Intensive and Critical Care Medicine [electronic resource] : WFSICCM World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine /
Besso, José.editor.
Lumb, Philip D.editor.
Williams, Ged.editor.
The focus of this volume endorsed by World Federation of Societies on Intensive and Critical Care Medicine is the "state of the art" of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine as well as new insights into basic science, clinical research and therapeutic interventions. Structured in four parts, the volume opens with few chapters devoted to the beginning and development of the WSICCM, to procedures standardization, recommendations and quality of care improvement, with particular reference to the definition of clinical governance, professionalism and ethics. In the second part, the authors describe the practical clinical approach to critical illness; among the topics dealt with, the reader will find monitoring and management of shock states; acute pain management, airway management, ALI/ARDS and protective lung ventilation; the problem of weaning; antibiotics policy, sepsis and organ dysfunction. The third part of the book is related to some special conditions of countries with limited resources, such as management of obstetrics at high risk, malaria; AIDS, blood transfusion and its components. The last part of the book is structured to present some crucial issues of the intensive and critical care arena, in particular evidence-based practice, the role of the e-distance learning for information and the promotion of CME programs; last but not least, trauma care, disaster and natural disaster medicine are also discussed; a final chapter on the Guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Disaster Medicine is included. Comprehensive though easy-to-consult, updated and written by world-renowned experts, the volume will be a very useful tool in the daily practice of all health professionals working in the intensive and critical care environment.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
and Mission -- History of Critical Care Medicine: The Past, the Present and the Future -- The Mission of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) -- Professionalism, Ethics and Evidence Based Practice -- Professionalism -- Ethics of Decision Making in Critical Care -- Evidence-Based Medicine in Critical Care -- Clinical Governance -- Clinical Governance: Definitions and Recommendations -- Optimization of Limited Resources and Patient Safety -- Improving Quality of Care in ICUs -- Scoring Systems -- Nursing Perspectives -- Nursing Workforce Management in Intensive Care -- Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Perspectives -- Central Nervous System, Circulation and Kidney -- Central Nervous System Monitoring -- Definition, Monitoring, and Management of Shock States -- Plasma Volume Expansion: The Current Controversy -- Predicting the Success of Defibrillation and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- Acute Renal Failure -- Respiratory System and Protective Ventilation -- The Evolution of Imaging in Respiratory Dysfunction Failure -- ALI, ARDS, and Protective Lung Ventilation -- Infections Surveillance, Prevention and Management -- From Surveillance to Prevention -- Antibiotic Policy in Critically Ill Patients -- The Physiopathology of Antimicrobial Resistance on the Intensive Care -- Infections in ICU: An Ongoing Challenge -- Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract (SDD). Twenty-five Years of European Experience -- Antifungal Management -- Sepsis, Organ Dysfunction and the Bundles -- Sepsis: Clinical Approach, Evidence-Based at the Bedside -- Intra-Abdominal Infections: Diagnostic and Surgical Strategies -- Surviving Sepsis Campaign and Bundles -- Trauma -- The Trauma: Focus on Triage -- Damage Control in Surgery -- Limited Resource, Disaster -- Emergency Mass Critical Care -- Natural Disaster -- The Needs of Children in Natural or Manmade Disasters -- Special Clinical Conditions -- The Neuroendocrine Response to Sepsis -- Blood Transfusion and Its Components -- Pain Management in Neonates and Children -- Obstetrics at High Risk -- Intensive Care in the Elderly -- Severe Malaria in the ICU -- End-of-Life in the ICU -- Environment and Clinical Research -- Designing Safe Intensive Care Units of the Future -- How to Plan and Design a Clinical Research Project.
The focus of this volume endorsed by World Federation of Societies on Intensive and Critical Care Medicine is the "state of the art" of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine as well as new insights into basic science, clinical research and therapeutic interventions. Structured in four parts, the volume opens with few chapters devoted to the beginning and development of the WSICCM, to procedures standardization, recommendations and quality of care improvement, with particular reference to the definition of clinical governance, professionalism and ethics. In the second part, the authors describe the practical clinical approach to critical illness; among the topics dealt with, the reader will find monitoring and management of shock states; acute pain management, airway management, ALI/ARDS and protective lung ventilation; the problem of weaning; antibiotics policy, sepsis and organ dysfunction. The third part of the book is related to some special conditions of countries with limited resources, such as management of obstetrics at high risk, malaria; AIDS, blood transfusion and its components. The last part of the book is structured to present some crucial issues of the intensive and critical care arena, in particular evidence-based practice, the role of the e-distance learning for information and the promotion of CME programs; last but not least, trauma care, disaster and natural disaster medicine are also discussed; a final chapter on the Guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Disaster Medicine is included. Comprehensive though easy-to-consult, updated and written by world-renowned experts, the volume will be a very useful tool in the daily practice of all health professionals working in the intensive and critical care environment.
Critical care medicine.
Anesthesiology.
Emergency medicine.
Surgery.
Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.
Anesthesiology.
Emergency Medicine.
Surgery.