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    Critical Care Bedside Reference
    Critical Care Bedside Reference
    Critical Care Bedside Reference
    Ebook59 pages27 minutes

    Critical Care Bedside Reference

    By Wendy Swope

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    About this ebook

    Need to know how to correct hyponatremia, what about setting initial vent parameters? Are you familiar with RSI and ICP's.

    Critical Care Bedside Reference is loaded with this information and more including electrolyte replacement charts, acid base problems and metabolic disorders.

    Critical Care Bedside Reference contains the facts you need it is not a study guide.

    Who needs this book: Doctors, Nurses, medical students, nursing students - anyone who wants to perform at the peak of their profession.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateJul 16, 2011
    ISBN9781462029204
    Critical Care Bedside Reference
    Author

    Wendy Swope

    Wendy Swope is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with 10 years combined experience in Critical Care, Psychiatry and Family Practice. She is certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the state of Idaho and has primarily practiced in the acute hospital setting. In 2002 Swope published Wild Idaho through Falcon Press which is an outdoor guide to all of the wild areas in the state. In 2006 she co-authored a chapter of Neurological Support in ACCCN Critical Care Nursing by Elsevier. This book is currently in it's second printing. Swope currently lives in Swan Valley, Idaho where she enjoys hiking and cross-country skiing. Having lived for a winter in a tipi in the forest outside of Pinedale, Wyoming (-40 below) she and her husband also know quite a lot of practical knowledge related to the outdoors.. They have five children and enjoy many adventures with them.

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      Critical Care Bedside Reference - Wendy Swope

      Contents

      2011

      1 Electrolyte Replacement

      2 Comparison Charts

      3 Arterial Blood Gas and Acid Base Disturbances

      4 Neurological

      5 Respiratory

      6 Cardiovascular

      7 Renal

      8 Metabolic Derangements

      9 Infectious Disease

      10 Fluids and Resuscitation

      11 Nutrition

      2011

      SKU-000175417_TEXT.pdf

      No discussion - Just facts | Swope

      When you are up to your ass in alligators it is difficult to remind yourself your initial objective was to drain the swamp

      Unknown

      This publication is intended as a guide to patient care. Every effort was made to provide accurate and up-to-date information. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and it is the responsibility of the provider to verify current practices and medication dosages.

      1

      Electrolyte Replacement

      Potassium Replacement Protocol

      (normal = 3.5-5.1 meq/L)

      Repeat potassium level

      2 hours after the infusion is complete.

      Correct as indicated above.

      Magnesium Replacement Protocol

      (normal = 1.6-2.3 mg/dL)

      Corrected Serum Mg =

      Mg x 0.42 + 0.05 (4 - albumin in g/dL)

      Repeat serum Magnesium level

      2 hours after infusion complete.

      Phosphorus Replacement Protocol

      (normal = 2.4-4.5 mg/dL)

      3 mmol of potassium phosphate = 4.4 meq of potassium

      •   Pharmacy will mix NaPO4 or KPO4 in 250cc NS

      •   Use KPO4 if K is less than 4.0 mEq/L

      •   Use NaPO4 if K is greater than 4.0 mEq/L and Na is less than 145 mEq/L

      •   Infuse over 4 to 6 hours

      •   Repeat phosphorus level 6

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