Alarming signs & symptoms.
"This full-color handbook is a quick-reference guide to identification, interpretation, and intervention for more than 100 signs and symptoms that indicate urgent, life-threatening, or limb-threatening situations. Each entry concisely describes a sign or symptom and presents succinct, bulleted...
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| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
c2007.
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| Series: | Lippincott manual of nursing practice series.
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| Summary: | "This full-color handbook is a quick-reference guide to identification, interpretation, and intervention for more than 100 signs and symptoms that indicate urgent, life-threatening, or limb-threatening situations. Each entry concisely describes a sign or symptom and presents succinct, bulleted information on each possible urgent medical cause—typical history and physical exam findings, associated signs and symptoms, emergency interventions, nursing considerations, and follow-up. Recurring icons include Alert, Clinical Picture (charts visually comparing clusters of abnormal findings), and Act Now (specific immediate interventions needed). Appendices cover toxic drug-drug interactions, dangerous drug-herb interactions, and potential agents of bioterrorism.."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | iv, 348 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 338) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1582556245 (alk. paper) 9781582556246 (alk. paper) |