Core Cases in Critical Care
Contributors: Saxon Ridley (Editor); Gary Smith (Editor); Anna Batchelor (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780521681018
Subjects: Critical care surgery; Intensive care medicine; Medical / Nursing; Critical Care; Medical; Nursing - General; Anesthesiology; Test Preparation & Review; Medical / Critical Care; Medical / Laboratory Medicine; Medical : Anesthesiology; Medical : Test Preparation & Review; Laboratory Medicine
First sentence: Hypotension is defined as a systolic arterial blood pressure of less than 90 mmHg in a previously normotensive patient, or a fall in systolic arterial blood pressure of more than 25% of the patient's usual blood pressure.