Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation, Volume 777Saunders, 2002 - 881 pages This "classic" in it's field provides detailed instruction on how to respond during all phases in the cycle of trauma care: from resuscitation through the operative, critical, intermediate, and rehabilitation phases. Like the first two editions, this new edition utilizes this unique cycle of trauma framework to describe the science, current issues, trends, and controversies of trauma care. This format offers the reader an easy to follow organization of material describing the patient's therapeutic needs. Three new chapters address performance improvement in trauma care, injury prevention, and prehospital care of the trauma patient. New, relevant material has been added and content updated throughout to reflect current research-based findings. This text will serve as an excellent reference for the novice and experienced trauma nurse practicing in a variety of settings. - Comprehensive and in-depth coverage of trauma nursing issues. -- New chapter on performance improvement in trauma car |
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... malnutrition is associated with poor long - term survival.32 In addition , the traumatic event itself is critical to the risk assessment : The greater the magnitude of injury , the greater the risk for developing protein - calorie ...
... malnutrition and increased susceptibility to infection . Immune functions are influ- enced by multiple factors , including nutritional status ; therefore evaluation of such parameters is of nutritional importance . Protein - calorie ...
... malnutrition ( PCM ) can develop rapidly in patients who have a combination of severe catabolic stress and prolonged low nutrient intake . PCM leads to depressed respiratory function and increased dependence on mechani- cal ventilation ...