From AACN experts comes a resource dedicated to helping you oversee or care for critical care patients in any practice setting. This comprehensive criticalcare 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. INDICE: UNIT I: PRACTICE IN TODAY'S CRITICAL CARE ENVIRONMENT1. The Critical Care Environment2. Alternate Settings for Critical Care3. Comorbid ConditionsUNIT II: ELEMENTS OF CARE4. Pain and Sedation5. Symptom Management-Diarrhea-Vomiting/Nausea-Dyspnea6. Nutrition7. Thermoregulation-Hypothermia-Hyperthermia8. Families in Critical Care9. Improving Outcomes through ProphylaxisUNIT III: CARDIAC10. Advanced Arrhythmias11. Acute Coronary Syndromes12. Heart Failure13. Heart Disease in Women14. Cardiac Surgery15. Valvular Disease and Surgery16. Vascular Emergencies17. Cardiomyopathy18. Heart and Lung TransplantationUNIT IV: PULMONARY19. Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Lung Injury20. Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning21. Thoracic SurgeryUNIT V: NERVOUS SYSTEM22. Head Injury and Dysfunction23. Cerebral Vascular Disorders24. Spinal Cord Injury25. Special Neurologic Patient PopulationsUNIT VI: GASTOINTESTINAL26. Gastrointestinal Bleeding27. Liver Dysfunction and Failure28. Pancreatitis29. The Gut in Critical Illness30. Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas TransplantationUNIT VII: RENAL31. Electrolyte Emergencies32. Complex Acid-Base Disorders and Associated Electrolyte Imbalances33. Acute Renal FailureUNIT VIII: ENDOCRINE34. Glycemic Control35. Pituitary, Thyroid, and Adrenal DisordersUNIT IX: HEMATOLOGIC36. Blood Conservation and Blood Component Replacement 37. CoagulopathiesUNIT X: IMMUNE (CRITICAL CARE IMMUNOLOGY38. Caring for the Immunocompromised Patient39. Bone Marrow TransplantationUNIT XI: MULTISYSTEM DISORDERS40. Shock and Endpoints of Resuscitation41. Optimizing Hemodynamics: Strategies for Fluid and Medication Titration in Shock42. Trauma43. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome44. Burns45. Mass-Casualty CompetenciesUNIT XII: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS46. Caring for the Patient in the Immediate Postoperative Period47. Caring for the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient48. Caring for a Pediatric Patient in an Adult Critical Care Unit49. Caring for the Critically Ill Elderly Patient50. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder51. Caring for the Bariatric Patient52. Oncologic Emergencies53. Chemical Dependency54. End-of-Life Care
- ISBN: 978-1-4160-3219-9
- Editorial: Saunders
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1632
- Fecha Publicación: 05/06/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés