Caring for Children Who Have Severe Neurological Impairment : A Life with Grace /
This guide provides information to help parents increase their knowledge and improve their caregiving skills. In "Caring for Children Who Have Severe Neurological Impairment, " Dr. Julie M. Hauer advocates shared decision making between family caregivers and healthcare providers. She detai...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
2013.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Caring for a child who has SNI : an overview
- Impairment of the central nervous system : specific conditions
- Treating pain and other distressing symptoms : an overview
- Pain : evaluation and treatment
- Gastrointestinal problems : retching, vomiting, feeding intolerance, and other problems
- Respiratory problems : pneumonia, excessive secretions, and respiratory distress
- Problems of the central nervous system : spasticity, dystonia, dysautonomia, seizures, and related problems
- Changes from the expected : sleep, temperature, heart rate, sodium levels, puberty, growth, and nutrition
- Decision making
- Care at the end of life.