Intensive Care Nursing

✍ Scribed by Philip Woodrow

• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 562
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Introductory textbook for nurses and those taking post-registration courses in the specialty. Structured in four parts, this text includes fundamental aspects, monitoring, pathophysiology and treatments, and developing practice. Also includes clinical scenarios at the end of the chapters. British-oriented. Softcover. DNLM: Critical Illness--Nursing.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Illustrations......Page 10
Tables......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 17
Abbreviations......Page 18
Part I Fundamental Aspects of ICU Nursing......Page 24
1 Nursing Perspectives......Page 25
2 Humanism......Page 31
3 Sensory Imbalance......Page 37
4 Artificial Ventilation......Page 49
5 Airway Management......Page 60
6 Sedation......Page 72
7 Pain Management......Page 84
8 Pyrexia and Temperature Control......Page 95
9 Nutrition......Page 102
10 Mouthcare......Page 110
11 Eyecare......Page 120
12 Skincare......Page 126
13 Paediatric Admissions to Adult ICUs......Page 135
14 Older Adults in ICU......Page 144
15 Infection Control......Page 150
16 Ethics......Page 160
Part II Monitoring......Page 168
17 Respiratory Monitoring......Page 169
22 Neurological Monitoring and Intracranial Hypertension......Page 239
21 ECGs and Dysrhythmias......Page 215
20 Haemodynamic Monitoring......Page 200
19 Acid-Base Balance and Arterial Blood Gases......Page 188
18 Gas Carriage......Page 177
Part III Pathophysiology and Treatment......Page 255
23 Cellular Pathology......Page 257
24 Acute Myocardial Infarction......Page 266
25 Shock......Page 277
26 Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome......Page 286
27 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)......Page 290
28 Nitric Oxide......Page 298
29 Alternative Ventilatory Modes......Page 305
30 Cardiac Surgery......Page 313
31 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)......Page 328
32 Acute Renal Failure......Page 335
33 Fluids......Page 345
34 Inotropes......Page 357
35 Haemofiltration......Page 367
36 Gastrointestinal Bleeds......Page 378
37 Pancreatitis......Page 386
38 Neurological Pathologies......Page 392
39 Hepatic Failure......Page 399
40 Immunity......Page 407
41 Ecstacy Overdoses......Page 416
42 Obstetric Emergencies in ICU......Page 422
43 Transplants......Page 430
44 Hepatic Transplants......Page 439
Part IV Developing Practice......Page 445
45 Professionalism......Page 447
46 Stress Management......Page 454
47 Complementary Therapies......Page 462
48 Managing Change......Page 470
49 Managing the ICU......Page 479
50 Cost of Intensive Care......Page 486
Answers......Page 491
Glossary......Page 492
References......Page 497
Index......Page 542