| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Heart and auscultation -- Heart sound dynamics -- First heart sound -- Second heart sound -- Third and fourth heart sounds -- Other diastolic and systolic sounds -- Murmur fundamentals -- Systolic murmurs -- Diastolic murmurs -- Continuous murmurs -- Other auscultatory sounds -- Respiratory system and auscultation -- Introduction to breath sounds -- Breath sounds heard in healthy individuals -- Bronchial breath sounds -- Abnormal voice sounds -- Absent and diminished breath sounds -- Classifying adventitious sounds -- Adventitious sounds : crackles -- Adventitious sounds : wheezes |
| Summary |
"Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds, Fifth Edition, pinpoints exactly how, where, and why breath and heart sounds occur and helps you to differentiate normal from abnormal sounds quickly and accurately ... This compact, practical book will improve your ability to auscultate for heart and breath sounds, and enhance your understanding of their physiology. Throughout, the book references corresponding tracks on the accompanying website, enabling users to listen to the sounds immediately after reading about the anatomical and physiologic changes associated with the sounds. With full coverage of heart and breath sounds from the simple to the complex this comprehensive text explains heart and breath sound fundamentals including basic anatomy and physiology, best auscultation locations, tips on how to identify each sound, and what to document during a physical examination. Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds, Fifth Edition offers practicing nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants a solid basis for recognizing and differentiating among abnormal breath and heart sounds to help them accurately interpret what they hear and then apply that knowledge toward a proper diagnosis and treatment regimen."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Auscultation.
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Auscultation -- Examinations, questions, etc
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Auscultation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Heart -- Sounds -- Examinations, questions, etc
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Heart -- Sounds -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Respiratory organs -- Sounds -- Examinations, questions, etc
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Respiratory organs -- Sounds -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Heart Auscultation -- methods
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Heart Sounds -- physiology
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Respiratory Sounds -- physiology
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Auscultation
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Auscultation
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Heart -- Sounds
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Respiratory organs -- Sounds
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Examinations
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Examinations.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781469832487 |
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1469832488 |
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9781469832494 |
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1469832496 |
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