Historical Aspects of Critical Illness and Critical Care Medicine, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

This issue will take a look at modern critical care techniques in a historical context. Topics include: "Shock and Organ failure", "Battlefield trauma, traumatic shock and consequences: War-related advances in critical care", "Lessons from Modern Disasters and Wars: Bhopal, Chernobyl, Oklahoma City Bombing, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Tsunami, Iraq", "Plagues with Critical Care Implications: Legionairres, Staph toxic shock, SARS, Hantavirus, Group A strep nec toxic shock, Marburg and hemorrhagic fevers, Avian flu" and more!

Product details

• Authors: Anand Kumar, Joseph E Parrillo, Joseph E. Parrillo
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2009
• EAN: 9781437704631
• ISBN: 978-1-4377-0463-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 16 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 550 g
• Series: The Clinics: Nursing
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine