cover image - On Call Principles and Protocols - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780443111709
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 11-14-2023
Page Count: 600
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $38.99

On Call Principles and Protocols - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 7th Edition

by Shane A. Marshall, MD, FRCPC and John Ruedy, MDCM, FRCPC, LLD (hon), DMED (hon)

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - On Call Principles and Protocols - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780443111709
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 11-14-2023
Page Count: 600
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $38.99
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    • Features a logical, highly templated format so you can locate critical information quickly
    • Includes new content on COVID-19 in chapters on Viruses and Shortness of Breath and Fever
    • Covers essential topics such as Approach to Diagnosis and Management of On-Call Problems; Documentation; Assessment and Management of Volume Status; and HIV, HBV, HCV, Influenza, and the House Officer
    • Delivers consistent, easy-to-follow coverage of the most common on-call problems and approaches, including what to do from the initial phone call, "Elevator Thoughts," how to immediately identify major threats to life, what to do at the bedside, and how to avoid common mistakes for every call
    • Provides updated content and references, as well as an extensively revised drug formulary of commonly prescribed medications, keeping you on the cutting edge of current, evidence-based information
    • Serves as the perfect bridge to clinical medicine for students transitioning to the hospital setting, a trusty "peripheral brain" for residents, and a handy reminder for more experienced practitioners
    • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
  • INTRODUCTION
    1. Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of On-Call Problems
    2. Documentation of On-Call Problems
    3. Assessment and Management of Volume Status
    4. Viruses and the House Officer

    PATIENT-RELATED PROBLEMS: THE COMMON CALLS
    5. Abdominal Pain
    6. Chest Pain
    7. Combativeness: The Out-of-Control Patient
    8. Confusion/Decreased Level of Consciousness
    9. Decreased Urine Output
    10. Diarrhea
    11. Fall Out of Bed
    12. Fever
    13. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
    14. Headache
    15. Heart Rate and Rhythm Disorders
    16. High Blood Pressure
    17. Hypnotics, Laxatives, Analgesics, and Antipyretics
    18. Hypotension and Shock
    19. Leg Pain
    20. Lines, Tubes, and Drains
    21. Polyuria, Frequency, and Incontinence
    22. Pronouncing Death
    23. Seizures
    24. Shortness of Breath
    25. Skin Rashes and Urticaria
    26. Stroke
    27. Syncope
    28. Transfusion Reactions

    LABORATORY-RELATED PROBLEMS: THE COMMON CALLS
    29. Acid–Base Disorders
    30. Anemia
    31. Calcium Disorders
    32. Coagulation Disorders
    33. Glucose Disorders
    34. Potassium Disorders
    35. Sodium Disorders

    APPENDIXES
    A. Blood Products
    B. Reading Electrocardiograms
    C. Miscellaneous
    D. SI Units Conversion Table
    E. The On-Call Formulary
    Index
  • Shane A. Marshall, MD, FRCPC, Consultant Cardiologist, Department of Medicine, King Edward VIIth Memorial Hospital; Director, The Cardiac Echo Lab, Paget, Bermuda and John Ruedy, MDCM, FRCPC, LLD (hon), DMED (hon), Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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