Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hedenstierna, Göran (Editor), Mancebo, Jordi (Editor), Brochard, Laurent (Editor), Pinsky, Michael R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; Cardiac Surgery.

In theory, treatment decisions and assessments of response to therapy in critically ill patients should usually be based on measures of physiological function. Nevertheless, the most appropriate use of the information embodied in such measures is often unclear, and rarely supported by prospective cl...