| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
Pittsburgh critical care medicine series Emergency department critical care |
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Pittsburgh critical care medicine.
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| Contents |
Approach to undifferentiated organ failure/shock ("blue or bad") / Lily Emlet -- Sepsis and shock with infection / Alan Jones -- Respiratory failure (including parenchymal, vascular, and central causes) / Dave Gaieski -- Acute heart failure / Frank Peacock -- Acute MI, acute coronary syndromes, dysrhythmias, pacemakers, and aicds / Robert O'Connor -- Acute kidney injury in the emergency department / John Kellum -- Coma and altered mental status / J. Stephen Huff -- Post-cardiac arrest care / Steve Trecziak -- Intracranial hemorrhage and acute ischemic stroke / Ed Jauch -- Management of the critically poisoned patient / Eric Lavonas -- Multisystem trauma and burns / Raquel Forsythe -- Massive bleeding including GI / Charles Wira -- Procedural analgesia and sedation : moderate and deep / John Burton -- Monitoring technology : invasive and non-invasive / Bryant Nguyen -- Airway management / Henry Wang -- Ultrasound for shock / Robert Hyde -- Blood product and procoagulant therapies / Ed Sloan |
| Summary |
Patients with acute critical illness are often cared for initially in the ED, and the beginning actions can help alter outcomes hours, day and months later. This handbook targets selected common or high risk critical condition or therapies needed to optimize ED care, using the newest research and experiences from respected authors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 12, 2013) |
| Subject |
Critical care medicine.
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Hospitals -- Emergency services.
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Critical Care -- methods
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Critical Illness -- therapy
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Emergency Treatment -- methods
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Critical Care
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emergency rooms.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Hospitals -- Emergency services
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Critical care medicine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Callaway, Clifton W, Contributor
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Yealy, Donald M, Contributor
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| ISBN |
0199779120 |
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9780199779123 |
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1299940404 |
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9781299940406 |
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9780199976355 |
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019997635X |
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