Sedation and sleep in critical care
By: guest editor, Jan Foster ; consulting editor, Suzanne S. Prevost.
Contributors: Foster, Jan.; Prevost, Suzanne S.
Series: Critical care nursing clinics of North America -- v. 17, no. 3
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Phildelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Notes: Series title on spine: Critical care nursing clinics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sedation issues in transportation of acutely and critically ill patients / Pam Sheldon and Michael W. Day; title: Tolerance and withdrawal issues with sedation / Antonia Zapantis and Simon Leung; title: Sleep deprivation and psychosocial impact in acutely ill cancer patients / Roberta Kaplow; title: Sleep and sedation in the pediatric intensive care unit / Margaret-Ann Carno and Heidi V. Connolly; title: The effects of liver and renal dysfunction on the pharmacokinetics of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill patient / Dinesh Yogaratnam, Melissa A. Miller, and Brian S. Smith; title: Sleep in mechanically ventilated patients / Judith L. Reishtein; title: Toward solving the sedation-assessment conundrum: bispectral index monitoring and sedation interruption / DaiWai M. Olson ... [et al.]; title: Obstructive sleep apnea and modifications in sedation / Cheryl Kabeli; title: Sedation and patient safety / Debora Simmons; title: Complications of sedation and critical illness / Jan Foster; title: Alcohol withdrawal syndrome: assessment and treatment with the use of the clinical institute withdrawal assessment for alcohol-revised / Carol A. Puz and Sandra J. Stokes.