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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.

  • Biomarkers in the Critically Ill Patient, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27-2
    • Mitchell M. Levy
    • English

  • Sepsis, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23-1
    • R. Phillip Dellinger
    • English
    Respected leader in Critical Care Medicine, Phillip Dellinger has complied a top-notch range of articles on the subject of Sepsis. Topics include: "The History of Sepsis," "Molecular Biology of Sepsis," "Sepsis Induced Tissue Hypoperfusion," "Hemodynamic Monitoring in Sepsis," "Performance Improvement in Sepsis," and more!

  • Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy of Life-threatening Infection, Sepsis and Septic Shock, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27-1
    • Anand Kumar
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Clinics by Dr. Anand Kumar will feature articles on: Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy in Life-threatening infection, sepsis and septic shock;General principles of antimicrobial dosing and PK/PD; Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic issues in the critically ill with severe sepsis and septic shock;Understanding antimicrobial resistance;Combinati... vs monotherapy in critical illness; Antifungal therapy.

  • Human responses to Disaster: Health Promotion and Healing Following Catastrophic Events, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22-4
    • Dana Bjarnason
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics will focus on Responses to Catastrophic Disasters. Article topics include cultural and spiritual competencies of the healthcare provider in a disaster, Psychological responses, disaster planning and aftermath, considerations for elderly and vulnerable populations, and forensic nursing.

  • Critical Care Considerations of the Morbidly Obese, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26-4
    • Marilyn Haupt + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Clinics, Guest Edited by Marilyn Haupt and Mary Reed will include articles such as: Special Populations; Obesity Paradox; Airway Management; Trauma in the Morbidly Obese; Procedures in the Morbidly Obese Critically Ill.

  • Prise en charge des fractures

    Manuel pratique
    • 1st Edition
    • Ronald McRae + 3 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage, maintenant à sa cinquième édition anglaise, est devenu un classique dans sa langue d'origine. Conçu au début pour les étudiants en médecine et les jeunes praticiens, notamment aux urgences, il est également devenu un ouvrage de référence pour les praticiens. Ce manuel pratique permet d'évaluer les différents types de fractures et aborde toutes les techniques de traitement, des plus conservatrices aux techniques chirurgicales les plus récentes. Une première partie présente les généralités et les principes de base : facteurs affectant la guérison, diagnostic, évaluation de blessures multiples, urgences, techniques d'immobilisation, protection de la peau, pièges à éviter et prévention des complications. La deuxième partie, organisée par région, décrit les différentes fractures, procédant étape par étape du diagnostic aux différents moyens de prise en charge. Hautement visuel, ce livre comporte 1520 illustrations. Les dessins très clairs et didactiques sont étayés de vues issues de l'imagerie médicale.

  • Emergency Medicine Review

    Preparing for the Boards (Expert Consult - Online and Print)
    • 1st Edition
    • Richard A. Harrigan + 2 more
    • English
    Emergency Medicine Review: Preparing for the Boards, by Richard Harrigan, Matthew Tripp, and Jacob Ufberg, uniquely combines a comprehensive, bulleted review of all required subjects with a thorough practice exam of board-style questions, giving you all the tools you need to be prepared and confident during the American Board of Emergency Medicine's qualifying exam and beyond! You can also access the online Q&A review at expertconsult.com.

  • Liver Failure, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22-3
    • Sarah Saxer + 2 more
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest edited by Sarah Saxer, PharmD, Dinesh Yogaratnam, PharmD, BCPS, and Tenita Foston, NP, on the topic of Liver Failure, will include the following article subjects: Drug-Induced Liver Failure: A Focus on Acetaminophen Overdose; Current and Emerging Strategies for Treating Hepatic Encephalopathy; Drug Dosing Considerations for the Critically Ill Patient with Liver Disease; Critical Care Therapies for Bleeding Esophogeal Varices; Treating Coagulopathies in Fulminant Hepatic Failure; Treating HCV; Management HBV; Hepatorenal Syndrome; Hepatopulmonary Syndrome; Live Transplant Considerations for Evaluation; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Cholestatic Live Disease; Nutrition in ESLD; Infectious Issues in Patients with Liver Disease; and Management Ascites, TIPS/Shunts.

  • PharmacoNutrition and Nutrition Therapy in Critical Illness, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26-3
    • Paul Wischmeyer
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Clinics, Guest Edited by Paul Wischmeyer, MD features topics such as: Nutrition Guidelines In Critical Care: Consistency or Confusion?; Evolutionary Role of Nutrition and Metabolic Support in Critical Illness; Pre-operative Surgical Nutrition Programs; Fish Oil in Critical Illness: Mechanisms and Clinical Application; Glutamine in Critical Illness: The Time Has Come, The Time Is Now?; Immunosupression and Infection After Major Surgery: A Nutritional Deficiency?; Enteral Nutrition in Critical Care: Why Do We Starve Our Patients?

  • Safety, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22-2
    • Debora Simmons
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Debora Simmons, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS, will feature such article topics as: Cause Mapping Critical Events; Blood Bank Safety in the ICU; Patient Safety in Perinatal Care; High Risk Drugs in Critical Areas; Enteral Feeding Tubing Misconnections; Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition; Negotiating Safety; Device Complexity and Human Factors; Decreasing Risk; Delirium in ICU; and Voice of the Patient.