ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1988

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Patient complications, both acute and chronic, may result from cuffed endotracheal tubes. The complications can occur from problems with cuff design and inflation techniques. Potential acute complications include airway obstruction, aspiration, tracheal mucosa injury, and impaired ventilation/oxygenation. Potential chronic complications from cuffed endotracheal tubes include tracheoesophageal fistula, innominate artery erosion, tracheomalacia, tracheal dilatation, and tracheal stenosis.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1988

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The correct technique for administration of low-dose heparin remains controversial. This article reviews the chronology of variations in heparin administration over the last 45 years. It also discusses how these studies recommend changes in clinical practice and suggests potential clinical research questions.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1988

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Nausea and vomiting have been considered non-specific, infrequent symptoms of myocardial infarction. However, their occurrence is of sufficient magnitude to warrant concern. This article discusses the causative mechanisms of nausea and vomiting in the myocardial infarction patient along with the nursing interventions to prevent the added complications of fluid volume deficit, ineffective airway clearance, and decreased cardiac output.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1988

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Acute spinal cord injury forces the individual into a state of unanticipated dependency and powerlessness. The goal of management during the critical care phase of injury is to assist the individual to regain and maintain self-directive behavior despite severe physical limitations. The authors suggest strategies for increasing power in each stage toward independence.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1988

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Trauma injuries are often complex and have rapidly changing physiological events. When the patient is also pregnant, the nurse has to assess a patient with an understanding of the normal anatomic and physiologic changes because of the pregnancy. Following a trauma event the concern is not only for the mother but for the viability of the unborn infant.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1988

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1988

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

As professional nurses, we are accountable to society for providing quality patient care.1In the critical care setting, this responsibility requires specific standards against which we measure our practice. In the process of developing standards, it helps to consider many factors and to involve all levels of professional nursing personnel.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1988

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Change, while necessary, is often viewed with suspicion and met with resistance. This article explains how one group of nurses in a major metropolitan hospital made changes in their ICU visiting schedules with minimal resistance. Staff nurse involvement from the inception of the idea through the implementation of the new policy was key to the ease of transition.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1988

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Have you ever had to do overtime in the critical care unit due to a lengthy report that could have been avoided? Have you ever analyzed whether all of the information given in a report was relevant and useful to all who heard it? Have you ever passed on information or messages through a report only to have them change into an unrecognizable form? Have you ever wondered how a report could be made to be more efficient? The authors describe a method for streamlining the shift report.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1988

数据来源: OVID