Jevon / Ewens / Singh Pooni Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient

3. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-27615-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten, E-Book

Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient is an invaluable,accessible guide to caring for critically ill patients on thegeneral ward. Now fully updated and improved throughout, thiswell-established and handy reference guide text assumes no priorknowledge and equips students and newly-qualified staff with theclinical skills and knowledge they need to confidently monitorpatients at risk, identify key priorities, and provide prompt andeffective care.
This new edition includes the following five new chapters:
* Monitoring the critically ill child
* Monitoring the critically ill pregnant patient
* Monitoring the patient with infection and related systemicinflammatory response
* Monitoring a patient receiving a blood transfusion
* Monitoring pain

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jevon, Philip

Ewens, Beverley

Singh Pooni, Jagtar

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword vii
Preface ix
Contributors xi
1 Recognition and Management of the Deteriorating Patient 1
2 Assessment of the Critically Ill Patient 25
3 Monitoring Respiratory Function 39
4 Monitoring Cardiovascular Function 1: ECG Monitoring 91
5 Monitoring Cardiovascular Function 2: Haemodynamic Monitoring115
6 Monitoring Neurological Function 154
7 Monitoring Renal Function 177
8 Monitoring Gastrointestinal Function 197
9 Monitoring Hepatic Function 209
10 Monitoring Endocrine Function 218
11 Monitoring Nutritional Status 231
12 Monitoring Temperature 244
13 Monitoring Pain 258
14 Monitoring a Patient Receiving a Blood Transfusion 267
15 Monitoring the Patient with Infection and Related SystemicInfl ammatory Response 281
16 Monitoring the Critically Ill, Pregnant Patient 302
17 Monitoring the Critically Ill Child 320
18 Monitoring During Transport 336
19 Record Keeping 346
Index 355