Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Contributors

xvii

 

Reviewers

xix

 

Preface

xxi

SECTION I

THE ESSENTIALS

1

1

Assessment of Progressive Care Patients and their Families   Mary Fran Tracy

3

2

Planning Care for Progressive Care Patients and their Families   Mary Fran Tracy

17

3

Interpretation and Management of Basic Cardiac Rhythms   Carol Jacobson

33

4

Hemodynamic Monitoring   Leanna R. Miller and Suzanne M. Burns

63

5

Airway and Ventilatory Management   Robert E. St. John, Maureen Seckel, and Suzanne M. Burns

87

6

Pain and Sedation Management   Joan Michiko Ching and Suzanne M. Burns

127

7

Pharmacology   Earnest Alexander

145

8

Ethical and Legal Considerations   Sarah Delgado

175

SECTION II

PATTIOLOGIC CONDITIONS

189

9

Cardiovascular System   Barbara Leeper

191

10

Respiratory System   Maureen Seckel

223

11

Multisystem Problems   Ruth M. Kleinpell and Suzanne M. Burns

247

12

Neurologic System   Dea Mahanes

261

13

Hematologic and Immune Systems   Diane K. Dressier

283

14

Gastrointestinal System   Debrah Andris, Elizabeth Krzywda, Carol Parrish, Joe Krenitsky

295

15

Renal System   Carol Hinkle

323

16

Endocrine System   Christine Kessler

337

17

Trauma   Allen Wolfe and Carol A. Rauen

353

SECTION III

ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN CARING LOR THE ACUTELY III PATIENT

371

18

Advanced ECG Concepts   Carol Jacobson

411

19

Advanced Cardiovascular Concepts   Barbara Leeper

411

20

Advanced Neurologic Concepts   Dea Mahanes

439

SECTION IV

KEY RETERENCE INTORMATION

463

21

Normal Values Table   Marianne Chulay

465

22

Pharmacology Tables   Earnest Alexander

467

23

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Algorithms   Marianne Chulay

481

24

Cardiac Rhythms, ECG Characteristics, and Treatment Guide   Carol Jacobson

485

 

Index

495