Judgments of critical care nurses about risk for secondary brain injury

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-260

  McNett, Molly ^a   Doheny, Margaret ^b   Sedlak, Carol A ^c   Ludwick, Ruth ^c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nursing of the Adult Program   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CRITICAL CARE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; JUDGMENT; NURSES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955291076     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2009293     Document Type: Article

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