| Description |
1 online resource (143 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
The at a glance series |
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At a glance series (Oxford, England)
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| Contents |
Part 1. General : -- 1. Recognising the unwell patient -- 2. Admission and ongoing management of the acutely unwell patient -- 3. Monitoring in acute and critical care medicine -- 4. Oxygen transport -- 5. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- 6. Shock -- 7. Circulatory assessment -- 8. Fluid management -- 9. Fluid choice: specific situations -- 10. Inotropes and vasopressors -- 11. Failure of oxygenation and respiratory failure -- 12. Oxygenation and oxygen therapy -- 13. Airways management -- 14. Non-invasive ventilation -- 15. Endotracheal intubation -- 16. Mechanical ventilation -- 17. Respiratory management, weaning and tracheostomy -- 18. Arterial blood gases and acid-base balance -- 19. Analgesia, sedation and paralysis -- 20. Enteral and parenteral nutrition -- 21. Hypothermia and hyperthermia -- 22. SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock -- 23. Hospital-acquired (nocosomial) infections -- 24. End of life issues -- Part 2. Medical : -- Cardiac -- 25. Acute coronary syndromesI: clinical pathophysiology -- 26. Acute coronary syndromes II: management -- 27. Arrhythmias -- 28. Heart failure and pulmonary oedema -- 29. Cardiac emergencies -- 30. Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism -- Respiratory -- 31. Community acquired pneumonia -- 32. Hospital-acquired pneumonia -- 33. Asthma -- 34. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- 35. Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- 36. Pneumothorax and air leaks -- 37. Respiratory emergencies -- Renal and metabolic -- 38. Acute kidney injury: pathophysiology and clinical aspects -- 39. Acute kidney injury: management and renal replacement therapy -- 40. Diabetic emergencies -- 41. Endocrine emergencies -- Gastrointestinal -- 42. Gastrointestinal haemorrhage -- 43. Acute liver failure -- 44. Acute pancreatitis -- Neurological -- 45. Acute confusional state, coma and status epilepticus -- 46. Neurological emergencies: cerebrovascular accidents -- 47. Neurological emergencies: infective -- 48. Neuromuscular conditions -- Other systems -- 49. Coagulation disorders and transfusion -- 50. Drug overdose and poisoning -- 51. The immune compromised patient -- Part 3. Surgical : -- 52. Trauma -- 53. Head injury -- 54. Chest trauma -- 55. Acute abdominal emergencies -- 56. Obstetric emergencies -- 57. Burns, toxic inhalation and electrical injuries -- Part 4. Self-assessment : -- Case studies and questions -- Answers to case studies -- Appendices -- Appendix I. Classification of anti-arrhythmic drugs -- Appendix II. Acute Injury Network staging system 2008 for acute kidney injury -- Appendix III. Rockall risk-scoring system for GI bleeds -- Appendix IV. Child-Pugh grading -- Appendix V. Typical criteria for liver transplantation |
| Summary |
Part of the 'At a Glance' series, this book provides a simple and straightforward introduction to the care of the critically ill. This new edition benefits from the addition of a section on acute medicine - a discipline that has developed rapidly in recent years |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Critical care medicine at a glance. 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Critical care medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Critical Care -- methods
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Acute Disease -- therapy
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Critical care medicine
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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manuals (instructional materials)
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leach, Richard M. (Haematologist).
Critical care medicine at a glance
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| ISBN |
9781444327229 |
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1444327224 |
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