Perioperative and Critical Care Medicine

Perioperative and Critical Care Medicine-1

A.Gullo • G. Berlot (Eds.) 2006 Teaching is an ancient activity; it requires a predisposition and ability to transmit one’s own knowledge to others. It is also an innate quality that tends to strengthen over time, due to the interaction between teacher and pupil that develops and intensifies during their association, and to the ready availability of constantly improving […]

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PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE REVIEW

Pediatric Critical Care Review-1

Edited by RASHED A. HASAN MICHAEL D. PAPPAS 2006 Thank you for selecting Pediatric Critical Care Review. This study guide is not intended to be a substitute for major textbooks or leading articles in pediatric critical care medicine, nor is it meant to replace bedside clinical medicine where knowledge is integrated with exciting and challenging realities.

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Medical Emergency Teams

Medical Emergency Teams-1

Michael A. DeVita Kenneth Hillman Rinaldo Bellomo Editors 2006 Implementation and Outcome Measurement As the editors of Medical Emergency Teams and as clinicians, we have been working on improving hospital responses to crises for more than ten years. We have learned the hard way how not to build the wrong response, how not to step on toes, how not […]

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Handbook on Drowning

Handbook on Drowning-1

Joost J. L. M. Bierens (Ed.) 2006 Prevention, Rescue, Treatment The board of Governors of the Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen is happy to introduce this congress book, the fruit of much effort in recent years of many devoted researchers in the fields of prevention, rescue and treatment of drowned people. It is a compilation of the results […]

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Twelve-Lead Electrocardiography

Twelve-Lead Electrocardiography-1

D. Bruce Foster 2007 Theory and Interpretation Ten years have passed since Twelve Lead Electrocardiography for ACLS Providers was written in response to a need for a clear, concise, introductory level text on the morphologic interpretation of electrocardiograms. This need has grown more compelling in the last decade, as a multiplicity of efficacious therapeutic interventions has made the early […]

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Severe Injuries to the Limbs

Severe Injuries to the Limbs-1

A. Lerner · D. Reis · M. Soudry 2007 Staged Treatment The treatment of severe locomotor system trauma has a long tradition in our hospital, the Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, the only tertiary hospital in the north of Israel covering a population of almost 2 million citizens. Our hospital lies less than 20 min helicopter flying time from the border, […]

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Perioperative Critical Care Cardiology

Perioperative Critical Care Cardiology-1

J. L.Atlee • A.Gullo • G. Sinagra • J.-L.Vincent (Eds) 2007 Perioperative critical care cardiology (PCCC) includes the cardiovascular management of patients with any underlying diseases or imposed conditions (whether natural or iatrogenic) that involve or affect the heart–including, acute or chronic mechanical heart failure (HF). This can result from ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled hypertension, arrhythmias that compromise […]

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Emergency Vascular Surgery

Emergency Vascular Surgery-1

Eric Wahlberg Pär Olofsson Jerry Goldstone 2007 A Practical Guide Emergency Vascular Surgery – A Practical Guide provides a concise guide to managing patients with all kinds of emergent vascular problems. It is not intended to be a “classic” textbook, so the background information given is very concise. The focus is instead on management and treatment, especially open surgical […]

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Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation-1

Joep Perk, Peter Mathes, Helmut Gohlke, Catherine Monpère, Irene Hellemans, Hannah McGee, Philippe Sellier, and Hugo Saner, Editors 2007 Over the past decades the medical care of the patient with cardiovascular disease (CVD) has shown an impressive development, with marked positive consequences for mortality, morbidity, and the quality of life of coronary patients. This improvement has profoundly changed […]

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