| Description |
1 online resource (2809 pages) |
| Contents |
CRITICAL CARE; CONTENTS; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; SECTION I: Introduction/General Concepts; Chapter 1: National Health Systems and the Place of Intensive Care Medicine: Which Model?; Chapter 2: Life and Death in the ICU: Ethical Considerations; Chapter 3: Understanding Reactions of Patients and Families; Chapter 4: Breaking Bad News to Patients; Chapter 5: Informed Consent; Chapter 6: Judicial Involvement in End-of-Life Decisions; Chapter 7: Collaborative Care: Physician and Nursing Interactions and the Foundation of a Successful Unit; Chapter 8: Clinical Decision Making |
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Chapter 9: How to Read a Medical Journal and Understand Basic StatisticsChapter 10: Quality Assurance, Safety, and Outcomes; Chapter 11: External Compliance Organizations and Measures; Chapter 12: The Virtual ICU and Telemedicine: Computers, Electronics, and Data Management; Chapter 13: Universal Precautions: Protecting the Practitioner; Chapter 14: Intrahospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients; Chapter 15: Interhospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients; SECTION II: Monitoring; Chapter 16: Invasive Pressure Monitoring: General Principles |
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Chapter 17: Noninvasive Cardiovascular MonitoringChapter 18: Hemodynamic Monitoring: Arterial and Pulmonary Artery Catheters; Chapter 19: Monitoring Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation; Chapter 20: Bedside Assessment and Monitoring of Pulmonary Function and Power of Breathing in the Critically Ill; Chapter 21: Pulse Oximetry and Plethysmography; Chapter 22: Capnography; Chapter 23: Echocardiography; Chapter 24: Temperature Monitoring; Chapter 25: Blood Volume Measurements in Critical Care; Chapter 26: Venous Oximetry; Chapter 27: Neurologic Monitoring |
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Chapter 28: Radiographic Imaging and Bedside Ultrasound in the Intensive Care UnitChapter 29: Neuroimaging of the Critical Care Patient; Chapter 30: Intensive Care Unit Point-of-Care Testing; SECTION III: Techniques, Procedures, and Treatments; Chapter 31: Clean and Aseptic Techniques at the Bedside; Chapter 32: Vascular Cannulation; Chapter 33: Temporary Cardiac Pacemakers; Chapter 34: Important Intensive Care Procedures; Chapter 35: Interventional Radiology in the Critical Care Unit; Chapter 36: Feeding Tube Placement; Chapter 37: Flexible Bronchoscopy; Chapter 38: Airway Management |
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Chapter 39: Hyperbaric Oxygen TherapyChapter 40: Anesthesia in the ICU; SECTION IV: Essential Physiologic Concerns; Chapter 41: Fluids and Electrolytes; Chapter 42: Blood Gas Analysis and Acid-Base Disorders; Chapter 43: Central Nervous System; Chapter 44: The Lung Structure and Function; Chapter 45: Cardiovascular System; Chapter 46: Fundamentals of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Chapter 47: Renal Physiology and its Systemic Impact; Chapter 48: Gastrointestinal Physiology; Chapter 49: Coagulation; Chapter 50: Allergy and Immunology; SECTION V: Modulating the Response to Injury |
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Chapter 51: Molecular Biology: Genomics and Proteonomics |
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Print version record |
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Critical care medicine.
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Critical Care
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Critical care medicine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Layon, A. Joseph
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Yu, Mihae
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| ISBN |
9781451165593 |
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1451165595 |
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