Joseph Varon, Robert E. Fromm, Jr. 2014 The fields of Acute and Critical Care Medicine are relatively new. Over the past few decades, we have seen an enormous growth in the number of intensive care units (ICUs) and free standing Emergency Departments (EDs) in the USA. Thousands of medical students, residents, fellows, attending physicians, critical […]
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Giulia Ottaviani 2014 Sudden Infant and Perinatal Unexplained Death: The Pathologist’s Viewpoint It is a great pleasure for me to accept Springer’s invitation for a second edition of my monograph Crib Death. Sudden Unexplained Death of Infants : The Pathologist ’ s Viewpoint . This book has been re-written in 2014 with the new title […]
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Sergio Sandrucci • Baudolino Mussa Editors 2014 Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs), used since the 1940s for hemodynamic measurement and with a limited clinical role, were reintroduced in the 1970s as an alternative to non-tunnelled central vascular catheters (CVCs) for the delivery of total parenteral nutrition. Initially, polyethylene catheters were used, but their use was […]
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Tom A. Schweizer • R. Loch Macdonald Editors 2014 Stroke remains the fourth most common cause of death in North America and an increasingly common cause in low- and middle-income countries. As death from some types declines due to improved care, the burden of disability increases. Much attention is paid to paralysis and the more obvious physical disabilities […]
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Jeremy B. Richards • Renee D. Stapleton Editors 2014 A Clinical Guide Complications of critical illness, both iatrogenic and non-iatrogenic, are common in the intensive care unit (ICU) and can lead to increased morbidity and mortality. Thus, it is extremely important to understand the nature of complications and how to best prevent and treat them when caring for […]
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Antonio M. Esquinas Editor 2014 Pulmonary infections represent one of the main causes of development of severe acute respiratory insufficiency that requires hospital admission in pneumology wards and intensive care units. In this scenario, mechanical ventilation is cornerstone in severe forms. However, some types of pulmonary infections are characterized by severity and high risk of contamination, especially for health personnel […]
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Andrea Aliverti • Antonio Pedotti Editors 2014 New Insights from New Technologies Although in the last two decades most of the funds and efforts in respiratory research have been focused on cellular and molecular mechanisms, there are no doubts that a full understanding of the more “classical” respiratory mechanics at organ and system levels is far to be […]
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Alluru S. Reddi 2014 Clinical Evaluation and Management The purpose of writing this book is to present a clear and concise understanding of the fundamentals of fluid, electrolyte, and acid- base disorders that are frequently encountered in clinical practice. For example, students, housestaff, and practicing physicians find the subject of fluid balance, elelctrolyte, and acid–base problems particularly difficult.This book […]
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Wolfgang Krüger • Andrew James Ludman 2014
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Giovanni Landoni • Laura Ruggeri Alberto Zangrillo Editors 2014 Perioperative morbidity and mortality represent a public health problem. Mortality alone is over 4 % in western countries, with striking differences among centers in the same countries and among different countries. There is initial growing awareness that drugs, techniques and strategies used in the perioperative period may influence clinical relevant […]
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