Irwin & Rippe’s Manual of Intensive Care Medicine has established itself as an invaluable reference for students, interns, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, nurses, and respiratory care practitioners working in the critical care medicine environment. Known for its reader-friendly outline format and compact portable size, this handy manual builds upon its tradition of excellence in its Sixth Edition. Available both in print and electronic formats, the Sixth Edition parallels the text, Irwin & Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, Seventh Edition, and features fully updated and revised content with a focus on patient safety. • Fully revised content addresses recent developments, including the larger role for ultrasound, in critical care medicine. • Annotated references are provided at the close of each chapter to guide the interested reader through key articles in the relevant literature. • Video clips have been added where appropriate to reinforce key points and findings. • Logical organization begins with an extensive section on Procedures and Techniques, followed by 15 sections covering organ system problems as well as palliative care, legal and ethical issues, and transplantation. • Thorough coverage of pharmacology, poisonings, and overdoses presented in a tabular format. • New section editors share a wealth of experience and expertise targeted to broaden readers’ skills.
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Although CSA can be idiopathic, more commonly CSA in the ICU is due to congestive heart failure where Cheyne-Stokes breathing (a waxing-waning pattern of respiration) may be observed, along with brain stem and neuromuscular disease and ...
The text addresses both the medical and surgical aspects of critical care, delivering the guidance needed to ensure sound, safe, and effective treatment for patients in intensive care?regardless of the specialty focus of the unit.
This requires a firm foundation of knowledge and an ability to apply this to the clinical situation. This book contains 270 multiple-choice questions allowing self-assessment of the breadth of knowledge required of the modern intensivist.
The Washington Manual of Critical Care is a concise pocket manual for physicians and nurses.
Ideally suited for students in critical care rotations and residents, this concise, practical handbook presents the essentials of medical and surgical critical care in an easy-to-read format.
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