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| Contributors | |
| Reviewers | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Ventilation | |
| Respiratory Process | p. 3 |
| Gas Exchange and Blood Gas Analysis | p. 29 |
| Mechanical Ventilation | p. 49 |
| Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Respiratory Function | p. 79 |
| Perfusion | |
| Perfusion | p. 107 |
| Hemodynamic Monitoring | p. 119 |
| Cardiac Monitoring and Related Interventions | p. 141 |
| Shock States | p. 175 |
| Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Tissue Perfusion | p. 197 |
| Trauma | |
| Trauma Assessment and Resuscitation | p. 225 |
| Wound Management | p. 253 |
| Responsiveness | p. 277 |
| Impaired Physical Mobility | p. 299 |
| Nursing Care of the Patient with Multiple Injuries | p. 321 |
| Metabolism | |
| Altered Glucose Metabolism | p. 359 |
| Nutrition | p. 385 |
| Immunocompetence | p. 403 |
| Acute Renal Failure | p. 431 |
| Fluid and Electrolyte Balance | p. 457 |
| Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Metabolism | p. 481 |
| Psychosocial Concepts | |
| Caring for the Critically Ill Patient: Patient, Family and Nursing Considerations | p. 507 |
| Caring for Special Patients | |
| Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill Obstetric Patient | p. 531 |
| Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill Pediatric Patient | p. 563 |
| Clinical Simulations | |
| A Ventilation and Perfusion Simulation | p. 613 |
| A Trauma Simulation | p. 623 |
| A Metabolism Simulation | p. 633 |
| Index | p. 641 |
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