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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 |
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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 |