Critical care nursing : diagnosis and management / [edited by] Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Mary E. Lough.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS
Unit I: Foundations of critical care nursing
Unit II: Cardiovascular alterations
Unit III: Pulmonary alterations
Unit IV: Neurologic alterations
Unit V: Kidney alterations
Unit VI: Gastrointestinal alterations
Unit VII: Endocrine alterations
Unit VIII: Multisystem alterations
Unit IX: Special populations

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