Tracheostomy : a multi-professional handbook / edited by Claudia Russell, Basil Matta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matta, Basil.

Russell, Claudia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tracheotomy.

Trachea--Surgery.

Trachea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; San Francisco : Greenwich Medical Media, Ltd., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tracheostomy: A Multi-Professional Handbook is written by a multidisciplinary team of authors to give a unique perspective of this increasingly widely-used technique and will support research-based care and management and deliver patient-focused rehabilitation. It covers everything from the basics of tracheostomy and all aspects of operative care of the patient.

Contents:

COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; 1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT; 2 WHAT IS A TRACHEOSTOMY?; 3 SURGICAL TRACHEOSTOMY; 4 PERCUTANEOUS DILATATIONAL TRACHEOSTOMY; 5 DIFFICULT AIRWAY; 6 TRACHEOSTOMY TUBES; 7 TRACHEOSTOMY MANAGEMENT IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; 8 HUMIDIFICATION; 9 SUCTIONING; 10 WOUND CARE; 11 SWALLOWING; 12 COMMUNICATION; 13 TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE CHANGES; 14 DECANNULATION; 15 TRACHEOSTOMY AND HEAD & NECK CANCER; 16 LONG-TERM TRACHEOSTOMY AND CONTINUING CARE

17 PAEDIATRIC TRACHEOSTOMY18 NURSING CARE OF THE CHILD WITH A TRACHEOSTOMY; 19 CHILDREN'S TRACHEOSTOMY CARE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY; 20 EVIE'S STORY; 21 INFECTION CONTROL ISSUES IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH A TRACHEOSTOMY; 22 NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH TRACHEOSTOMIES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15683-1

1-280-43749-9

9786610437498

1-139-13086-2

0-511-16536-6

0-511-16585-4

0-511-16392-4

0-511-16472-6

OCLC:

212781750