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Textbook of Critical Care

  • 8th Edition
  • December 21, 2022
  • Jean-Louis Vincent + 3 more
  • English
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Critical Care**Bridging the gap between medical and surgical specialties in critical care, Textbook of Critical Care, 8th Edition, offers a practical, multidisciplinary approach to the effective management of adult and pediatric patients in the ICU. An outstanding editorial team, led by world-renowned intensivist Dr. Jean-Louis Vincent, assisted by Dr. Frederick A. Moore and new editors Drs. Rinaldo Bellomo and John J. Marini, provides the evidence-based guidance you need to overcome a full range of practice challenges. A full-color art program, relevant basic science and key summary points in every chapter, and expert contributing authors from all over the world make this an indispensable resource for every member of the critical care team.

Fuhrman and Zimmerman's Pediatric Critical Care

  • 6th Edition
  • February 5, 2021
  • Jerry J. Zimmerman + 1 more
  • English
In the highly specialized field of caring for children in the PICU, Fuhrman and Zimmerman's Pediatric Critical Care is the definitive reference for all members of the pediatric intensive care team. Drs. Jerry J. Zimmerman and Alexandre T. Rotta, along with an expert team of editors and contributors from around the world, have carefully updated the 6th Edition of this highly regarded text to bring you the most authoritative and useful information on today’s pediatric critical care—everything from basic science to clinical applications

Introduction to Critical Care Nursing

  • 8th Edition
  • July 4, 2020
  • Mary Lou Sole + 2 more
  • English
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Critical Care**Start here to master the concepts, technology, and procedures of critical care nursing! Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition prepares you to provide safe, effective, patient-centered care in a variety of high-acuity, progressive, and critical care settings. Evidence-based coverage includes realistic case studies and incorporates the latest advances in critical care. Disorders are conveniently organized by body system or special situation, and nursing management chapters include quick-reference nursing care plans. This clear, concise textbook will help you develop the knowledge and clinical reasoning skills needed for success in today's highly complex critical care environments.

ECG fácil

  • 9th Edition
  • October 21, 2019
  • John Hampton + 1 more
  • Spanish
Durante cuarenta y cinco años, ECG fácil ha sido considerada una de las mejores guías de introducción al ECG. Este libro, elogiado por The British Medical Journal como «un clásico de la medicina», ha sido el favorito de generaciones de estudiantes de Medicina y profesionales de enfermería. Esta novena edición será de gran valor para todos los profesionales médicos y sanitarios que deseen adquirir conocimientos claros y básicos sobre el ECG. Un nuevo capítulo inicial, titulado «ECG muy fácil de verdad», presenta los aspectos esenciales del uso del ECG en la práctica clínica con la mínima teoría y el máximo enfoque práctico. La segunda parte explica la teoría en la que se basa el registro de un ECG para comenzar la interpretación básica de las 12 derivaciones. La tercera, se centra en la interpretación clínica de ECG individuales en pacientes con dolor torácico, disnea, palpitaciones y síncope, así como en la comprensión de las variaciones normales en los ECG obtenidos en personas sanas.

Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 31-3
  • July 27, 2019
  • Bryan Boling
  • English
In consultation with Consulting Editor, Dr. Jan Foster, Dr. Brian Boling has put together a state-of the-art issue of the Critical Care Nursing Clinics devoted to Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care. Clinical review articles are specifically devoted to the following: Fast Track Cardiac Surgery; Options for Minimally Invasive Valvular Surgery; Surgical Interventions for the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure; Lung Transplantation; Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer; Post-Operative Management of Tetralogy of Fallot; Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Vasoactive Infusions in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Common Post Cardiothoracic Surgery Arrhythmias; Pain Control in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient; Renal Complications of Cardiothoracic Surgery; The Role of ECMO in Post Cardiotomy Shock; Resuscitation of Patients Who Arrest After Cardiac Surgery; and End of Life Care in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Readers will come away with the latest information they need to improve improves of cardiothoracic surgical patients.

A Nurse's Survival Guide to Critical Care - Updated Edition

  • 1st Edition
  • April 17, 2019
  • Sharon L. Edwards + 1 more
  • English
Are you a starting work in critical care? Are you an experienced nurse but need to check guidelines and best practices? This is the indispensable guide to daily procedures and problems faced by nurses working in this specialty. This book will help you to Organise your job and yourself Assess patients and communicate with them Get clinical information on a wide range of conditions What to do in emergency This UPDATED edition: Completely updated and revised content written by authors with extensive nursing experience in the field Physiological, psychological and social areas, as well as legal issues, ethical and moral dilemmas that critical care nurses and health care practitioners may face on a daily basis Boxes, tips and diagrams to help bridge the theory-practice gap while embarking on your critical care career. Part of the A Nurse’s Survival Guide series

Gastrointestinal Issues and Complications, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 30-1
  • February 6, 2018
  • Debra Sullivan + 1 more
  • English
Gastrointestinal dysfunction or injury is common in the critical care patient either as a primary diagnosis or as secondary symptoms. Several studies confirm that up to 62% of critical care patients exhibit at least one GI symptom for at least one day. In addition, recent studies have shown that GI problems are related to negative outcomes in the critical care patient. The articles in this issue are current and relevant to critical care patients today: Autoimmune Disease of the Gut in the Critical Care Patient; Nutrition Options in CCU Patients; Mesenteric Ischemia; Management of C-Diff in Critical Care Setting; Management of Acute GI Bleed; Acute Diverticulitis Management; GI Patient Skills Training in the ICU: SOFA assessment and recognizing GI symptoms; EBP with probiotics in treatment for antibiotic associated diarrhea in the ICU; GI Problems in the ICU with Patients with HIV/AIDs; Complications of GI Motility/GI Failure in the Critically Ill Patient; Untreated Gastroesophageal Reflux Patients in the ICU; Liver Transplant; Ecoli Complications in Critical Care-Pediatrics; and GI Traumatic injuries: GI Perforation. Being knowledgeable and skillful in the recognition and care for these problems is paramount to the critical care nurse.

Hematologic Issues in Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 29-3
  • August 17, 2017
  • Patricia O’Malley
  • English
Dr. O'Malley is a well-known nurse researcer in the area of Hemaotology, and she has assembled top experts to write about the most important hemtaologic issues in critical care. The issue has articles devoted to the following topics: Cord blood banking; Leukemia and Lymphomas; Sickle Cell; Anticoagulants; Aplastic anemia & MDS; Hereditary Hemochromatosis and Pernicious Anemia; Hemophilia; Blood book: cells, products, transfusion; Anemia; Multiple Myeloma; DIC; and The lived experience of anemia without a cause. Nurses will come away with the clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes in the critical care setting.

Merenstein & Gardner's Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care

  • 8th Edition
  • April 10, 2015
  • Sandra Lee Gardner + 3 more
  • English
Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 8th Edition, is the leading resource for collaborative, interprofessional critical care of newborns. Co-authored by physicians and nurses, it offers concise, comprehensive coverage with a unique multidisciplinary approach and real-world perspective that make it an essential guide for both neonatal nurses and physicians. The 8th edition features the latest neonatal research, evidence, clinical guidelines, and practice recommendations — all in a practical quick-reference format for easy retrieval and review of key information.

Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Child

  • 3rd Edition
  • May 8, 2012
  • Mary Fran Hazinski
  • English
Now completely up to date to meet the needs of today's pediatric nurses, Mary Fran Hazinski's Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Child, 3rd Edition, remains the foundational text of pediatric critical care nursing. Known for its outstanding organization and clear descriptions, this comprehensive reference details the unique care required for critically ill children with thorough discussions of physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, collaborative management, and nursing management. Ten new chapters, new advanced practice content, and new nurse contributors and reviewers ensure that this classic text continues to be the essential resource for the care of critically ill children.

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