<p><i>Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient</i> is an invaluable, accessible guide to caring for critically ill patients on the general ward. Now fully updated and improved throughout, this well-established and handy reference guide text assumes no prior knowledge and equips students and newly-qualified staff with the clinical skills and knowledge they need to confidently monitor patients at risk, identify key priorities, and provide prompt and effective care.<br /> <br /> This new edition includes the following five new chapters:</p> <ul> <li>Monitoring the critically ill child</li> <li>Monitoring the critically ill pregnant patient</li> <li>Monitoring the patient with infection and related systemic inflammatory response</li> <li>Monitoring a patient receiving a blood transfusion</li> <li>Monitoring pain</li> </ul>
