Part 2 Pain Assessment and Management Children’s ability to describe pain changes as they grow older and as they cognitively and linguistically mature. Three types of measures—behavioral, physiologic, and self-report—have…
Part 4 Common Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis results are rapidly available and provide a baseline to determine a patient’s current respiratory…
2 Paediatric Registrar, Nottingham Children’s Hospital3 Children’s Respiratory/Community Nurse Specialist, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives After studying this chapter the reader will have an understanding of: the rationale for chest…
2 Consultant Paediatrician3 Specialist Practitioner in Children’s Community Nursing, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives After studying this chapter the reader will have an understanding of: complications with lung development common…
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives After studying this chapter, the reader will: understand the range of pathogens causing lung infection in children be aware of…
2 Specialist Practitioner in Children’s Community Nursing, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives By studying this chapter, the reader will: understand the importance of adequate oxygenation and its effects on the…
2CF Co-ordinatory/Senior Research Physiotherapist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children3Children’s Respiratory/Community Nurse Specialist, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives After studying this chapter, the reader will: understand the inheritance of primary…
2 Children’s Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives After reading this chapter the reader will have an understanding of: the importance of history and assessment prior to spirometry…
2Children’s Community Matron, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives In this chapter we will consider: the physiological basis of intervention prediction of long-term ventilation clinically outcomes of care different diseases practicalities…
Learning objectives After studying this chapter, the reader will have an understanding of: the principles of homeostasis the respiratory rate, carbon dioxide and pH negative feedback mechanism how ill health…
