Delirium in Critical Care
eBook - PDF

Delirium in Critical Care

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Delirium in Critical Care

About this book

The fully updated second edition of this popular handbook concisely summarises all current knowledge about delirium in critically ill patients and describes simple tools the bedside clinician can use to prevent, diagnose and manage delirium. Chapters discuss new developments in assessing risk and diagnosis, crucial discoveries regarding delirium and long-term cognitive outcomes, and dangers of sedation and death. Updated management advice reflects new evidence about antipsychotics and delirium. This book explains how to minimise the risks of delirium, drugs to avoid, drugs to use and when to use them, as well as current theories regarding pathophysiology, different motoric subtypes leading to missed diagnosis, and the adverse impact of delirium on patient outcomes. While there are still unanswered questions, this edition contains all the available answers. Illustrated with real-life case reports, Delirium in Critical Care is essential reading for trainees, consultants and nurses in the ICU and emergency department.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781107433656
eBook ISBN
9781316057469
Edition
2
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Anesthesiology & Pain Management

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Series information
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of contents
  8. Foreword to the first edition
  9. Foreword to the second edition
  10. Delirium, a patient testimony
  11. Chapter 1 What is delirium in critical care?
  12. Chapter 2 How common is delirium in critical care?
  13. Chapter 3 What does delirium look like in critical care?
  14. Chapter 4 Delirium in critical care: how does it happen?
  15. Chapter 5 Delirium: what causes it? Risk factors
  16. Chapter 6 Delirium in critical care: why is it important?
  17. Chapter 7 Delirium in critical care: monitoring tools
  18. Chapter 8 How to prevent delirium?
  19. Chapter 9 Treatment of delirium in critical care
  20. Chapter 10 Mental capacity and restraints
  21. Chapter 11 End-of-life care
  22. Chapter 12 What is the future?
  23. Selected references
  24. Index

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