Providing nutrition to critically ill obese adults: use of the nursing process [0.03%]
危重病态肥胖成人营养护理：护理程序的应用
Susan Smith,Kathleen Fedyszen
Susan Smith
Caring for obese critically ill patients is not always the same as caring for critically ill patients who are not obese. Fortunately, nurses have many resources available to them to guide them in this process. However, research that specifi...
Sedation considerations for the nonintubated obese patient in critical care [0.03%]
危重症非插管肥胖患者的镇静考虑事项
Mark Welliver,Michele Bednarzyk
Mark Welliver
Sedation of the obese critical care patient presents unique challenges that include altered respiratory function and a predisposition to respiratory suppression and airway obstruction. Sedative drugs have pronounced effects on obese patient...
Sonia M Astle
Sonia M Astle
Achieving pain control in critically ill patients is a challenging problem for the health care team, which becomes more challenging in morbidly obese patients. Obese patients may experience drug malabsorption and distribution, which may lea...
Jeanne Redlin Lowe
Jeanne Redlin Lowe
Almost one-third of intensive care unit (ICU) patients are obese. Obese patients pose a unique challenge for preventing skin breakdown, healing wounds, and preventing complications of surgery and prolonged immobility. Yet little research to...
Debra Siela
Debra Siela
Critically ill obese patients have many challenging pulmonary problems. The first key is to understand pathophysiology in the pulmonary system related to obesity. Second, it is important to identify the altered physical assessments and diag...
Wendy C Peavy
Wendy C Peavy
Obesity has become a global health crisis. The effects of obesity on the cardiovascular system pose a unique challenge for the critical care nurse. This article reviews the scope of the problem, the alterations in the cardiovascular structu...
Linda Harrington
Linda Harrington
When neonatal ICU infants participate in research: special protections for special subjects [0.03%]
NICU婴儿参与研究时的特殊保护措施：研究对象的特殊性
Karen A Thomas
Karen A Thomas
Neonatal ICU research poses unique concerns for infants and parents. Children are considered a vulnerable research population. Federal regulations specify special protections when children participate in research. These regulations determin...
When the fetus is alive but the mother is not: critical care somatic support as an accepted model of care in the twenty-first century? [0.03%]
胎儿存活而母亲死亡时的生命维持：21世纪可被接受的医疗模式吗？
Anita J Catlin,Deborah Volat
Anita J Catlin
There has been an increase in cases involving the maintenance of brain dead pregnant women on life support to allow for fetal growth toward viability and birth. This article provides an ethical analysis and discusses the critical care nursi...
Living with grief following removal of infant life support: parents' perspectives [0.03%]
撤掉婴儿生命支持后的哀伤体验——父母的视角
Debra Armentrout
Debra Armentrout
Research findings reported in the literature about making life and death decisions for critically ill infants in the neonatal ICU focus primarily on the experiences of health care providers and the ethical dilemmas surrounding these decisio...