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Books in Critical care

This collection covers intensive care management, ventilator support, and sepsis treatment. It supports intensivists, emergency physicians, and researchers in advancing critical care practices. Featuring evidence-based protocols and case studies, these resources address complex, life-threatening conditions with a focus on patient survival and recovery.

  • Das ICU-Buch

    Praktische Intensivmedizin
    • 5th Edition
    • Paul L. Marino + 2 more
    • German
    Sicher und routiniert auf der Intensivstation! Ob Arzt in Weiterbildung auf der Intensivstation oder erfahrener Facharzt: das ICU-Buch – Praktische Intensivmedizin macht es Ihnen leicht, die oft sehr komplexen Vorgänge bei z.T. multimorbiden Patienten zu verstehen, bei klinischen Notfällen die richtigen Prioritäten zu setzen und begründete diagnostische und therapeutische Entscheidungen zu treffen. Das Buch spannt den Bogen von der Physiologie über gebräuchliche Arbeitstechniken z.B. bei der Beatmung bis hin zu konkreten und klinisch begründeten Behandlungskonzepten bei speziellen Erkrankungen. Es berücksichtigt dabei fachübergreifende Aspekte der Intensivmedizin und gewährleistet eine sichere, kompetente und effektive Behandlung der Patienten auf jeder Intensivstation. Detaillierte Diagnostik und differenzierte Therapie werden problemorientiert dargestellt Die interdisziplinäre Herangehensweise wird den oft vielschichtigen Erkrankungen gerecht Neu in der 5. Auflage: Komplett überarbeitet und aktualisiert unter Betonung neu erschienener Übersichtsartikel und klinischer Leitlinien 5 zusätzliche Kapitel: Gefäßkatheter, Berufsbedingte Expositionen, Alternative Beatmungsverfahren, Pankreatitis und Leberinsuffizienz sowie Nichtmedikamentöse Toxidrome Komplett in Farbe – das macht das Buch maximal lesefreundlich „Resümee" für die Praxis am Kapitelende unterstützt Sie bei der Umsetzung im Klinikalltag 246 neue Abbildungen und 199 neue Tabellen visualisieren die Inhalte und zeigen Ihnen alles Wichtige auf einen Blick Inhalte adaptiert entsprechend deutscher und europäischer Leitlinien/Empfehlun... sowie gesetzlicher Vorgaben

  • Certification and Core Review for High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care Nursing

    • 7th Edition
    • Lisa M. Stone + 1 more
    • English
    The 7th edition of this powerful review tool helps you assess and build your knowledge of the information covered in the Core Curriculum for High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care Nursing — and achieve Adult CCRN® or PCCN® certification. Three 150-question exams mirror the style and content of the CCRN exam and PCCN exam. You can also access these same practice exams, along with 100 additional questions, on an accompanying Evolve website for interactive practice. Integration of the ACCN Synergy Model for Patient Care ensures that the needs or characteristics of patients and families influence and drive the characteristics.

  • Advanced Critical Care Nursing

    • 2nd Edition
    • Vicki S. Good + 1 more
    • English
    Awarded third place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Critical Care- Emergency Nursing category. Learn to effectively address life-threatening and potentially life-threatening patient conditions, with Advanced Critical Care Nursing, 2nd Edition. Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), this comprehensive, nursing-focused text centers on the clinical reasoning process as it helps you comprehend, analyse, synthesize, and apply advanced critical care knowledge and concepts. The book is organized within the structure of body systems along with synthesis chapters that address patient conditions involving multiple body systems. Numerous illustrations and graphs plus unfolding case studies further aid your understanding and help you apply text content. In all, Advanced Critical Care Nursing is the must-have resource dedicated to helping you oversee or care for critical care patients in any practice setting.

  • AACN Core Curriculum for High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care Nursing

    • 7th Edition
    • AACN
    • English
    From the experts at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) comes the definitive resource for critical care certification and clinical practice. This new seventh edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the current state of high acuity, progressive, and critical care nursing practice and includes expanded coverage of pain management, palliative care, and end-of-life care; transplantation; and key AACN initiatives. It also reflects the most current literature, national and international guidelines, clinical studies, and of course, the newest content on the CCRN® exam.

  • AACN Procedure Manual for High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care

    • 7th Edition
    • AACN
    • Debra L. Wiegand
    • English
    The AACN Procedure Manual for High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care, 7th Edition, authored by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, is the authoritative reference to procedures performed in high acuity, progressive, and critical care settings. It visually guides you through procedures unique to the adult critical care environment, including those performed by advanced practice nurses, in an illustrated, step-by-step format. This edition features 17 new procedures, new illustrations, and updated content throughout, reflecting the latest evidence-based guidelines and national and international protocols.

  • Advances in Trauma, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 33-1
    • Lena M. Napolitano
    • English
    Guest editor Lena Napolitano has assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Trauma in the ICU. Articles will focus on: Non-compressible Torso Hemorrhage; Prediction of Massive Transfusion in Trauma; Coagulopathy of Trauma; Viscoelastic testing and Hyperfibrinolysis in Trauma; Tranexamic Update in Trauma; Optimal Reversal of Novel Anticoagulants in Trauma; Optimal Transfusion for Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock; and more!

  • Mechanical Ventilation in the Critically Ill Patient: International Nursing Perspectives, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28-4
    • Sandra Goldsworthy
    • English
    Dr. Goldsworthy has created a state-of-the-art issue that emphasizes the nurse's role in mechanical ventilation. Pertinent clinical topics include the following: basics of mechanical ventilation for nurses; current modes for mechanical ventilation; best practices for managing pain, sedation, and delirium in the mechanically ventilated patient; mobilization of and optimal oxygenation for the mechanicaly ventilated patient; managing complications; and effective weaning strategies. Authors also address mechanical ventilation in both children and neonates. The current content in this issue will leave nurses with the clinical information they need to effectively manage mechanically ventilated patients.

  • Manual de medicina intensiva

    • 5th Edition
    • Juan Carlos Montejo González + 3 more
    • Spanish
    Esta guía básica del conocimiento de la medicina intensiva y de su aplicación clínica regresa en una necesaria nueva edición para ofrecer a los médicos intensivistas un contenido completamente revisado que recoge las últimas actualizaciones de la especialidad. En esta edición ha aumentado el número de autores y centros hospitalarios representados, enriqueciendo las fuentes académicas y clínicas. Ha crecido también la presencia de autores internacionales tanto europeos como latinoamericanos. Se han incorporado especialistas de otras disciplinas con las que cada vez es más frecuente la colaboración para el tratamiento del paciente crítico, como son gastroenterólogos y cardiólogos así como especialistas de medicina de urgencias y atención extrahospitalaria. El contenido electrónico, formado por casos clínicos, que presentan situaciones reales de una unidad cuidados intensivos y vídeos sobre técnicas y equipos utilizados en medicina intensiva, se ha enriquecido en esta edición con nuevos materiales.

  • Burn Resuscitation, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 32-4
    • Kevin N. Foster + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Clinics focuses on Burn Resuscitation in the ICU. Articles include: The Physiologic Basis of Burn Shock and the Need for Aggressive Fluid Resuscitation; The Use of Colloid in Burn Resuscitation; Monitoring and Endpoints of Burn Resuscitation; Vitamin C in Burn Resuscitation; Pediatric Burn Resuscitation; Burn resuscitation in the Austere Environment; Failed Burn resuscitation; and more!

  • Hepatology and Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 32-3
    • Rahul S. Nanchal + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Clinics focuses on Hepatology and Critical Care. Articles include: Acute on Chronic and Decompensated Chronic Liver Failure, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Respiratory Complication in Liver Disease, GI Issues in Liver Disease, Bridging the Patient with Liver Disease to Transplant or Recovery, Infections in Liver Disease, Kidney Injury in Liver Disease, The Liver in Critical Illness, Hematological Issues in Liver Disease, Pharmacological Issues in Liver Disease and more!