| Description |
xii, 1-120 : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Critical care nursing clinics of North America, 0899-5885 ; v. 19, no. 1 |
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Critical care nursing clinics of North America. 0899-5885 ; v. 19, no. 1
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| Contents |
Immune responses to infection / Terri Allison Donaldson -- An anatomy of an infection: overview of the infectious process / Kate Moore -- Bacterial infections: management by acute and critical care nurses / Lynn C. Parsons and Stephen D. Krau -- Rickettsial and other tick-borne infections / Barbara Fouts Flicek -- Spirochete infections: lyme disease and southern tick-associated rash illness / Maria Overstreet -- Antimicrobials: classifications and uses in critical care / Francisca Cisneros-Farrar and Lynn C. Parsons -- Antimicrobial resistance in critical care / Maria A. SMith and Leigh Ann McInnis -- Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in critical care areas / John Travis Dunlap -- Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in critical care areas / Sharon Bryant and Jennifer Wilbreck -- Sepsis in critical care / Joan E. King -- Making sense of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome / Stephen D. Krau -- Managing the infected heart / Maria A. Smith, Tasha L. Smith and Beth Towery Davidson -- Avian influenza: are we ready? / Stephen D. Krau and Lynn C. Parsons |
| Notes |
"March 2007." |
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Spine series title: Critical care nursing clinics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nosocomial infections.
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Intensive care nursing.
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Critical care medicine.
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Bacterial Infections.
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Intensive Care Units.
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Cross Infection -- therapy.
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Community-Acquired Infections -- therapy.
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Drug Resistance.
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Nursing Care.
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| Author |
Krau, Stephen D.
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Prevost, Suzanne S.
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| ISSN |
0899-5885 |
| ISBN |
9781416043003 |
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1416043004 |
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