Adult Critical Care Medicine (eBook, PDF)

A Clinical Casebook

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This clinical casebook provides a comprehensive yet concise state-of-the-art review of adult critical care medicine. Presented in a case-based format, each case focuses on a scenario commonly encountered with an adult patient in the ICU. Case scenarios include management of seizures and acute intracranial hypertension, sepsis, liver failure, brain death, bleeding and thrombosis, and treating hospital acquired infections in the ICU. Written by experts in the field, Adult Critical Care Medicine: A Clinical Casebook is a valuable resource for critical care specialists and practitioners who treat adult patients in critical care settings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319944241
• Artikelnr.: 54527232

Autorenporträt

Jennifer A. LaRosa, MD, FCCM, FCCP Patient Safety & Clinical Effectiveness Officer Director, Intensive Care Unit Director, Division of Palliative Medicine Associate Director, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine, Rutgers University – New Jersey School of Medicine Newark Beth Israel Medical Center: Robert Wood Johnson – Barnabas Health Newark, NJ USA

Inhaltsangabe

Management of Intracranial Hypertension and Status Epilepticus.- Overcoming Conflicts in ICU Care of Surgical Patients.- Perioperative Management of the Patient with a Mechanical Circulatory Support Device or Heart Transplant.- Damage Control in the Trauma ICU.- Liver Failure in the ICU.- Harm and Quality in the ICU.- Surveillance and Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections.- Sepsis and Septic Shock.- Advanced Practice Providers in the ICU: Models for a Successful Multiprofessional Team.- Critical Care Billing, Coding, and Documentation.- Shock and Vasopressors – State of the Art Update.- Brain Death.- Nutrition Support Therapy during Critical Illness.- Advanced and Difficult Airway Management in the ICU.- Hemodynamic Monitoring – What’s Out There? What’s Best For You?.- Bleeding and Thrombosis in the ICU.- Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy.- Challenges in Oxygenation and Ventilation.- Poisoning and Toxicity - The New Age.

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Management of Intracranial Hypertension and Status Epilepticus.- Overcoming Conflicts in ICU Care of Surgical Patients.- Perioperative Management of the Patient with a Mechanical Circulatory Support Device or Heart Transplant.- Damage Control in the Trauma ICU.- Liver Failure in the ICU.- Harm and Quality in the ICU.- Surveillance and Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections.- Sepsis and Septic Shock.- Advanced Practice Providers in the ICU: Models for a Successful Multiprofessional Team.- Critical Care Billing, Coding, and Documentation.- Shock and Vasopressors - State of the Art Update.- Brain Death.- Nutrition Support Therapy during Critical Illness.- Advanced and Difficult Airway Management in the ICU.- Hemodynamic Monitoring - What's Out There? What's Best For You?.- Bleeding and Thrombosis in the ICU.- Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy.- Challenges in Oxygenation and Ventilation.- Poisoning and Toxicity - The New Age.

Rezensionen

"This book contains a wealth of useful, practical advice for clinicians working in the settings of critical care, intensive care, anesthesiology, neurosurgery, obstetrics, radiology, and perioperative medicine. It can be helpful for senior medical students, residents, board registered specialists, and critical care providers. Experienced intensive care physicians will also find advanced practical recommendations from other professionals who have developed experience in multidisciplinary treatment. ... Overall, this is a well-written book with important information when managing critically ill patients." (Liang He, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 129 (2), August, 2019)

"This is a collection of vignettes designed to illustrate the management of common clinical conditions featuring the use of critical care and acute surgical therapies. ... This is a comfortable, readable, stepwise presentation of important administrative issues and clinical problems." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, April 26, 2019)