AACN procedure manual for critical care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat25053
Wiegand, Debra J. Lynn-McHale.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
(6th ed.)
--St. Louis, MO:
Elsevier Saunders
, c2011.
- Call Number
- WY 154 A111 2011 REF
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Call Number
- WY 154 A111 2011 REF
- Corporate Author
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Place of Publication
- St. Louis, MO
- Publisher
- Elsevier Saunders
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- Physical Description
- 1288 p.
- ISBN
- 9781416062189
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- In library use
Bedside Procedures for the Intensivist
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29754
edited by Heidi L. Frankel, Bennett P. deBoisblanc.
--New York, NY:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2010.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Frankel, Heidi L
- Other Authors
- deBoisblanc, Bennett P
- Responsibility
- edited by Heidi L. Frankel, Bennett P. deBoisblanc
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- ISBN
- 9780387798301
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - methods - Handbooks
- Intensive Care Units - Handbooks
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Critical care medicine
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Bedside Procedures in the ICU
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30877
Florian Falter, editor.
--London:
Springer
, c2012.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
At often critical times, ICU staff require immediate access to information regarding the management of patients in terms of procedures, drugs or any other aspect of treatment. Written by experts in the field of ICU, Bedside Procedures in the ICU facilitates rapid acquiring of clinical knowledge in a concise and didactic format. Focusing on the most commonly performed procedures in the Intensive Care Unit, this book examines 20 procedures all the way from indication to the management of possible…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Falter, Florian
- Responsibility
- Florian Falter, editor
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 210 p. : 89 ill., 66 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781447122593
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - methods - Handbooks
- Intensive Care Units - Handbooks
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency medicine
- Critical care medicine
- Abstract
- At often critical times, ICU staff require immediate access to information regarding the management of patients in terms of procedures, drugs or any other aspect of treatment. Written by experts in the field of ICU, Bedside Procedures in the ICU facilitates rapid acquiring of clinical knowledge in a concise and didactic format. Focusing on the most commonly performed procedures in the Intensive Care Unit, this book examines 20 procedures all the way from indication to the management of possible complications. This easy to follow guide provides practical advice and essential background for every member of the multi-disciplinary team caring for critically ill patients, from the senior practitioner who has not performed a procedure for some time, to the junior doctor in need of step by step guidance.
- Contents
- Sedation and analgesia -- Airway Management and Intubation -- Bronchoscopy -- Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy -- Arterial and Venous Catheter Insertion -- Advanced Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring -- Temporary cardiac pacing -- DC Cardioversion -- Pericardiocentesis -- Intercostal chest drain insertion -- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement -- Gastroesophageal Balloon Tube Tamponade -- Acute Compartment Syndrome -- Abdominal Compartment Syndrome -- Ultrasound Guided Procedures -- Renal Replacement Therapy -- Lumbar Puncture -- External Ventricular Drain Insertion -- Intracranial Pressure Measurement.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Evidence-based critical care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33636
Paul Ellis Marik.
(Third edition)
--Cham, Switzerland:
Springer
, c2015.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Marik, Paul Ellis
- Responsibility
- Paul Ellis Marik
- Edition
- Third edition
- Alternate Title
- Handbook of evidence-based critical care
- Place of Publication
- Cham, Switzerland
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 835 pages)
- ISBN
- 9783319110202 (electronic bk.)
- 9783319110196
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - methods - Handbooks
- Evidence-Based Medicine - methods
- Intensive Care Units - Handbooks
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Critical care medicine
- Evidence-based medicine
- Notes
- Previous title: Handbook of evidence-based critical care
- Contents
- Part I. GENERAL ICU TOPICS -- 1. Evidence Based Critical Care -- 2. Less Is More: New Paradigm in Critical Care -- 3. Classic Papers -- 4. Critical Care Medicine 101 -- 5. House Officers Guidelines 1 Housekeeping -- 6. House Officers Guidelines 2 - Procedures -- 7. Admission-Discharge Criteria -- 8. Chronic Critical Illness and the Long Term Sequela of Critical Care -- 9. Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Resuscitation -- 10. Assessment of Cardiac Function and Cardiac Output -- 11. Peri-Operative Fluid Optimization -- 12. Sepsis -- 13. The Stress Response, Stress Hyperglycemia and Stress Hyperlactemia -- 14. Understanding the Vital Signs: BP, HR, RR, TEMP, SaO2 ÇŒ and SV -- 15. Management of Pain, Agitation and Delirium -- 16. Hospital Acquired Infections and Their Prevention -- Part II. PULMONARY -- 17. The Bacterial PneumoniaÇÖs: A New Treatment paradigm -- 18. Fever -- 19. Mechanical Ventilation 101 -- 20. Non Invasive Ventilation -- 21. Liberation (Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation) -- 22. Arterial Blood Gas Analysis -- 23. ARDS -- 24. COPD Exacerbation -- 25. Acute Severe Asthma -- 26. Pleural Effusions and Atelectasis -- 27. Venous Thromboembolic Disease: DVT & PE -- Part III. CARDIAC -- 28. Hypertensive Crises -- 29. Acute Decompensated Cardiac Failure -- 30. Acute Coronary Syndromes -- 31. Arrhythmias -- Part IV. GASTROINTESTINAL -- 32. Nutrition in the ICU It's Whey Cool -- 33. Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis -- 34. Acute & Chronic Liver Disease -- 35. GI Bleeding -- 36. Pancreatitis -- 37. Diarrhea & Constipation -- Part V. MISCELLANEOUS -- 38. Transfusion of Blood and Blood Products -- 39. Adrenal Insufficiency -- 40. Electrolyte Disturbances -- 41. Acute Kidney Injury -- 42. Acute Ischemic Stroke -- 43. Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage -- 44. Seizures & Status Epilepticus -- 45. Toxicology -- 46. Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome -- 47. Pregnancy Related Disorders -- 48. The Geriatric ICU Patient -- 49. Obesity in the ICU -- 50. Radiology -- 51. End-of-Life Issues -- 52. Words of Wisdom.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Handbook of Critical Care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29007
edited by Jesse B Hall.
--London:
Springer
, c2009.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Hall, Jesse B
- Responsibility
- edited by Jesse B Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- ISBN
- 9781848827240
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - methods - Handbooks
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Critical care medicine
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Handbook of neurocritical care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat21769
Bhardwaj, Anish.
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, 2004.
- Call Number
- WL 140 H236 2004
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WL 140 H236 2004
- Author
- Bhardwaj, Anish
- Other Authors
- Mirski, Marek A
- Ulatowski, John A
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 337 p. + 1 CD-ROM
- Series Title
- Current clinical neurology
- ISBN
- 1588290786
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
ICU Protocols : a stepwise approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31210
Rajesh Chawla, Subhash Todi, editors.
--Dordrecht:
Springer India
, c2012.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
A Book for Residents, Fellows, Critical care practitioners and Allied health care professionals, with comprehensive and current stepwise algorithm for the bedside diagnosis and management of the most frequently encountered problems in the intensive care unit (ICU).This book is neither a condensed text book nor it is an elementary primer. It is small enough to carry around and big enough to contain all essential elements of ICU care. This will also serve as a "One Stop" ready bedside reckoner fo…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Corporate Author
- Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Other Authors
- Chawla, Rajesh
- Todi, Subhash
- Responsibility
- Rajesh Chawla, Subhash Todi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer India
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 879 p. : 126 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9788132205357
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Clinical Protocols - Handbooks
- Critical Care - methods - Handbooks
- Intensive Care Units - Handbooks
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency medicine
- Critical care medicine
- Abstract
- A Book for Residents, Fellows, Critical care practitioners and Allied health care professionals, with comprehensive and current stepwise algorithm for the bedside diagnosis and management of the most frequently encountered problems in the intensive care unit (ICU).This book is neither a condensed text book nor it is an elementary primer. It is small enough to carry around and big enough to contain all essential elements of ICU care. This will also serve as a "One Stop" ready bedside reckoner for residents and students. This book is first of its kind on this subject. An educational venture of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. Salient features: 101 chapters; Clinically oriented discussion; Ready reckoner; Step wise management; Easy to read with flow diagrams and tables; Appendix covering Drug Dosing, Important ICU Formulae and Conversion Table; ICU Procedures with Illustrations; ICU Syllabus for trainees; Latest Annotated Reference; Useful Websites.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
