Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017 (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Annual Update compiles reviews of the most recent developments in experimental and clinical intensive care and emergency medicine research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in these fields. The book is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319519081
• Artikelnr.: 53033036

Autorenporträt

Prof. Vincent is Professor of intensive care at the University of Brussels, and intensivist in the Department of Intensive Care at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels. He is President of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) and a Past-President of the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SIZ), the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the European Shock Society (ESS), and the International Sepsis Forum (ISF). He is a member of the Royal Medical Academy of Belgium.

Prof. Vincent has signed more than 900 original articles, some 400 book chapters and review articles, 1000 original abstracts, and has edited 102 books. He is co-editor of the Textbook of Critical Care (Elsevier Saunders) and the “Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine” (Springer). He is editor-in-chief of "Critical Care", "Current Opinion in Critical Care", and "ICU Management & Practice" and member of the editorial boards of about 30 jou

rnals.

For 37 years, Prof. Vincent has been chairman of the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, the largest international meeting in this field, which gathers more than 6000 participants every year in Brussels.

He has received several awards, including the Distinguished Investigator Award of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the College Medalist Award of the American College of Chest Physicians He is a recipient of the "Society Medal” (lifetime award) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and has received the prestigious Belgian scientific award of the FRS-FNRS (Prix Scientifique Joseph Maisin-Sciences Biomédicales Cliniques). In recognition of these achievements, he was awarded the title of Baron by King Albert II of Belgium in 2013.

Inhaltsangabe

Common Abbreviations.- Part I Infections.- Part II Sepsis.- Part III Fluids.- Part IV Renal Issues.- Part V Metabolic Support.- Part VI Cardiac Conditions.- Part VII Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- Part VIII Oxygenation and Respiratory Failure.- Part IX Neurological Conditions.- Part X Burn Patients.- Part XI Drug Development and Pharmaceutical Issues.- Part XII The Extremes of Age.- Part XIII Simulation.- Part XIV Organization and Quality of Care.- Index.

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Common Abbreviations.- Part I Infections.- Part II Sepsis.- Part III Fluids.- Part IV Renal Issues.- Part V Metabolic Support.- Part VI Cardiac Conditions.- Part VII Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- Part VIII Oxygenation and Respiratory Failure.- Part IX Neurological Conditions.- Part X Burn Patients.- Part XI Drug Development and Pharmaceutical Issues.- Part XII The Extremes of Age.- Part XIII Simulation.- Part XIV Organization and Quality of Care.- Index.

Rezensionen

"This is a collection of summaries highlighting recent developments in critical care research and potential directions for clinical practice. ... Experienced trainees such as fellows and critical care faculty are an appropriate audience for this book ... . This annual publication is an important contribution, particularly for seasoned providers, as selected topics reflect the content of multiple journals." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2017)