Why write a book on the management of critically ill patients? Over the past few decades we have seen an enormous growth in the number of intensive care units (ICU) across the world. Indeed, it is estimated that a large proportion of health care expenses are devoted to patients in these specialized units. Medical students, residents, fellows, attending physicians, critical care nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and other health-care providers (irrespective of their ultimate field of practice) will spend several months or years of their professional lives taking care of critically ill or severely injured patients. These clinicians must have special training, experience, and competence in managing complex problems in their patients. Moreover, these clinicians must interpret data obtained by many kinds of monitoring devices, and they must integrate this information with their knowledge of the pathophysiology of disease. Even more important is the fact that anyone working in an ICU
or with a critically ill patient must approach patients with a multidisciplinary team. The phrase there is no I in TEAM comes to mind.
The second edition of this book∗ was written for every practitioner engaged in
Critical Care Medicine across the world. We have attempted to present basic and generally accepted clinical information, our own personal experiences, facts, and some important formulas as well as laboratory values and tables which we feel will be useful to the practitioner of Critical Care Medicine. The chapters of this book follow an outline format and are divided by organ–system (i.e., neurologic disorders, cardiovascular disorders), as well as special topics (i.e., environmental disorders, trauma, toxicology). Every chapter has been updated and many chapters are completely new. It is important for the reader of this handbook to understand that Critical Care Medicine is not a static field and changes occur every day. Therefore, this handbook is not meant to define the standard of care, but rather to be a general guide to current clinical practice used in Critical Care Medicine. We wrote this book hoping that it will benefit thousands of critically ill patients, but more importantly that it will aid practicing clinicians to assume a multidisciplinary approach.
Book Name
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Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine
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Author
| Joseph Veron, Pilar Acosta |
Language
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English
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Format
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PDF
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Size
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6.52 MB
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Pages
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418
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