Critical Care Nursing : Learning from Practice (Paperback)

Contributor list.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1 The patient with acute lung injury (ALI) (Julie Hamilton).

2 The patient requiring complex weaning from mechanical ventilation (Dr. Cheryl Crocker).

3 The patient with fever (Kate Brown).

4 The patient with severe sepsis (Suzanne Bench).

5 The patient following cardiac surgery (Dr. Maureen Coombs).

6 The patient with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to oesophageal varices (Suzanne Sargent).

7 The patient with altered blood glucose (Danielle Fullwood).

8 The patient with increased abdominal pressure (Suzanne Bench).

9 The patient with an acute kidney injury (Annette Davies and Suzanne Bench).

10 The patient in acute pain (Dr. Sinead Mehigan).

11 The patient requiring sedation (Tina Moore).

12 The patient with raised intracranial pressure (Deborah Slade).

13 The patient with delirium (Deborah Slade and Kate Brown).

14 The patient with seizure activity (Clair Merriman).

15 The patient following poisoning (Sue Whaley).

16 The patient with long-term needs (Ruth Cork).

17 The patient requiring end-of-life care (Ruth Cork).

Appendices.

Index.