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Preface | |
Contributors and acknowledgements | |
Challenges in contemporary critical care | |
Introduction | |
Critical care without walls | |
Advanced practice | |
Interprofessional roles within critical care | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
The physiological basis of critical illness | |
Introduction | |
Patient scenario | |
Mechanisms of cellular damage | |
Impact of reduced perfusion on energy production | |
Evaluation of ischaemia: reperfusion injury | |
The inflammatory response and the role of mediators | |
Mechanisms for haemostasis in relation to critical illness | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
The patient with haemodynamic compromise leading to renal | |
dysfunction | |
Introduction | |
Patient scenario | |
Underlying physiology and pathophysiology | |
Assessment and diagnosis | |
Evidence-based care | |
Ongoing patient scenario | |
Progressing pathophysiology | |
Ongoing assessment | |
Evidence-based care | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
The septic patient | |
Introduction | |
Patient scenario | |
Underlying physiology and pathophysiology | |
Assessment and diagnosis | |
Evidence-based care | |
Ongoing patient scenario | |
Progressing pathophysiology | |
Ongoing assessment | |
Evidence-based care | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
The patient with acute respiratory failure | |
Introduction | |
Patient scenario | |
Underlying physiology and pathophysiology | |
Assessment and diagnosis | |
Arterial blood gas analysis | |
Evidence-based care | |
Ongoing patient scenario | |
Progressing pathophysiology | |
Ongoing assessment | |
Evidence-based care | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
The patient with chronic respiratory failure | |
Introduction | |
Patient scenario | |
Underlying physiology and pathophysiology | |
Assessment and diagnosis | |
Evidence-based care | |
Ongoing patient scenario | |
Weaning from ventilatory support | |
Ongoing care | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
The patient with an intracranial insult | |
Introduction | |
Patient scenario | |
Underlying physiology and pathophysiology | |
Assessment and diagnosis | |
Evidence-based care | |
Ongoing patient scenario | |
Progressing pathophysiology | |
Ongoing assessment | |
Evidence-based care | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
The patient with a traumatic injury | |
Introduction | |
Patient scenario | |
Mechanisms of injury | |
Assessment and diagnosis | |
Primary and secondary surveys | |
Underlying physiology and pathophysiology | |
Evidence-based care | |
Continuing patient scenario | |
Evidence-based care | |
Ongoing patient scenario | |
Progressing pathophysiology | |
Ongoing assessment | |
Evidence-based care | |
Management of his pelvic injury | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
The patient with a diabetic emergency | |
Introduction | |
Patient scenario | |
Underlying physiology and pathophysiology | |
Underlying pathophysiology | |
Assessment and diagnosis | |
Evidence-based care | |
Ongoing care | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
The long-term patient in intensive care unit | |
Introduction | |
Patient scenario | |
Impact of being in the critical care environment | |
Psychological effects | |
Underlying physiology and physiological effects | |
Quality of life | |
Rehabilitation process | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
Ethical considerations in critical care | |
Introduction | |
Patient scenario | |
Admission to critical care | |
What are ethics? | |
Biomedical ethical model | |
The role of outreach | |
Ongoing patient scenario | |
Futile situations | |
Withdrawal/withholding of treatment or euthanasia? | |
Patient autonomy | |
The process of withdrawing or withholding treatment | |
Role of the nurse | |
Collaborative decision-making | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
Index | |
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