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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826969003321

Autore

Jevon Philip

Titolo

Monitoring the critically ill patient / / Philip Jevon and Beverley Ewens ; consulting editor, Jagtar Singh Pooni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester [England], : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

Chichester, West Sussex : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2012

ISBN

1-118-27615-9

1-118-70293-X

1-280-59916-2

9786613628992

1-118-27614-0

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 359 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Essential clinical skills for nurses

Disciplina

616.02/8

Soggetti

Patient monitoring

Critical care medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Recognition & management of the deteriorating patient -- Assessment of the critically ill patient -- Monitoring respiratory function -- Monitoring cardiovascular function 1 : ECG monitoring -- Monitoring cardiovascular function 2 haemodynamic monitoring -- Monitoring neurological function -- Monitoring renal function -- Monitoring gastrointestinal function -- Monitoring hepatic function -- Monitoring endocrine function -- Monitoring nutritional status -- Monitoring temperature -- Monitoring pain -- Monitoring a patient receiving a blood transfusion -- Monitoring the patient with infection and related systemic inflammatory response -- Monitoring the critically ill, pregnant patient -- Monitoring the critically ill child -- Monitoring during transport -- Record keeping.

Sommario/riassunto

Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient 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.This new edition includes the following five new chapters: Monitoring the critically ill childMonitoring