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Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient
3. Aufl.
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28,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 20.03.2012 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781118276150 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 384 |
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Beschreibungen
<p><i>Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient</i> is an invaluable, accessible guide to caring for critically ill patients on the general ward. Now fully updated and improved throughout, this well-established and handy reference guide text assumes no prior knowledge and equips students and newly-qualified staff with the clinical skills and knowledge they need to confidently monitor patients at risk, identify key priorities, and provide prompt and effective care.<br /> <br /> This new edition includes the following five new chapters:</p> <ul> <li>Monitoring the critically ill child</li> <li>Monitoring the critically ill pregnant patient</li> <li>Monitoring the patient with infection and related systemic inflammatory response</li> <li>Monitoring a patient receiving a blood transfusion</li> <li>Monitoring pain</li> </ul>
<p>Foreword vii</p> <p>Preface ix</p> <p>Contributors xi</p> <p>1 Recognition and Management of the Deteriorating Patient 1</p> <p>2 Assessment of the Critically Ill Patient 25</p> <p>3 Monitoring Respiratory Function 39</p> <p>4 Monitoring Cardiovascular Function 1: ECG Monitoring 91</p> <p>5 Monitoring Cardiovascular Function 2: Haemodynamic Monitoring 115</p> <p>6 Monitoring Neurological Function 154</p> <p>7 Monitoring Renal Function 177</p> <p>8 Monitoring Gastrointestinal Function 197</p> <p>9 Monitoring Hepatic Function 209</p> <p>10 Monitoring Endocrine Function 218</p> <p>11 Monitoring Nutritional Status 231</p> <p>12 Monitoring Temperature 244</p> <p>13 Monitoring Pain 258</p> <p>14 Monitoring a Patient Receiving a Blood Transfusion 267</p> <p>15 Monitoring the Patient with Infection and Related Systemic Inflammatory Response 281</p> <p>16 Monitoring the Critically Ill, Pregnant Patient 302</p> <p>17 Monitoring the Critically Ill Child 320</p> <p>18 Monitoring During Transport 336</p> <p>19 Record Keeping 346</p> <p>Index 355</p>
<p>“This would be a helpful guide for nurses working in any acute setting; acute wards, coronary care, critical care outreach or the emergency department. It is also a good introductory tool for critical care nurses explaining the principles of assessment, different types of invasive monitoring and waveforms and so on.” (<i>Nursing Times</i>, 17 October 2012)</p>
<p><strong>Philip Jevon</strong> is Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead, Manor Hospital, Walsall. He is Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham Medical School, and Editor of <em>The British Journal of Resuscitation</em> <p><strong>Beverley Ewens</strong> is Nurse Manager in Critical Care at Joondalup Health Campus, Perth, Western Australia. She is an ALS instructor and Course Director for the ALERT course at Walsall.
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