Manual of Pediatric Critical Care

Mary Fran Hazinski (Author)

9780815142300, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback, published 15 December 1998

704 pages
23.5 x 19 x 4.3 cm, 1.066 kg

Aquick reference to clinical information needed in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. The Manual makes extensive use of illustrations tables and boxes and provides up-to-date information on nursing interventions for the critically ill child. It also includes content on psychosocial issues, family needs and PICU instrumentation.

Authored by an international expert in pediatric critical care who has incorporated the most up to-date policies, practices, and procedures into the text. Provides manageable summaries so that clinical information needed in PICU's can be quickly referenced. Contains more than 300 illustrations, tables, and boxes to aid in quick referencing of essential critical care information. Provides anatomy and physiology reviews to ensure complete understanding. Contains up-to-date information on nursing interventions that aids in the formulation of appropriate policy and accurate decision-making. Has many updated drug tables for the most current pharmacotherapy interventions. Includes content on psychosocial issues, family needs, and PICU instrumentation to prepare the nurse for the realities of working in a pediatric critical care unit. Features a chapter on burns to assist the pediatric critical care nurse in the care of a child with severe burns. Suggested resource lists provide a practical reference supplement for more detailed conditions.

Children Are Different &middot
Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatric Critical Care &middot
Analgesia, Sedation, and Neuromuscular Blockade in Pediatric Critical Care &middot
The Dying Child in the Intensive Care Unit &middot
Cardiovascular Disorders &middot
Pulmonary Disorders &middot
Chest X-Ray Interpretation &middot
Neurologic Disorders &middot
Renal Disorders &middot
Gastrointestinal Disorders &middot
Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies Requiring Critical Care &middot
Pediatric Trauma &middot
Care of the Child with Burns

Subject Areas: Paediatric nursing [MQCL3], Nursing [MQC], Paediatric medicine [MJW]