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Nursing assessment.
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Emergency nursing.
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Descript |
x, 310 p. : ill. |
Note |
Previous ed.: published as Medical assessment units. London: Whurr, 2003. |
Contents |
List of Contributors iv Preface vi Acknowledgements vii Introduction viii Normal Clinical Values ix 1 Initial Assessment of the Acute Medical Patient 1 Judith Morgan and Ian Wood 2 Vulnerable Adults 23 Louise Nelson, Scott Inglis, Fiona Howell, Michael Gibbs and Judi Thorley 3 Sudden Death 56 Sue Read and Jane Jervis 4 Cardiac Arrest 80 Carole Donaldson 5 Shock 108 Judith Morgan and Ian Wood 6 Altered Consciousness 133 Ian Wood and Carole Donaldson 7 Shortness of Breath 170 Michelle Garner, Susan Hope and Ian Wood 8 Chest Pain 221 Michelle Garner 9 Abdominal Pain and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 262 Toni Jordan, Ruth Harris and Terry Wardle 10 Extremity Pain and Swelling 288 Ian Wood Index 300 |
Note |
200 annual accesses. UkHlHU |
Alt author |
Wood, Ian, 1962-
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Garner, Michelle.
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ISBN |
9781444361278 (e-book) |
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9781444337167 (pbk.) |
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