Table of Contents
List of Contributors xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Section 1: Introduction to Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing 1
1 Introduction to Children's Intensive Care 3 Dave Clarke
2 Assessment and Management of the Critically Ill Child/Resuscitation 11 Mark Fores and Doreen Crawford
3 Physiological Monitoring of Infants and Children in the Intensive Care Unit 22 Michaela Dixon and Debra Teasdale
Section 2: Systems Approach 33
4 Care of an Infant or Child with a Respiratory Illness and/or the Need for Respiratory Support 35 Michaela Dixon
5 Care of an Infant or Child with a Cardiac Condition or Disease 102 Sandra Batcheler and Michaela Dixon
6 Care of the Infant or Child in Renal Failure 169 Ben Harvey and Doreen Crawford
7 Care of the Infant or Child with Acute Neurological Dysfunction 188 Michaela Dixon
8 Care of an Infant or Child with Gastrointestinal or Endocrine Dysfunction 215 Doreen Crawford and Michaela Dixon
9 Care of a Child with Musculoskeletal Injury 250 Mark Fores and Doreen Crawford
10 Care of the Infant or Child with Thermal Injury 273 Jane Leaver and Clare Thomas
11 Care of the Child with Cancer 284 Karen Selwood, Caroline Langford and Michelle Wright
Section 3: Essential Care 301
12 Nutrition and Fluid Management 303 Doreen Crawford
13 Management of Pain and Sedation in Intensive Care 318 Doreen Crawford and Michaela Dixon
14 Managing Skin Integrity, Wound Healing and Care 338 Doreen Crawford
15 Transportation of the Critically Ill Infant or Child 349 Alison Oliver and Michaela Dixon
Section 4: Holistic Care 359
16 Care of the Family 361 Doreen Crawford and Peter McNee
17 Spiritual Care and Bereavement in Paediatric Intensive Care 370 Peter McNee
18 Safeguarding Children in the Intensive Care Unit 381 Gillian Earl
Conclusion 392
References 392
Further reading 393
Resources 393
Index 395