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xxiv, 1024 pages : colour illustrations, colour charts ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 21.Pathophysiology and management of shock -- Introduction -- Pathophysiology -- Patient assessment -- Hypovolemic shock -- Cardiogenic shock -- Sepsis and septic shock -- Anaphylaxis -- Neurogenic/spinal shock -- Resuscitation end points -- Summary -- 22.Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Introduction -- Pathophysiology -- Systemic response -- Endocrine response -- Organ dysfunction -- Multiorgan dysfunction -- Patient management -- Summary -- Section 3 Specialty practice -- 23.Emergency presentations -- Introduction -- Background -- Triage -- Advanced clinical skills -- Retrievals and transport of critically ill patients -- Multiple patient triage/disaster -- Respiratory presentations -- Chest pain presentations -- Abdominal symptom presentations -- Acute stroke -- Overdose and poisoning -- Near-drowning -- Hypothermia -- Hyperthermia and heat illness -- Summary -- 24.Trauma management -- Introduction -- Trauma systems and processes -- |
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Contents note continued: Common clinical presentations -- Summary -- 25.Resuscitation -- Introduction -- Cardiac arrest -- Resuscitation systems and processes -- Post-resuscitation phase -- Special considerations -- Summary -- 26.Postanaesthesia recovery -- Introduction -- Introduction to anaesthesia -- Anaesthetic agents -- Assessment and management in the postoperative period -- Assessment and management of specific postoperative complications -- Transferring care of the postoperative patient: discharge to an inpatient ward -- Summary -- 27.Paediatric considerations in critical care -- Introduction -- Anatomical and physiological considerations in children -- Developmental considerations -- Family issues and consent -- Pain and sedation -- Upper airway obstruction -- The child experiencing lower airway disease -- Nursing the ventilated child -- The child experiencing shock -- The child experiencing acute neurological dysfunction -- |
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Contents note continued: Gastrointestinal and renal considerations in children -- Paediatric trauma -- Summary -- 28.Pregnancy and postpartum considerations -- Introduction -- Epidemiology of critical illness in pregnancy -- Adapted physiology of pregnancy -- Diseases and conditions unique to pregnancy -- Exacerbation of medical disease associated with pregnancy -- Special considerations -- Caring for pregnant women in ICU -- Caring for postpartum women in ICU -- Summary -- 29.Organ donation and transplantation -- Introduction -- Donation systems -- Organ donation and transplant networks -- Identification of organ and tissue donors -- Organ donor care -- Donation after cardiac death -- Tissue-only donor -- Summary |
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Contents note continued: Improving recovery following a critical illness -- Summary -- 5.Ethical issues in critical care -- Introduction -- Ethics and the law -- Application of ethical principles in the care of the critically ill -- Ethics in research -- Summary -- Section 2 Principles and practice of critical care -- 6.Essential nursing care of the critically ill patient -- Introduction -- Personal hygiene -- Eye care -- Oral hygiene -- Patient positioning and mobilisation -- Bowel management -- Urinary catheter care -- Care of the elderly -- Bariatric considerations -- General principles of infection control in critical care -- Transport of critically ill patients: General principles -- Summary -- 7.Psychological care -- Introduction -- Anxiety -- Delirium -- Pain -- Sleep -- Summary -- 8.Family and cultural care of the critically inpatient -- Introduction -- Overview of models of care -- Cultural care -- Religious considerations -- End-of-life issues and bereavement -- |
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Contents note continued: Incidence of respiratory alterations -- Respiratory failure -- Pneumonia -- Respiratory pandemics -- Acute lung Injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Pneumothorax -- Pulmonary embolism -- Lung transplantation -- Summary -- 15.Ventilation and oxygenation management -- Introduction -- Oxygen therapy -- Oxygen administration devices -- Airway support -- Managing endotracheal and tracheostomy tubes -- Mechanical ventilation -- Non-invasive ventilation -- Invasive mechanical ventilation -- Managing the mechanically ventilated patient -- Weaning from mechanical ventilation -- Summary -- 16.Neurological assessment and monitoring -- Introduction -- Neurological anatomy and physiology -- Central nervous system -- Peripheral nervous system -- Neurological assessment and monitoring -- Summary -- 17.Neurological alterations and management -- Introduction -- Neurological dysfunction -- |
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Contents note continued: Neurological therapeutic management -- Central nervous system disorders -- Summary -- 18.Support of renal function -- Introduction -- Related anatomy and physiology -- Pathophysiology and classification of renal failure -- Acute kidney injury: Clinical and diagnostic criteria for classification -- Management of the patient with acute kidney injury -- Approaches to renal replacement therapy -- Summary -- 19.Nutrition assessment and therapeutic management -- Introduction -- Metabolism -- Malnutrition -- Nutritional assessment -- Nutrition support -- Nutrition in specific clinical conditions -- Glycaemic control in critical illness -- Summary -- 20.Gastrointestinal, metabolic and liver alterations -- Introduction -- Gastrointestinal physiology -- Stress-related mucosal damage -- Intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome -- The critically ill patient with diabetes -- Liver dysfunction -- Liver transplantation -- Summary -- |
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Contents note continued: Summary -- 9.Cardiovascular assessment and monitoring -- Introduction -- Related anatomy and physiology -- Assessment -- Haemodynamic monitoring -- Diagnostics -- Summary -- 10.Cardiovascular alterations and management -- Introduction -- Coronary heart disease -- Angina -- Heart failure -- Selected cases -- Summary -- 11.Cardiac rhythm assessment and management -- Introduction -- The cardiac conduction system -- Arrhythmias and arrhythmia management -- Cardiac pacing -- Cardioversion -- Ablation -- Summary -- 12.Cardiac surgery and transplantation -- Introduction -- Cardiac surgery -- Intra-aortic balloon pumping -- Heart transplantation -- Summary -- 13.Respiratory assessment and monitoring -- Introduction -- Related anatomy and physiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Respiratory monitoring -- Bedside and laboratory investigations -- Diagnostic procedures -- Summary -- 14.Respiratory alterations and management -- Introduction -- |
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Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Scope of critical care -- 1.Scope of critical care practice -- Introduction -- Critical care nursing -- Development of the critical care body of knowledge -- Critical care nursing roles -- Leadership In critical care nursing -- Summary -- 2.Systems and resources -- Introduction -- Ethical allocation and utilisation of resources -- Historical influences -- Economic considerations and principles -- Budget and finance -- Critical care environment -- Equipment -- Staff -- Risk management -- Measures of nursing workload or activity -- Management of pandemics -- Summary -- 3.Quality and safety -- Introduction -- Evidence-based nursing -- Clinical practice guidelines -- Quality and safety monitoring -- Patient safety -- Non-technical skills -- Summary -- 4.Recovery and rehabilitation -- Introduction -- Compromise following a critical illness -- Measuring patient outcomes following a critical illness -- |
| Summary |
With each edition, ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing has built on its highly respected reputation. Its contributors aim to encourage and challenge practising critical care nurses and students to develop world-class critical care nursing skills in order to ensure delivery of the highest quality care |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Previous edition; 2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Critical care medicine -- Australia -- Methods.
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Critical care medicine.
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Catastrophic illness.
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Intensive care nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Intensive care nursing -- Australia.
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Intensive care nursing.
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Care of the sick -- Australia -- Methods.
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Care of the sick.
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Critical Care Nursing.
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Critical Care -- methods.
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Nursing Care -- methods.
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Critical Care -- methods.
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Critical Care.
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Critical Illness -- nursing.
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Critical Care Nursing.
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Critical Care.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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New Zealand. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009520 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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New Zealand. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009520 |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Aitken, Leanne, editor
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Chaboyer, Wendy, editor
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Marshall, Andrea (Andrea Pauline), editor
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Australian College of Critical Care Nurses, issuing body
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| ISBN |
0729542009 (paperback) |
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9780729542005 |
