AACN protocols for practice.
By: edited by Suzanne M. Burns.
Contributors: Burns, Suzanne M.; American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Respiratory intensive care.; Respiratory therapy.; Artificial respiration.; Respirators (Medical equipment); Intensive care nursing.; Respiration, Artificial -- nursing.; Clinical Protocols.; Nursing Care -- methods.; Respiration, Artificial -- methods.
Other titles: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses protocols for practice; Protocols for practice; Care of mechanically ventilated patients
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Airway management; title: Invasive and noninvasive modes and methods of mechanical ventilation; title: Weaning from mechanical ventilation; title: Beyond the ICU: home care management of patients receiving mechanical ventilation; title: Nutritional support for mechanically ventilated patients; title: Sedation and neuromuscular blockade in mechanically ventilated patients.