Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine

• Main Authors: Varon, Joseph (Author), Acosta, Pilar (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Edition: 2.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.

The Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine, second edition, is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide for students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians who cover the ICU. The book's concise and up-to-date information includes frequently performed procedures and therapeutic guid...

Table of Contents:

• Approach to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
• The Basics of Critical Care
• Cardiovascular Disorders
• Endocrinologic Disorders
• Environmental Disorders
• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Hematologic Disorders
• Infectious Diseases
• Neurologic Disorders
• Nutrition
• Critical Care Oncology
• Critical Care of the Pregnant Patient
• Pulmonary Disorders
• Renal and Fluid–Electrolyte Disorders
• Special Techniques
• Toxicology
• Trauma
• Allergic and Immunologic Emergencies
• Pharmacologic Agents Commonly Used in the ICU
• Common Laboratory Values in the ICU.