Intensive Care : A Concise Textbook
Language: English
Published by Elsevier Health Sciences, 2008
- Softcover
- Used
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- Title
- Intensive Care : A Concise Textbook
- Author
- Watson, J. David, Hinds, Charles J.
- Publisher
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0702025968
- ISBN 13
- 9780702025969
- Edition
- 3 Edition.
- Item weight
- 2.205 pounds
- Dimensions
- N/A
- Provides a balanced view of current controversies with citation of the most relevant publications
- Information readily accessible through the extensive use of bullet points, italics to highlight key words, headings, sub-headings, tables, figures and diagrams
- Written entirely by two authors to ensure consistency of style and content, each chapter has been reviewed by an expert to ensure completion, accuracy and currency
- Ideal for physicians preparing for the increasingly important examinations in the specialty
- Includes summary tables of recommended approaches to clinical management
- Also suitable for trainees in other acute specialities who are increasingly becoming involved in the management of critically ill patients and those who may be sitting other postgraduate exams that include aspects of intensive care and acute medicine in the syllabus
- All content fully updated and strongly evidence-based, with clear guidelines for the management of specific conditions
- Extensive new referencing focuses on key prospective, randomised, controlled trials, meta-analyses and systematic reviews
- Additional topics such as relative adrenal suppression, tight glycaemic control, acute coronary syndromes, ventilator-associated and community-acquired pneumonia, non-invasive and ‘protective’ ventilation, meningo-encephalitis and intracranial haemorrhage
- Updated antibiotic guidelines and the latest ALS/ATLS and ‘surviving sepsis campaign guidelines’
- More detail given to a number of topics such as fluid and electrolyte balance, nutrition, and alternatives to the pulmonary artery catheter for haemodynamic monitoring
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David J. Dries, MD(University of Minnesota Medical School), Doody Enterprises, Inc. Nov 2008
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