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Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds

Publication Year:
2013
Edition:
5th Ed.
Author:
Coviello, Jessica Shank
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
ISBN:
978-1-45-118999-5
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Pinpoints exactly how, where, and why breath and heart sounds occur and helps you to differentiate normal from abnormal sounds quickly and accurately.

Loaded with clear explanations, colorful illustrations, and linked to online audio cues, this sensational reference spans the simple to the complex and serves as an excellent tool for beginning practitioners and seasoned clinicians who are looking to hone their diagnostic skills and improve their auscultation technique.

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 physica
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Platform:
OvidSP
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Coviello, Jessica Shank
ISBN:
978-1-45-118999-5
Specialty:
  • Medical/Surgical Nursing
  • Skills & Procedures
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Advanced Practice
Language:
English
Edition:
5th Ed.
Pages:
256
Publication Year:
2013
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