Neurointensive Care : A Clinical Guide to Patient Safety

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Patient Safety Standards in the Neuro-ICU -- Historical Perspective -- Measures of Quality and Safety Measures -- Structure Measures -- Specialized Neurocritical Care Units -- System Support -- Team -- Unit Leaders -- Intensivists -- Advanced Practice Providers -- Nursing Management -- Direct Care Nursing Staff -- Multidisciplinary Providers -- Education -- Process Outcomes -- Culture -- Quality and Safety -- Outcome Measures -- Managing Error and Quality Improvement -- Patient Outcomes -- QI Programs Based on Total Quality Management Principles Quality/Safety Reporting -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Airway Safety in the Neurocritical Care Unit -- Introduction -- The Decision to Intubate -- Risks to Patient Safety -- Inability to Protect the Airway -- Anticipating the Need for Intubation -- Neck Hematoma -- Safety Barriers and Risk-Benefit Assessment -- Performing Intubation Safely -- Risks to Patient Safety -- The Difficult Airway -- Difficult Bag-Mask Ventilation -- Cerebral Herniation -- Cerebral Ischemia -- Succinylcholine and the Risk of Hyperkalemia -- Worsening of Cervical Spine Injury -- Loss of the Neurological Exam -- General Complications Related to Intubation -- Managing the Airway Safely: The Role of Algorithms and Airway Teams -- Airway Teams -- Airway Carts and Equipment -- The Difficult Airway and Failed Airway Algorithms -- Is This a Failed Airway? -- Is RSI Reasonable? -- Is Awake Intubation Reasonable? -- Extubation Safety -- Risks to Patient Safety -- Post-extubation Stridor (PES) -- Predicting PES -- Prevention of PES -- Risk-Benefit Analysis and the Decision to Extubate -- Management of PES -- Inability to Protect the Airway -- Risk-Benefit Assessment and the Decision to Extubate -- Difficult Airway -- Airway Emergencies in the Intubated Patient..

Medienart:	E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Erschienen:	Cham: Springer International Publishing ; 2023

Sprache:	Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:	Wartenberg, Katja E. [VerfasserIn] Shukri, Khalid [Sonstige Person] Abdelhak, Tamer [Sonstige Person]

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ISBN:	978-3-319-17292-7

Themen:	Electronic books Neurology

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Umfang:	Online-Ressource (345 p)

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PPN (Katalog-ID):	842214704