Manual of critical care nursing : nursing interventions and collaborative management.

• Baird, Marianne Saunorus
• Keen, Janet Hicks
• Swearingen, Pamela L.

• Intensive care nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

• Elsevier Mosby,

• 0323026575 (pbk.)

• Previous ed.: St. Louis, Mo.; London: Mosby, 2001.
• Includes bibliographies and index.
• CHAPTER 1 GENERAL CONECPTS IN CARING FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL Nutritional Support Mechanical Ventilation Hemodynamic Monitoring Sedating and Paralytic Agents Alterations in Consciousness Wound and Skin Care Pain Prolonged Immobility Psychosocial Support Psychosocial Support for the Patients Family and Significant Others Ethical Considerations in Critical Care Tables CHAPTER 2 MULTISYSTEM TRAUMA Major Trauma Traumatic Brain Injury Chest Trauma Near Drowning Cardiac Trauma Acute Cardiac Tamponade Renal and Lower Urinary Tract Trauma Pelvic Fractures Compartment Syndrome (Ischemic Myositis) Acute Spinal Cord Injury Abdominal Trauma CHAPTER 3 RESPIRATORY DYSFUNCTIONS Status Asthmaticus Acute Pneumonia Pulmonary Hypertension Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Pulmonary Emboli Pneumothorax Acute Respiratory Failure CHAPTER 4 CARDIOVASCULAR DYSFUNCTIONS Acute Coronary Syndromes: Chest Pain-Angina Pectoris and Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure /Pulmonary Edema Cardiomyopathy Dysrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances Valvular Heart Disease Acute Infective Endocarditis Acute Pericarditis Hypertensive Emergencies Aortic Aneurysm/Dissection Cardiogenic Shock Cardiac Transplantation Caring for Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Thrombolysis CHAPTER 5 RENAL-URINARY DYSFUNCTIONS Acute Renal Failure Renal Transplantation Renal Replacement Therapies CHAPTER 6 NEUROLOGIC DYSFUNCTIONS Myasthenia Gravis Guillain-Barre Syndrome Cerebral Aneurysm and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Care of the Patient After Intracranial Surgery Status Epilepticus Stroke: Acute Cerebral Infarct and Intracerebral Hematoma Meningitis CHAPTER 7 ENDOCRINOLOGIC DYSFUNCTIONS Diabetic Ketoacidosis Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome Diabetes Insipidus Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Acute Adrenal Insufficiency NEW! Hypothyroidism CHAPTER 8 GASTROINTESTINAL DYSFUNCTIONS Gastroesophageal Varices Hepatic Failure Acute Pancreatitis Peritonitis Acute Gastrointestinal Bleedin.

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