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Core Topics in Critical Care Medicine

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Fang Gao Smith is Professor in Anaesthesia, Critical Care Medicine and Pain, Clinical Trial Unit and Head of Academic Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK. Joyce Yeung is Anaesthetic Specialist Registrar, Warwickshire Rotation, West Midlands Deanery and Research Fellow, Academic Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK. Klappentext Reviews the full spectrum of disorders encountered in critical care units, including diagnosis, treatment, data interpretation and organisational issues. Zusammenfassung A practical! comprehensive! introductory-level text for any clinician in their first few months in the critical care unit! guiding clinicians in both the initial assessment and the clinical management of all CCU patients! demystifying the critical care unit and providing key knowledge in a concise and accessible manner. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Preface; Part I. Specific Features of Critical Care Medicine: 1. Recognition of critical illness Edwin Mitchell; 2. Advanced airway management Isma Quasim; 3. Patient admission and discharge Santhana Kannan; 4. Transfer of the critically ill Gavin Perkins; 5. Scoring systems and outcome Roger Stedman; 6. Information management in critical care Roger Stedman; 7. Haemodynamics monitoring Anil Kumar and Joyce Yeung; 8. Critical care imaging modalities Frances Aitchison; 9. Vasoactive drugs Mamta Patel; 10. Nutrition Yasser Tolba; 11. Pain control Edwin Mitchell; 12. Sedation Joyce Yeung; 13. Ethics John Bleasdale; 14. Organ donation Angeline Simons and Joyce Yeung; Part II. Systemic Disorders and Management: 15. Sepsis Yasser Tolba and David Thickett; 16. Multiple organ failure Zahid Khan; 17. Immunosuppressed patients Tara Quasim; 18. Principles of antibiotics use Edwin Mitchell; 19. Fluid and electrolyte disorders Prasad Bheemasenachar; 20. Acid-base abnormalities Prasad Bheemasenachar; 21. Post-operative critical care Prasad Bheemasenachar; 22. Post-resuscitation care Gavin Perkins; Part III. Organ Dysfunction and Management: 23. Bleeding and clotting disorders Nick Murphy; 24. Acute coronary syndromes Singh Harjot and Whitehouse Tony; 25. Cardiac arrhythmias Khai Ping Ng and George Pulikal; 26. Acute heart failure Harjot Singh and Tony Whitehouse; 27. Mechanical ventilation Bill Tunnicliffe; 28. Failure of ventilation Darshan Pandit and Joyce Yeung; 29. Failure of oxygenation Darshan Pandit and Joyce Yeung; 30. Respiratory weaning Darshan Pandit; 31. Non-invasive ventilation Thickett David; 32. Unconventional strategies for respiratory support Bill Tunnicliffe; 33. Acute gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation Mamta Patel and Richard Skone; 34. Severe acute pancreatitis Andrew Burtenshaw and Neil Crooks; 35. Poisoning Zahid Khan; 36. Liver failure Nick Murphy and Joyce Yeung; 37. Acute renal failure Andrew Burtenshaw; 38. Renal replacement therapy Andrew Burtenshaw; 39. Status epilepticus Joyce Yeung; 40. Abnormal levels of consciousness Anil Kumar; 41. Meningitis and encephalitis Nick Sherwood; 42. Traumatic brain injury Randeep Mullhi and Sandeep Walia; 43. Trauma and burns Catherine Snelson; 44. Eclampsia and pre-eclampsia John Clift; 45. Obstetric emergencies in the ICU John Clift and Elinor Powell; 46. Paediatric emergencies Nageena Hussain and Joyce Yeung; Part IV. Examinations: 47. Core areas required for UK/European Diploma examinations Zahid Khan; 48. Examples of mock MCQs and viva questions Zahid Khan....

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Authors Fang (University of Warwick) Gao Smith
Assisted by Fang Gao Smith (Editor), Fang (University of Warwick) Gao Smith (Editor), Yeung Joyce (Co-editor)
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 22.04.2010
 
EAN 9780521897747
ISBN 978-0-521-89774-7
No. of pages 408
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General

MEDICAL / Critical Care, MEDICAL / Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Anaesthetics

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