations tables provide a resource on differences in findings and developmental considerations for pediatric patients.
• Updated Computerized Charting content reflects the shift to electronic charting in clinical practice and equips you with a current resource on what and how to chart patient data.
• Over 200 full-color illustrations on anatomy and physiology, exam procedures, and normal and abnormal findings offer a visual reference to performing exams and anticipated and unanticipated findings in this highly visual field.

• NEW! Updated Content throughout the book reflects the latest research and evidence-based practice to supply you with a best-practice approach to the physical exam.
• NEW! Vital Signs and Pain Assessment chapter groups important foundational and frequently-used tasks together for easy reference.
• NEW! Age-Specific Examination: Special Populations and Older Adults chapter makes it easy to locate specific variations in assessment for older adults with special needs.

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DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, Tenth Edition

For more than forty years, the single-best guide for learning how to become a master clinical diagnostician

Much more than a text describing how to perform a history and physical examination, DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination is unmatched in its ability to help you logically assess symptoms and physical signs to facilitate development of reasonable, testable diagnostic hypotheses.

Part physical examination primer, part differential diagnosis guide, DeGowin's:

• Describes how to obtain a complete history and perform a thorough physical examination
• Links symptoms and signs with the pathophysiology of disease
• Presents a symptom, sign, anatomy, and physiology-based approach to differential diagnosis
• Facilitates efficient cost-effective diagnostic testing using focused differential diagnoses

Organized as a practical bedside guide to assist diagnosis, DeGowin's is valuable as a quick reference at the point-of-care or as a text to study the principles and practice of history taking and physical examination.

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Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking Seventh

This concise pocket-sized guide presents the classic Bates approach to physical examination and history taking in a quick-reference outline format. It contains all the critical information needed to obtain a clinically meaningful health history and conduct a thorough physical assessment. Fully revised and updated to reflect current health care literature, the Seventh Edition will help health professionals elicit relevant facts from the patient's history, review examination procedures, highlight common findings, learn special assessment techniques, and sharpen interpretive skills.

The book features a vibrant full-color art program and an easy-to-follow two-column format with step-by-step examination techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right.

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Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, Eleventh Edition

The 11th edition of the pre-eminent textbook on physical examination contains foundational content to guide students’ approaches to history taking, interviewing, and other core assessment skills, as well as fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline correct performance of physical examination. The book features a vibrant full-color art program and an easy-to-follow two-column format with step-by-step examination techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right. The comprehensive, evidence-based content is intended for medical students, high-level nursing education and practice markets, as well as related health professions such as physician assistants.

New for this edition:
--Content has been fully revised and updated to reflect the most recent health care literature.
--More than 200 new and revised photographs and drawings have been added to better illustrate key points in the accompanying text.
--Design and layout has been revised to increase discoverability of core material and special assessment tips.
--Techniques of interviewing chapter has been reorganized to provide clearer insights into the skills of empathic listening.
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