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Winter Trauma, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics - E-Book

Winter Trauma, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics - E-Book

Margaret Ecklund

(2012)

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Abstract

This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Margaret M Ecklund, MS, RN, CCRN, ACNP-BC, will focus on Winter Health Challenges, with article topics including: Near Drowning and Multiple Organism Aspiration; Geriatric Perils: Falls and Complications; Vitamin D Deficiency; Gastroenteritis and Surgical Perils; Frostbite; Rural Trauma; Respiratory failure and adult influenza; RSV; Diabetes and Seasonal Depression; and Holiday Heart Disease.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America: Winter Trauma i
Copyright Page ii
Table of Contents v
Contributors iii
CRITICAL CARE NURSING CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA viii
Preface ix
Chapter 1. Winter Depression and Diabetes 509
PURPOSE 509
BACKGROUND 510
SIGNIFICANCE 510
KEY CONCEPTS 511
EVIDENCE RELEVANT TO THE CASE 511
CONTEXT FOR CASE 513
CASE PRESENTATION 514
SUMMARY 516
LESSONS LEARNED 516
REFERENCES 516
Chapter 2. Holiday Season for a Healthy Heart 519
INTRODUCTION 519
REVIEW OF LITERATURE 520
CASE STUDY 523
IMPLICATIONS 524
SUMMARY 524
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 524
REFERENCES 524
Chapter 3. The Role of Vitamin D in Critical Illness 527
INTRODUCTION 527
PHYSIOLOGY OF VITAMIN D 528
THE CHALLENGES OF RESEARCHING THE ROLE OF VITAMIN D IN HUMAN ILLNESS 529
VITAMIN D AND OBESITY 530
THE ROLE OF VITAMIN D IN CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION 531
THE ROLE OF VITAMIN D IN LUNG FUNCTION 532
VITAMIN D AND BONE TURNOVER IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) 533
VITAMIN D IN SEPSIS 533
MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AND VITAMIN D 535
VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS IN THE ICU? 537
SUMMARY 538
REFERENCES 538
Chapter 4. Viral Gastroenteritis in the Adult Population: The GI Peril 541
INTRODUCTION 541
TYPES OF VIRUSES 542
SYMPTOMS 542
TRANSMISSION 543
DIAGNOSIS 544
TREATMENT 545
COMPLICATIONS 545
ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY FOR MILD TO MODERATE VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS 546
INTRAVENOUS THERAPY FOR SEVERE VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS 547
OUTBREAKS 548
GENERAL INFECTION PREVENTION MEASURES 549
INFECTION PREVENTION MEASURES IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS 550
FUTURE RESEARCH 551
SUMMARY 552
REFERENCES 552
Chapter 5. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Children 555
BACKGROUND 555
SCIENCE OF RSV 556
TRANSMISSION 556
RISK FACTORS 557
CLINICAL PRESENTATION 558
DIAGNOSIS AND DETECTION 558
PREVENTION 559
MANAGEMENT 560
PATIENT AND FAMILY EDUCATION 564
SUMMARY 565
REFERENCES 565
Chapter 6. A Review of Influenza: Implications for the Geriatric Population 573
HISTORY 573
SEASONALITY 574
EPIDEMIOLOGY 574
TRANSMISSION 574
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS 575
DIAGNOSIS 575
TREATMENT 576
VACCINATION 577
VACCINE CONSIDERATIONS FOR OLDER INDIVIDUALS 578
CASE STUDY 578
SUMMARY 579
REFERENCES 579
Chapter 7. Critical Care for Frostbite 581
INTRODUCTION 581
EPIDEMIOLOGY 582
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 582
CLINICAL PRESENTATION 585
CARE OF FROSTBITE INJURY 586
LONG-TERM EFFECTS 588
PREVENTION 589
SUMMARY 589
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 590
REFERENCES 590
Chapter 8. Rural Trauma Challenges in Alaska 593
SIGNIFICANCE OF TRAUMA IN ALASKA 593
RANGE OF INJURY 594
SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING 594
SAFETY AT THE SCENE 595
PRIMARY ASSESSMENT 595
TRANSPORT AND ASSESSMENT 596
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS: SNOW MACHINES 596
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 598
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 599
REFERENCES 599
Chapter 9. Journey of a Survivor of Near Drowning, Polymicrobial Pneumonia, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 601
THE EVENT 601
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT COURSE 602
PULMONARY STEP-DOWN UNIT CHALLENGES 603
DISCHARGE PLANNING 605
INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH NEAR DROWNING 605
EPIDEMIOLOGY 605
DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT 606
MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE LUNG INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH ARDS 607
PROGRESSIVE MOBILITY 609
SHARING PERSPECTIVES 609
SUMMARY 622
REFERENCES 622
Index 625