Intensive Care: Nursing and Medicine

Intensive care is a technologically-advanced and resource-intensive area of healthcare. It is concerned with the provision of care and support to patients with acute and life-threatening conditions. Patient management is crucial in intensive care medicine. Intensive care nursing operates with the objective of providing the utmost level of care to unstable patients. Individuals who require frequent nursing assessments and life sustaining drugs and technology are given such quality of care. Intensive care is provided to patients when they require cardiac, respiratory and renal support, and after surgery when patients are considered unstable. The ever growing need of advanced intensive care is the reason that has fueled the research in the field of intensive care medicine and nursing in recent times. From theories to research to practical applications, case studies related to all contemporary topics of relevance to this field have been included in this book. The extensive content of this book provides the readers with a thorough understanding of the subject.