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 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
| Foreword |
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vii | |
| Preface |
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ix | |
| Contributors |
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xi | |
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1 Recognition and Management of the Deteriorating Patient |
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1 | (24) |
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2 Assessment of the Critically Ill Patient |
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25 | (14) |
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3 Monitoring Respiratory Function |
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39 | (52) |
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4 Monitoring Cardiovascular Function 1: ECG Monitoring |
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91 | (24) |
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5 Monitoring Cardiovascular Function 2: Haemodynamic Monitoring |
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115 | (39) |
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6 Monitoring Neurological Function |
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154 | (23) |
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7 Monitoring Renal Function |
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177 | (20) |
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8 Monitoring Gastrointestinal Function |
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197 | (12) |
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9 Monitoring Hepatic Function |
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209 | (9) |
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10 Monitoring Endocrine Function |
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218 | (13) |
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11 Monitoring Nutritional Status |
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231 | (13) |
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12 Monitoring Temperature |
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244 | (14) |
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258 | (9) |
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14 Monitoring a Patient Receiving a Blood Transfusion |
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267 | (14) |
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15 Monitoring the Patient with Infection and Related Systemic Inflammatory Response |
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281 | (21) |
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16 Monitoring the Critically Ill, Pregnant Patient |
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302 | (18) |
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17 Monitoring the Critically Ill Child |
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320 | (16) |
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18 Monitoring During Transport |
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336 | (10) |
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346 | (9) |
| Index |
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355 | |
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.
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