Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Critical Care

This comprehensive and clinically-focused textbook is designed for student and qualified nurses concerned with caring effectively for deteriorating and acutely ill adults outside of specialist intensive care units.

Divided into six sections, the book begins with chapters on assessment and the deteriorating patient, including monitoring vital signs and interpreting blood results. This is followed by two sections focusing on breathing and cardiovascular problems respectively. Section 4 explores issues around disability and impairment, including chapters on neurology, pain management,...

This is the first book exploringtheunique dynamics created by a multidisciplinary trauma teamand how crisis management strategies can improve teamwork and communication and, potentially, improve patient resuscitation outcomes.

Crisis resource management (CRM) is integral to the way that we manage ourselves, team members, and patients during emergency situations. It is essentially the ability to translate knowledge of what needs to be done into effective actions during a crisis situation. Buildingon the revolutionaryAmerican College of Surgeons Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS(r))...

Over the past two decades it has been increasingly recognized that whole-body ultrasound is an invaluable tool in the critically ill. In addition to offering rapid whole-body assessment, it has the advantage of being a bedside approach that is available at all times and can be repeated at will. Accordingly, it permits the immediate institution of appropriate therapeutic management. Whole-Body Ultrasound in the Critically Ill is the sequel to the author's previous books on the subject, which were first published in French in 1992 and 2002 and in English in 2004. This new volume reflects the...

Infections and their complications are a very important clinical area in the intensive care unit setting. Community-acquired infections and nosocomial infections both contribute to the high level of disease acquisition common among critically ill patients. The accurate diagnosis of nosocomial infections and the provision of appropriate therapies, including antimicrobial therapy effective against the identified agents of infection, have been shown to be important determinants of patient outcome.

Critical care practitioners are in a unique position in dealing with infectious diseases....

This book provides guidance for physicians confronted with acute neurological crises in the context of patient safety centred practice standards. It highlights how the implementation of patient safety standards in the neurointensive care unit leads to better clinical outcomes and emphasizes the importance of utilizing appropriate resources, ensuring evidence-based practice is followed. Cost effectiveness, continuous performance improvement and the creation of a non-punitive culture are also discussed.

Neurointensive Care: A Clinical Guide to Patient Safety is aimed at...

Dieses Buch gibt einen fachlich spannenden und unterhaltsamen Einblick in die Akutmedizin. Es begleitet ein Arzteteam bei seiner Arbeit und soll jungen Medizinern dabei helfen, sich auf die vielleicht anstehende Zeit auf der Intensivstation vorzubereiten.
Der Inhalt

• Spannende und ausfuhrliche Falle - vom ersten Symptom uber die Behandlung in der Notaufnahme bis zur Versorgung auf der Intensivstation
• Die Falle sind so geschrieben, dass man sie selbst losen oder einfach mitverfolgen kann
• Faktencheck zu jedem Fall - das medizinische Hintergrundwissen zu Diagnose...

Prima traduzione italiana del famoso manuale del Massachusetts General Hospital (V edizione): un testo compatto, caratterizzato da autorevolezza, accuratezza e solidita dell'informazione.

Il successo mondiale di questo manuale - presente, sin dalla prima edizione, nelle tasche dei camici non solo di studenti e specializzandi, ma anche di tantissimi specialisti - conferma la validita dell'impostazione e la qualita dei contenuti. Gli argomenti trattati consentono una visione completa e aggiornata delle tematiche affrontate quotidianamente nelle unita di terapia intensiva: oltre...

This third edition text has been largely rewritten to include the many important advances that have been made and the controversies that have arisen in the past years. New topics have been added including Oxygen Transport, Tissue Oxygenation Evaluation, Echocardiography in the Critically Ill, Bedside Ultrasonography, Critical Care Issues in Oncological Surgery Patients, Long-Term Outcome after Intensive Care, Therapeutic Hypothermia, Delirium, and Post-Operative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction. Chapters are written by high-quality contributors, many of whom are nationally and...