Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient

Informationen zum Autor Philip Jevon is Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead, Manor Hospital, Walsall. He is Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham Medical School, and Editor of The British Journal of Resuscitation Beverley Ewens 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. Klappentext Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient is an essential, accessible guide to caring for critically ill patients on the general ward. Now fully updated and improved throughout, this well established and handy referenced 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.This new edition includes the following 5 brand new chapters:* Monitoring the critically ill child* Monitoring the critically ill pregnant patient* Monitoring the patient with infection and related systemic inflammatory response* Monitoring a patient receiving a blood transfusion* Monitoring pain Zusammenfassung Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient is an invaluable, accessible guide to caring for critically ill patients on the general ward. 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 Monitoring 115 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 Systemic Inflammatory 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 ...

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• Authors: Beverley Ewens, Beverley (Clinical Nurse Specialist -ITU Ewens, Beverly Ewens, Ewens Beverley, P Jevon, Phil Ewens Jevon, Phili Jevon, Philip Jevon, Philip (Manor Hospital Jevon, Philip Ewens Jevon, Philip/ Ewens Jevon, Jevon Philip, Philip Jevon, Jagtar Singh Pooni, Jagtar Singh Pooni
• Assisted by: Jagtar Singh Pooni (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.03.2012
• EAN: 9781444337471
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3747-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Assisted by: Jagtar Singh Pooni
• Series: Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses; Essential Clinical Skills for; Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses; Essential Clinical Skills for
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Krankenpflege, Nursing, Intensivpflege, Einführungen in die Krankenpflege, Introductions to Nursing, Intensiv- u. Notfallpflege, Acute, Critical & Emergency Care