Research Catalog

Title

Fluid and electrolyte balance : nursing considerations / Norma M. Metheny.

Author

Metheny, Norma Milligan.

Publication

Sudbury, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2012.

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Details

Description

vii, 398 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subject

• Body fluid disorders > Nursing
• Body fluid disorders
• Water-Electrolyte Balance
• Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
• Water-electrolyte imbalances > Nursing
• Water-electrolyte imbalances

Genre/Form

Nurses Instruction.

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Fluid and electrolyte balance / Norma M. Metheny. 4th ed. c2000.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Fundamental concepts and definitions -- Nursing assessment -- Fluid volume imbalances -- Sodium imbalances -- Potassium imbalances -- Calcium imbalances -- Magnesium imbalances -- Phosphorous imbalances -- Acid-base imbalances -- Parenteral fluids -- Parenteral nutrition -- Fluid and electrolyte disturbances associated with tube feedings -- Gastrointestinal problems -- Fluid balance in the surgical patient -- Hypovolemic shock in trauma and postoperative patients -- Congestive heart failure : fluid and electrolyte problems -- Renal failure -- Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state -- Brain injuries -- Acute pancreatitis -- Cirrhosis with ascites -- Oncologic conditions -- Pregnancy -- Fluid and electrolyte balance in children -- Fluid and electrolyte balance in the aged.

ISBN

• 9780763781644 (pbk.)
• 0763781649 (pbk.)

LCCN

2010021081

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries