Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of critical care nursing / Mary Lou Sole -- Patient and family response to the critical care experience / Sandra Knapp, Mary Lou Sole -- Ethical and legal issues in critical care nursing / Jayne Willis, Kathy Black Mary Lou Sole -- End-of-life care in the critical care unit / Douglas Houghton / Mary Lou Sole -- Comfort and sedation / Mamoona Arif-Rahu, Mary Lou Sole -- Nutritional support / Miranda Kelly, Marthe Moseley -- Dysrhythmia interpretation and management / Julie Marcum, Marthe Moseley -- Hemodynamic monitoring / David Allen, Maximino Martell, Marthe Moseley -- Ventilatory assistance / Lynelle Pierce, Mary Lou Sole -- Rapid response teams and code management / Deborah Klein -- Shock, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome / Kathleen Hill -- Cardiovascular alterations / Colleen Walsh-Irwin, Marthe Moseley -- Nervous system alterations / Christina Stewart-Amidei, Deborah Klein -- Acute respiratory failure / Maureen Seckel, Mary Lou Sole -- Acute kidney injury / Kathleen Kerber, Deborah Klein -- Hematological and immune disorders / Patricia Wolff, Jill Dickerson, Marthe Moseley -- Gastrointestinal alterations / Katherine (Kaye) Alford, Marthe Moseley -- Endocrine alterations / Christina Stewart-Amidei, Jacqueline LaManna /Marthe Moseley -- Trauma and surgical management / Mary Beth Makic, Deborah Klein -- Burns / Karla Klas, Deborah Klein -- Solid organ transplantation / Linda Ohler, Tracy Evans-Walker, Deborah Klein .