Arterial Blood Gas Analysis Made Easy -- Book &; CD Set

An excellent resource for medical students. Want to learn to interpret the blood gas report without ever touching a pen and paper or looking at the acid base graph. Yes. You can. That is the confidence that you will have after reading this book. Want to interpret mixed disorders that way too. No pen. No paper. No chart. Sure you will be able to do that. Learning is guaranteed. We have educated blood gas related basics and advanced interpretation all over the world for the past 12 years and have been the best. Want a proof. Despite selling thousands of copies of our book we can t find even one used copy for resale. Those who buy it once never want to part with it. We have consistently topped best liked by reader list and so also best-selling list on this topic for over a decade now. This book is in 4 sections. Section I is about the SaO2, Pulse Oximetry, PAO2, PaO2, FiO2, CaO2, PaCO2, PCO2, pH. BE, H+ ion concept, learning to interpret simple disorders without using a pen, paper or a chart or a graph. Section II is a workbook approach to analysing the report for the presence of simple and mixed disorders and educates to reach the right diagnosis in cases with respiratory acidosis, respiratory alkalosis. Metabolic acidosis, Metabolic alkalosis, combination of two or more acid base disorders and also discusses anion gap acidosis, NAGMA, Salt responsive and resistant alkalosis and even shows you how to confirm the given blood gas reports is correct or not. Section 3 has over 200 exercises along with the answers and gives you an opportunity to practice your skills and section IV is the summary of the book. This pocket sized book is compact yet comprehensive and we are proud to own this wonderful teaching aid for over a decade. Do not be apprehensive when you get that blood gas report. Be the best at interpreting this important and life saving test.