| Contents |
Caring for the critically ill patient -- Ethical and legal issues -- Patient and family education -- Psychosocial and spiritual alterations and management-- Sleep alterations -- Nutritional alterations -- Gerontological alterations -- Pain and pain management -- Sedation, agitation and delirium management -- End-of-life care -- Cardiovascular clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Cardiovascular therapeutic management -- Pulmonary clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Pulmonary disorders -- Pulmonary therapeutic management -- Neurological clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Neurological disorders and therapeutic management -- Kidney clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Kidney disorders and therapeutic management -- Gastrointestinal clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Gastrointestinal disorders and therapeutic management -- Endocrine clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Endocrine disorders and therapeutic management -- Trauma -- Shock, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Hematological disorders and oncologic emergencies. |
