Provides step-by-step instruction on how to identify, interpret, and differentiate heart and lung sounds, including murmurs and arrhythmias in cats and dogs.

Learn to properly identify, interpret, and differentiate a wide variety of canine and feline heart and lung sounds with Rapid Interpretation of Heart and Lung Sounds: A Guide to Cardiac and Respiratory Auscultation in Dogs and Cats, 3rd Edition. A brand new companion website features both simulated and actual clinical examples to help you master and evaluate common sounds like murmurs and arrhythmias. And with the helpful instructions in the text integrated with the heart and lung sounds, you will be well prepared to perform accurate heart and lung auscultation in dogs and cats. Heart sound simulator allows you to focus on the heart sounds without the distraction of respiratory sounds or artifacts of hair rubbing against the stethoscope. Wide variety of heart and lung sounds provides you with real-life cases that are as close to clinical practice as possible. Pretests may be taken prior to reviewing the book and website to measure how much you already know. Posttests help determine when the material has been mastered and direct the user to remediation in areas where additional study is needed. Inclusion of clinically-relevant conditions makes it easy for you to apply this information to day-to-day practice. Key points called out within the text alert you to potential problems, variations on techniques, and other treatment considerations. NEW! User-friendly companion website integrated with the text fully prepares you to identify, interpret, and differentiate heart and lung sounds in dogs and cats. EXPANDED! Respiratory content offers actual examples of video and lung sounds on respiratory patterns in animals that are dyspneic from various causes.

Tapes include recordings of heart sounds and murmurs from patients, complemented by a detailed discussion in the book of these and and phonocardiographic tracings from patients. Includes pre- and post-tests.

This comprehensive and handy reference provides quick and easy access to crucial clinical data. it includes assessment, and nursing diagnoses and interventions. Pharmacology and laboratory tests are addressed, and it is conveniently organized by body system.

These transparencies accompany Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th edition, ISBN: 0-397-5573-1.

This handbook covers methods for recognizing and treating emergency problems, as well as information for everyday practice. Topics include: clinical problems; managing emergencies; interpreting clinical signs; selecting and interpreting clinical pathologic data; and differential diagnosis.

The updated and expanded edition of this popular handbook offers a wealth of proven-successful methods for recognizing and treating emergency problems, as well as core information for everyday practice. Written by experts to reflect the latest research, this 7th Edition includes extensive updates on emergency care and critical care. Coverage includes clinical problems, managing emergencies, interpreting clinical pathologic data, arriving at a diagnosis, and much more! New coverage of pain management and oncologic emergencies. Organizes sections by signs and symptoms to make information simple to find. Offers expert guidance on evaluating all major body systems and performing a complete physical exam. Describes the major tests used in clinical pathology, the interpretation of results, and their clinical significance. Details the diagnostic workup and procedures needed to make an accurate differential diagnosis. Examines the clinical procedures used in everyday practice, as well as many supportive forms of treatment. Cross-references laboratory and diagnostic guidance with coverage of disease management. Uses a wealth of tables to summarize vital material, including clinical pathology data, basic nutrition guidelines, drug dosages, information on exotic animals, and basic information on oncology.

Numerous updates and a state-of-the-art ancillary package make the Tenth Edition of this best-selling textbook the most up-to-date book of its kind. New chapters include: End-of-Life Care, Genetics Perspectives in Nursing Practice, and Management of Patients Affected by Terrorism, Mass Casualty, and Disaster. New features include: Concept Maps relating NANDA diagnoses with NIC and NOC classification systems; boxed charts alerting nurses to genetics perspectives in practice; and new, specialized content on elderly patients and those with disabilities. A free CD-ROM in the text includes over 3,500 general student-study questions, 500 unit review questions, 3-dimensional animations that illustrate disease processes, and interactive clinical simulations covering asthma and congestive heart failure. For more information, visit connection.LWW.com/go/smeltzer.

AMIA 2001: Medical Medical Informatics Odyssey provides a venue to learn the past and to envision the future role of medical informatics innovations in the discovery, creation, and application of biomedical knowledge; the delivery of health care in a wide variety of settings; and the health of the public. In addition, a panel examines the 20-year history of nursing at the Symposium. A second special track on Patient Safety, partially supported by funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, is specifically designed to highlight the Symposium content focused on system strategies to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety.