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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.

  • AACN's Quick Reference to Critical Care Nursing Procedures

    • 1st Edition
    • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
    • English
    AACN's Quick Reference to Critical Care Nursing Procedures is a quick reference handbook that provides busy critical care nurses with a fast access to commonly used procedures in the ICU. The pocket-sized, wire-bound format makes the book easily portable; in addition it lays flat for easy reference. This quick-reference to critical care procedures provides both new graduates, anxious about performing skills for the first time on real patients in the clinical setting, and experienced nurses, who may not have performed a particular procedure for a while, a reference to lean on.

  • Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialists

    Synergy for Best Practices
    • 1st Edition
    • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
    • Mary G McKinley
    • English
    2007 AJN Book of the Year Award WinnerAcute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialists: Best Practices presents the knowledge and tools the CNS needs to provide the best standards of practice and performance. It focuses on the role of the CNS in acute and critical care, emphasizing the relationship between critical care nursing, the patient, and the environment of care. Divided into 3 main sections, the framework of the book is based on the Scope and Standards of Practice for the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Acute and Critical Care and the AACN's synergy model. This book delivers up-to-date information for today's health care along with practical tools for the CNS in acute and critical care settings.

  • AACN Procedure Manual for Pediatric Acute and Critical Care

    • 1st Edition
    • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
    • English
    Using detailed, step-by-step guidelines, this comprehensive book covers procedures commonly performed by all nurses in pediatric critical care. Following the successful format of the AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care, 5th edition, this new resource focuses on the unique aspects of caring for infants and children. This easy-to-use guide includes the latest information, a strong evidence base, and a supporting rationale for each step of each procedure.

  • Le polytraumatisé
    • 2nd Edition
    • Jean Marty
    • French
    Le polytraumatisé est un blessé grave, victime de plusieurs lésions, dont une, au moins, met en jeu le pronostic vital du patient à brève échéance. Le décès survient en effet dans la moitié des cas sur le lieu même de l'accident, et dans les heures et les quelques jours qui suivent la prise en charge pour l'autre moitié. Touchant majoritairement une population jeune, ces polytraumatismes sont par ailleurs à l'origine de nombreuses séquelles fonctionnelles qui détériorent considérablement la qualité de vie des patients. Seules une prise en charge très rapide et multidisciplinaire et une bonne orientation permettront d'améliorer le pronostic. Abordant successivement les grands principes diagnostiques et thérapeutiques en fonction de la localisation des traumatismes, cet ouvrage présente les différents aspects de la prise en charge d'une victime souffrant de polytraumatisme. Son suivi au bloc opératoire, ainsi qu'en postopératoire, et les examens d'imagerie sont particulièrement détaillés, soulignant l'inderdisciplinarit... de la prise en charge de ces patients. C'est pourquoi également l'accueil des polytraumatisés nécessite de plus en plus des structures spécialisées disposant d'un plateau technique très performant et complet, intégrant les équipes médico-chirurgicales...

  • Critical Care Nursing Secrets

    • 2nd Edition
    • Hildy M. Schell + 1 more
    • English
    Part of the Nursing Secrets Series®, Critical Care Nursing Secrets is designed to be helpful for both new and experienced critical care nurses. New graduates, novice nurses, or those nurses returning to work in the field will find the book especially helpful in learning the "pearls" or "secrets" of practice. Written in a question-and-answer format, each of the 79 chapters has helpful features such as key points and Internet resources.

  • Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference

    • 4th Edition
    • Susan B. Stillwell
    • English
    Developed to provide nurse clinicians with a resource for the management of adult critical care patients, Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference condenses the most essential information needed by nurses working in the ICU. This valuable, pocket-sized reference provides information on broad topics that apply to a variety of critically ill patients, as well as detailed information on organ diseases. Chapters are dedicated to psychosocial concerns, complementary therapies, and the unique needs of a pediatric patient in an adult ICU. Therapeutic modalities and pharmacology are both examined, with information that is useful for the student, the new nurse, and the experienced professional.

  • Vascular Nursing

    • 4th Edition
    • Victora A. Fahey
    • English
    Vascular Nursing remains the only clinical reference devoted solely to the nursing care of patients with peripheral vascular disorders. This thoroughly updated and revised text provides a comprehensive overview of vascular disease and presents specific nursing management strategies for each vascular disorder. Valuable for practitioners in both the inpatient and the outpatient setting, the fourth edition includes information on the new minimally invasive endoluminal surgery that is replacing traditional surgery. New technology for diagnostic evaluation of vascular disease and non-operative management of vascular disease is covered in detail.

  • Data Interpretation in Critical Care Medicine

    • 5th Edition
    • Bala Venkatesh + 3 more
    • English
    The management of critically ill patients not only involves a bedside clinical assessment, but also a thorough daily review of investigations and monitoring. A detailed knowledge and understanding of data are an important part of training and practice in the day-to-day management of patients in intensive care. This book will play a useful role in the education of trainees, providing a source of real clinical data, with questions and answers, enabling them to test and develop their interpretation skills.

  • Échocardiographie Doppler chez le patient en état critique

    Un outil de diagnostic et de monitorage
    • 1st Edition
    • Philippe Vignon + 4 more
    • French
    Durant ces dernières années, l'utilisation de l'échocardiographie Doppler s'est généralisée en réanimation et en anesthésie, et ce pour de multiples raisons. – Le nombre de réanimateurs et d'anesthésistes-réan... qui se sont formés à cette technique et le nombre de publications scientifiques qui s'y rapportent ont augmenté de manière exponentielle. – Le domaine de compétence spécifique aux réanimateurs et aux anesthésistes-réanim... s'est progressivement précisé et imposé de lui-même sur le terrain. – De nouveaux concepts tels que celui du stéthoscope ultrasonique et du monitorage fonctionnel de l'état hémodynamique des patients en état critique ont émergé et se sont affinés. – Les appareils d'échocardiographie toujours plus performants se sont miniaturisés, pour atteindre la taille et le poids d'un ordinateur portable. – Enfin et surtout, les mentalités ont évolué, aussi bien chez les cardiologues que chez les réanimateurs de toute origine. L'échocardiographie Doppler est désormais unanimement considérée comme un moyen d'évaluation incontournable des patients en état critique. Échocardiographie Doppler chez le patient en état critique : un outil de diagnostic et de monitorage fait le point sur l'état de l'art de cette technique en constante évolution. Son fil rouge est la défaillance d'organe. Son esprit est l'approche par syndromes, la concision et le caractère didactique fondé sur de nombreux exemples et la sélection de la littérature pertinente sur le sujet.

  • Statistical Methods for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

    • 1st Edition
    • Paul Myles + 1 more
    • English
    Written in a user-friendly style, each chapter begins with a summary of key points, basic definitions and principles. This is an essential guide for all anaesthetists interested in reading journal articles and conducting research, and it also provides a basic grounding for those preparing for specialist examinations.