Auscultation skills
Subtitle: breath & heart sounds.
Contributors: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781605474540
Subjects: Auscultation; Heart Auscultation -- methods -- Examination Questions; Heart Auscultation -- methods -- Handbooks; Heart Sounds -- physiology -- Examination Questions; Heart Sounds -- physiology -- Handbooks; Respiratory Sounds -- physiology -- Examination Questions; Respiratory Sounds -- physiology -- Handbooks
Genres: Examination Questions; Handbooks
Description: Fourth Edition is the only book-and-audio-CD product on the market that offers full coverage of heart and breath sounds from the simple to the complex and provides a comprehensive text explaining heart and breath sound fundamentals including basic anatomy and physiology, best auscultation locations, tips on how to identify each sound, and what to document. This product 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. The book is supplemented with an all-in-one CD that feature 46 tracks of breath sounds and 50 tracks of heart sounds, which can be listened to sequentially with the book or reviewed by the reader in the order of her choosing. The CD can be listened to in the car or on the computer; it can be downloaded to the computer and converted to MP3 files. Tips and alerts abound throughout the book's text to help manage optimal care. A glossary of commonly used terms and abbreviations and an easy-to-read chart of common disorders matched with their specific abnormal breath and heart sounds add to the book's utility.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 218) and index.
Table of contents: title: The heart and auscultation; title: Heart sound dynamics; title: The first heart sound; title: The second heart sound; title: The third and fourth heart sounds; title: Other diastolic and systolic sounds; title: Murmur fundamentals; title: Systolic murmurs; title: Diastolic murmurs; title: Continuous murmurs; title: Other auscultatory sounds; title: The respiratory system and auscultation; title: Introduction to breath sounds; title: Breath sounds heard in healthy individuals; title: Abnormal breath sounds; title: Bronchial breath sounds; title: Abnormal voice sounds; title: Absent and diminished breath sounds; title: Adventitious sounds : crackles; title: Adventitious sounds : wheezes.