Critical care nursing of infants and children
By: [edited by] Martha A.Q. Curley, Patricia A. Moloney-Harmon.
Contributors: Curley, Martha A. Q., 1952-; Moloney-Harmon, Pat.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: W.B. Saunders
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1128
Subjects: Critical Care -- Child; Critical Care -- Infant; Pediatric Nursing -- methods; Critical Illness -- nursing; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric -- standards
Other titles: Critical care nursing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The Essence of pediatric critical care nursing; title: 2. Caring practices: providing developmentally supportive care; title: 3. Caring practices: the impact of the critical care experience on the family; title: 4. Leadership in pediatric critical care; title: 5. Facilitation of learning; title: 6. Advocacy and moral agency: a road map for navigating ethical issues in pediatric critical care; title: 7. Tissue perfusion; title: 8. Oxygenation and ventilation; title: 9. Acid-base balance; title: 10. Intracranial dynamics; title: 11. Fluid and electrolyte regulation; title: 12. Nutrition support; title: 13. Clinical pharmacology; title: 14. Thermal regulation; title: 15. Host defenses; title: 16. Skin integrity; title: 17. Caring practices: providing comfort; title: 18. Cardiovascular critical care problems; title: 19. Pulmonary critical care problems; title: 20. Neurologic critical care problems; title: 21. Renal critical care problems; title: 22. Gastrointestinal critical care problems; title: 23. Endocrine critical care problems; title: 24. Hematologic critical care problems; title: 25. Oncologic critical care problems; title: 26. Organ transplantation; title: 27. Shock; title: 28. Trauma; title: 29. Thermal injury; title: 30. Toxic ingestions; title: 31. Resuscitation and transport of infants and children.