Adult Critical Care Medicine [electronic resource] : A Clinical Casebook /
LaRosa, Jennifer A.editor.
This clinical casebook provides a comprehensive yet concise state-of-the-art review of adult critical care medicine. Presented in a case-based format, each case focuses on a scenario commonly encountered with an adult patient in the ICU. Case scenarios include management of seizures and acute intracranial hypertension, sepsis, liver failure, brain death, bleeding and thrombosis, and treating hospital acquired infections in the ICU. Written by experts in the field, Adult Critical Care Medicine: A Clinical Casebook is a valuable resource for critical care specialists and practitioners who treat adult patients in critical care settings.
Management of Intracranial Hypertension and Status Epilepticus -- Overcoming Conflicts in ICU Care of Surgical Patients -- Perioperative Management of the Patient with a Mechanical Circulatory Support Device or Heart Transplant -- Damage Control in the Trauma ICU -- Liver Failure in the ICU -- Harm and Quality in the ICU -- Surveillance and Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections -- Sepsis and Septic Shock -- Advanced Practice Providers in the ICU: Models for a Successful Multiprofessional Team -- Critical Care Billing, Coding, and Documentation -- Shock and Vasopressors – State of the Art Update -- Brain Death -- Nutrition Support Therapy during Critical Illness -- Advanced and Difficult Airway Management in the ICU -- Hemodynamic Monitoring – What’s Out There? What’s Best For You? -- Bleeding and Thrombosis in the ICU -- Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy -- Challenges in Oxygenation and Ventilation -- Poisoning and Toxicity - The New Age.
This clinical casebook provides a comprehensive yet concise state-of-the-art review of adult critical care medicine. Presented in a case-based format, each case focuses on a scenario commonly encountered with an adult patient in the ICU. Case scenarios include management of seizures and acute intracranial hypertension, sepsis, liver failure, brain death, bleeding and thrombosis, and treating hospital acquired infections in the ICU. Written by experts in the field, Adult Critical Care Medicine: A Clinical Casebook is a valuable resource for critical care specialists and practitioners who treat adult patients in critical care settings.
Critical care medicine.
Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.