| Description |
xxxiv, 1597 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Unit I. Practice in today's critical care environment -- 1. The Critical Care Environment -- 2. Alternate Settings for Critical Care -- 3. Comorbid Conditions -- Unit II. Elements of care -- 4. Pain and Sedation -- 5. Symptom Management -- -Diarrhea -- -Vomiting/Nausea -- -Dyspnea -- 6. Nutrition -- 7. Thermoregulation -- -Hypothermia -- -Hyperthermia -- 8. Families in Critical Care -- 9. Improving Outcomes through Prophylaxis -- Unit III. Cardiac -- 10. Advanced Arrhythmias -- 11. Acute Coronary Syndromes -- 12. Heart Failure -- 13. Heart Disease in Women -- 14. Cardiac Surgery -- 15. Valvular Disease and Surgery -- 16. Vascular Emergencies -- 17. Cardiomyopathy -- 18. Heart and Lung Transplantation -- Unit IV. Pulmonary -- 19. Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Lung Injury -- 20. Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning -- 21. Thoracic Surgery -- Unit V. Nervous sytem -- 22. Head Injury and Dysfunction -- 23. Cerebral Vascular Disorders -- 24. Spinal Cord Injury -- 25. Special Neurologic Patient Populations -- |
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Unit VI. Gastrointestinal -- 26. Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- 27. Liver Dysfunction and Failure -- 28. Pancreatitis -- 29. The Gut in Critical Illness -- 30. Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas Transplantation -- Unit VII. Renal -- 31. Electrolyte Emergencies -- 32. Complex Acid-Base Disorders and Associated Electrolyte Imbalances -- 33. Acute Renal Failure -- Unit VIII. Endocrine -- 34. Glycemic Control -- 35. Pituitary, Thyroid, and Adrenal Disorders -- Unit IX. Hematologic -- 36. Blood Conservation and Blood Component Replacement -- 37. Coagulopathies -- Unit X. Immune (critical care immunology) -- 38. Caring for the Immunocompromised Patient -- 39. Bone Marrow Transplantation -- |
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Unit XI. Multisystem disorders -- 40. Shock and Endpoints of Resuscitation -- 41. Optimizing Hemodynamics: Strategies for Fluid and Medication Titration in Shock -- 42. Trauma -- 43. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome -- 44. Burns -- 45. Mass-Casualty Competencies -- Unit XII. Special patient populations -- 46. Caring for the Patient in the Immediate Postoperative Period -- 47. Caring for the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient -- 48. Caring for a Pediatric Patient in an Adult Critical Care Unit -- 49. Caring for the Critically Ill Elderly Patient -- 50. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder -- 51. Caring for the Bariatric Patient -- 52. Oncologic Emergencies -- 53. Chemical Dependency -- 54. End-of-Life Care |
| Summary |
"From AACN experts comes a resource dedicated to helping you oversee or care for critical care patients in any practice setting. This comprehensive critical care nursing textbook addresses serious and potentially life-threatening patient conditions with a foundation rooted in the critical thinking process: the comprehension, analysis, synthesis, and application of knowledge." -- Publisher's website |
| Notes |
"American Association of Critical-Care Nurses." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Catastrophic illness -- Nursing.
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Critical care medicine -- Methods.
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Intensive care nursing.
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Critical Care.
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Nursing Care.
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Critical Care -- methods.
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Critical Illness -- nursing.
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Critical Care Nursing.
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| Author |
Carlson, Karen K.
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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
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| LC no. |
2008011298 |
| ISBN |
1416032193 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781416032199 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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