Understanding Clinical Investigations - Couverture souple

Skinner, Susan

 
9780702018213: Understanding Clinical Investigations

Synopsis

This is a hands-on quick reference guide to the full spectrum of clinical investigations encountered in the average hospital-based clinical setting. The book thus covers both ward-based investigations eg. urinalysis, ECGs, blood pressure monitoring, TPR etc, as well as laboratory and specialist investigations, such as blood testing, CSF, MSUs, thyroid function tests, X-rays, EEGs.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Understanding clinical investigations is an indispensable handbook providing easily accessible explanations of the common investigations carried out on all body systems. It addresses the relationship between normal physiology and disease processes and the place of clinical investigation within these events. The rationale for investigation is made clear and some guidance for further care is offered. Designed to give quickly referenced guidance on a broad spectrum of clinical investigation and monitoring, it will be helpful to all nursing staff and will assist in giving explaining tests to patients.

Understanding Clinical Investigations provides:

  • a unique combination of normal physiology, clinical investigations and pathophysiology
  • an attractive, user-friendly design, with the aid of colour, ensuring easy access to key information
  • an appendix of normal values
  • In this new edition each investigation has been updated in line in the light of recent guidelines and practice. New material has been added including chromosome studies and blood cholesterol values.

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    Autres éditions populaires du même titre

    9780702026836: Understanding Clinical Investigations, Second Edition: A Quick Reference Manual

    Edition présentée

    ISBN 10 :  0702026832 ISBN 13 :  9780702026836
    Editeur : Bailliere Tindall, 2005
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