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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