This innovative new pocket guide by Dana Oakes promises to take health care professionals to that next level with interpretation and management of ABGs.  When hearing of a book on ABGs, many are tempted to think, "but I already know how to interpret blood gases." 

There is a whole world beyond basic classification (acidosis versus alkalosis, respiratory versus metabolic).  This guide takes one beyond classification into the realm of interpretation, to include double and triple disorders and easy understanding of anion and bicarbonate gaps – all of which play crucial roles in proper interpretation of ABGs.

Complete with a comprehensive instructional guide, you will find yourself amazed at what you didn't know, and empowered with the new tools you pick up for true critical care management of complex patients. 

Table of Contents
  ABG Interpretation

  • Overview

  • Steps of Interpretation

  • Keys to Interpretation

  • Interpretation of ABG

  • Overview of Acid – Base Disorders and Parameter Changes

  • Classification Characteristics

  • Examples of Mixed Disorders

  • Quick Guide
  Respiratory Acidosis

  • Overview

  • Determining Compensation

  • Types

  • Signs & Symptoms

  • Physiological Manifestations and Clinical Manifestations

  • Causes

  • Management

  • Deadspace Assessment

  • ABGs in COPD (Hypoxic Drive Theory)
  Respiratory Alkalosis
  • Overview
  • Determining Compensation
  • Signs & Symptoms
  • Physiological Manifestations and Clinical Manifestations
  • Causes
  • Management
  Metabolic Acidosis
  • Overview
  • Determining Compensation
  • Types of Metabolic Acidosis
  • Anion Gap and Non-Anion Gap
  • Signs & Symptoms
  • Physiological Manifestations and Clinical Manifestations
  • Causes
  • Management
  Metabolic Alkalosis
  • Overview
  • Determining Compensation
  • Signs & Symptoms
  • Physiological Manifestations and Clinical Manifestations
  • Causes
  • Management
  Mixed Metabolic Disorders
  • Determining Anion Gap and Bicarbonate Gap
  Oxygenation Assessment
  • Evaluating Oxygenation Status
  • Lung Adequacy
  • PaO2 Assessment
  • SaO2/SpO2 Assessment
  • Oxyhemoglobin Curve
  • O2 Cascade
  • Hypoxemia
    • Levels
    • Signs & Symptoms
    • Types & Causes
    • Distinguishing Types
    • Lung Efficiency
  • Estimating Degree of Pulmonary Dysfunction
  • Estimating Shunt
  • Distinguishing Shunts and Diffusion Defects
  • Assessment of Tissue Oxygenation
  • Management of Oxygenation
    • Oxygen Therapy (AARC CPG for Adults in the Acute Care Facility)
    • Targets for Improving (Correcting) Oxygenation
    • PaO2/ FIO2 Relationship
    • What PaO2 Should Be  
    • Estimating PaO2/FIO2% Relationship
    • Calculating Desired PaO2 and FIO2
    • O2 Therapy of Mechanically Ventilated Patients
    • Checklist for Worsening Oxygenation
  • Improving Oxygenation
    • Conventional Methods
    • Indications for PEEP / CPAP
  ABG Accuracy Check (Checking for Errors)
  AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Sampling for Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
  • Pulse Oximetry
  Quick Guide

 


 

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