| Description |
xix, 796 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Nutritional Support / Karen S. Webber -- Mechanical Ventilation / Cheri A. Goll -- Hemodynamic Monitoring / Laura D. Williams -- Sedating and Paralytic Agents / Laura D. Williams -- Alterations in Consciousness / Alice Davis -- Wound and Skin Care / Nancy A. Stotts -- Pain / Susan L. Schroeder -- Prolonged Immobility / Linda S. Baas -- Psychosocial Support / Patricia Hall -- Psychosocial Support for the Patient's Family and Significant Others / Patricia Hall -- Ethical Considerations in Critical Care / Jenni Jordan -- Major Trauma / Cheryl McKay -- Traumatic Brain Injury / Alice Davis -- Chest Trauma / Cheri A. Goll -- Near Drowning / Cheri A. Goll -- Cardiac Trauma / Marilyn Sawyer Sommers -- Acute Cardiac Tamponade / Marilyn Sawyer Sommers -- Renal and Lower Urinary Tract Trauma / Marilyn Sawyer Sommers -- Pelvic Fractures / Marilyn Sawyer Sommers -- Compartment Syndrome (Ischemic Myositis) / Dennis Ross -- Acute Spinal Cord Injury / Ann Coghlan Stowe -- Abdominal Trauma / Barbara McLean -- Burns / Joyce Young Johnson -- Status Asthmaticus / Cheri A. Goll -- Acute Pneumonia / Cheri A. Goll -- Pulmonary Hypertension / Cheri A. Goll -- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Cheri A. Goll -- Pulmonary Emboli / Cheri A. Goll -- Pneumothorax / Cheri A. Goll -- Acute Respiratory Failure / Cheri A. Goll -- Acute Coronary Syndromes: Chest Pain - Angina Pectoris and Myocardial Infarction / Marianne Saunorus Baird -- Heart Failure/Pulmonary Edema / Marianne Saunorus Baird -- Cardiomyopathy / Marguerite J. Murphy -- Dysrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances / Marianne Saunorus Baird -- Valvular Heart Disease / Linda S. Baas -- Acute Infective Endocarditis / Linda S. Baas -- Acute Pericarditis / Linda S. Baas -- Hypertensive Emergencies / Linda S. Baas -- Aortic Aneurysm/Dissection / Linda S. Baas -- Cardiogenic Shock / Linda S. Baas -- Cardiac Transplantation / Cheryl L. Bittel -- Caring for Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Thrombolysis / Marianne Saunorus Baird -- Acute Renal Failure / Patricia D. Weiskittel -- Renal Transplantation / Patricia D. Weiskittel -- Renal Replacement Therapies / Patricia D. Weiskittel -- Myasthenia Gravis / Ann Coghlan Stowe -- Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Ann Coghlan Stowe -- Cerebral Aneurysm and Subarachnoid Haemorrhage / Ann Coghlan Stowe -- Care of the Patient after Intracranial Surgery / Ann Coghlan Stowe -- Status Epilepticus / Mimi Callanan -- Stroke: Acute Cerebral Infarct and Intracerebral Hematoma / Carol A. Barch -- Meningitis / Alice Davis -- Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Mima M. Horne -- Hyperglycemic Hyperdsmolar Nonketotic Syndrome / Mima M. Horne -- Diabetes Insipidus / Mima M. Horne -- Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone / Mima M. Horne -- Acute Adrenal Insufficiency / Mima M. Horne -- Gastroesophageal Varices / Patrice C. Al-Saden -- Hepatic Failure / Patrice C. Al-Saden -- Acute Pancreatitis / Beverly George-Gay -- Peritonitis / Beverly George-Gay -- Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Beverly George-Gay -- Enterocutaneous Fistulas / Beverly George-Gay -- Profound Anemias/Hemolytic Crisis / Marianne Saunorus Baird -- Bleeding and Thrombotic Disorders / Marianne Saunorus Baird -- Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia / Marianne Saunorus Baird -- Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura / Marianne Saunorus Baird -- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Marianne Saunorus Baird -- Septic Shock / Janet Hicks Keen -- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) / Janet Hicks Keen -- Anaphylactic Shock / Marguerite J. Murphy -- Organ Rejection / Patricia D. Weiskittel -- Drug Overdose / Johanna K. Stiesmeyer -- Fluid And Electrolyte Disturbances / Mima M. Home -- Acid-Base Imbalances / Barbara McLean -- App. 1. The American Heart Association's Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Algorithms -- App. 2. Heart and Breath Sounds -- App. 3. Glasgow Coma Scale -- App. 4. Cranial Nerves: Functions and Dysfunctions -- App. 5. Major Deep Tendon (Muscle-Stretch) Reflexes -- App. 6. Major Superficial (Cutaneous) Reflexes -- App. 7. Inotropic and Vasoactive Agents -- App. 8. Infection Prevention and Control / Marguerite McMillan Jackson -- App. 9. Abbreviations Used in this Manual |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Critical care medicine.
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Critical care medicine -- Nursing.
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Intensive care nursing.
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Nursing assessment.
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Nursing diagnosis.
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Critical Care.
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Nursing Assessment.
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Critical Care.
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Nursing Diagnosis.
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| Genre/Form |
Nurses Instruction.
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| Author |
Keen, Janet Hicks.
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| LC no. |
2001272268 |
| ISBN |
0323009980 (paperback) |
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