Intensive care nursing : a framework for practice

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of figure
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Part I Contexts of care
	1 Nursing perspectives
	2 Humanism
	3 Psychological care
Part II Fundamental
	4 Artificial ventilation
	5 Airway management
	6 Sedation
	7 Acute pain management
	8 Thermoregulation
	9 Nutrition and bowel care
	10 Mouthcare
	11 Eyecare
	12 Tissue viability
	13 Children in adult ICUs
	14 Older patients in ICU
	15 Infection prevention and control
	16 Pandemic planning
Part III Monitoring
	17 Respiratory monitoring
	18 Gas carriage
	19 Blood gas interpretation
	20 Haemodynamic monitoring
	21 Blood results
	22 ECGs and dysrhythmias
	23 Neurological monitoring
Part IV Micropathologies
	24 Cellular pathology
	25 Immunity and immunodeficiency
	26 Haemostasis
Part V Respiratory
	27 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
	28 Alternative ventilation
Part VI Cardiovascular
	29 Acute coronary syndromes
	30 Cardiac surgery and interventions
	31 Shock
	32 Sepsis
	33 Fluid management
	34 Inotropes and vasopressors
	35 Vascular surgery
Part VII Neurological
	36 Central nervous system injury
	37 Peripheral neurological pathologies
Part VIII Abdominal
	38 Acute kidney injury
	39 Haemofiltration
	40 Gastrointestinal bleeds
	41 Liver failure
	42 Obstetric admissions to ICU
	43 Organ donation
Part IX Metabolic
	44 Severe acute pancreatitis
	45 Diabetic crises
	46 Self-poisoning
Part X Professional
	47 Transferring critically ill patients
	48 Professional perspectives
	49 Managing the ICU
	50 Costs of intensive care
Glossary
References
Index