Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill
Daniel A. Lichtenstein 2016 The BLUE Protocol
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Key Topics in Management of the Critically Ill
Marcela P. Vizcaychipi • Carlos M. Corredor Editors 2016 Intensive care medicine is a rapidly evolving specialty. In the last decade, there have been advances in technology, diagnostics, treatment and in our understanding of the pathogenesis of diseases that affect critically ill patients. Management of conditions such as burns, stroke, acute liver failure, thromboembolism and delirium have changed dramatically […]
Continue reading →Acute Nephrology for the Critical Care Physician
Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten Lui G. Forni • A.B. Johan Groeneveld Sean M. Bagshaw • Michael Joannidis Editors 2015 This book offers a comprehensive overview of acute nephrology-related problems as encountered by the critical care physician and provides practical commonsense guidance for the management of these challenging cases. In the intensive care unit, acute kidney injury generally occurs […]
Continue reading →Hemodynamic Monitoring in the ICU
Raphael Giraud • Karim Bendjelid 2016 The benefit of any hemodynamic monitoring technique is to provide reliable and reproducible information on the cardiocirculatory status of a patient in shock. The collected values will enable the intensivist to understand the hemodynamic conditions of the patient and to make more informed treatment decisions to optimize the hemodynamic status and improve the […]
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Marinella Astuto Editor 2009 The success of the fellowship program developed by the School of Medicine of Catania in collaboration with McGill University of Montreal led to the organization of the first masterclass in anesthesia, intensive care and pain in neonates and children, held in September 2007 in Catania with a selected group of participants.
Continue reading →Fundamentals of Surgical Simulation
Anthony G. Gallagher • Gerald C. O’Sullivan 2012 The spectacular developments in surgery and procedure based treatments brought to the agenda concerns about the training and development of skills by young doctors and the acquisition of modern techniques by experienced surgeons. There is a widespread recognition that the traditional system of skill development in the operating room is no […]
Continue reading →Bedside Procedures in the ICU
Florian Falter Editor 2012 This book provides an easy to follow guide to the most commonly performed procedures in the Intensive Care Unit. It is has been written with the newcomer looking for step by step guidance as well as the seasoned practitioner looking to jog their memory in mind.
Continue reading →Quick Hits in Emergency Medicine
Brandon Allen • Latha Ganti Bobby Desai 2013
Continue reading →Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring XII
Edited by W.S. Poon, C.J.J. Avezaat, M.T.V. Chan, M. Czosnyka, K.Y.C. Goh, P.J.A. Hutchinson, Y. Katayama, J.M.K. Lam, A.Marmarou, S.C.P. Ng, and J.D. Pickard (eds.) 2005 It is our greatest pleasure in editing this traditional monograph following the successful 12th International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure (ICP) and Brain Monitoring (16th–21st August, 2004), a 30 year-tradition since the 1972 Hannover […]
Continue reading →Schein’s Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery
Moshe Schein • Paul N. Rogers (Editors) 2005 In the harsh environment of the competitive publishing market only a tiny fraction of medical texts ever gets to see the light of a second edition.Thus, we were proud to hear from our publishers that the first edition of this book has been sold out.
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