Nursing the highly dependent child or infant : a manual of care / edited by Michaela Dixon [and others].

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dixon, Michaela
Language:English
Published: Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
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Physical Description:xiv, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction to paediatric high dependency care / Colin M. Way and Doreen Crawford
  • Physiological monitoring / Debra Teasdale
  • Respiratory / Caroline Haines
  • Cardiac / Sandra Batcheler and Michaela Dixon
  • Caring for a highly dependent child with fluid, electrolyte and nutritional requirements / Jill Cochrane ... [et al.]
  • The child with acute neurological dysfunction / Michaela Dixon and Janet Murphy
  • Care of a child with a hepatic or metabolic disease / Graham Gordon ... [et al.]
  • Renal / Kathryn Summers and Debra Teasdale
  • Children who need management of pain and sedation / Doreen Crawford and Sarah Roberts
  • Care of the child with a burn injury / Jane Leaver and Clare Thomas
  • Infection and infection control / Katie Anderson, Felix Hay, and Doreen Crawford
  • Care of the child with haematological and oncological conditions / Karen Selwood, Michelle Wright, and Doreen Crawford
  • Play for the infant and child in the high dependency unit / Tina Clegg
  • Transportation of the acutely ill child / Michaela Dixon and Gill West
  • Ongoing care and management / Janet Murphy, Doreen Crawford, and Michaela Dixon.