Clinical intensive care medicine

by Gomez, Carlos M. H.

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Title Statements

Full title :Clinical intensive care medicine / editor Carlos M H Gómez, St Mary's Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital, UK.

Summary

Intensive care patients are the most critically ill in any hospital and they are a patient group that utilises a disproportionate amount of medical resources. Intensive care medicine, around for about 40 years, is a relatively recent but globally expanding specialty due to a growing geriartric population of discerning demand for health system. The older generation of intensivists are approaching retirement. The middle generation is trained in various medical specialties and then subspecialised in intensive care. These doctors now lead the way in clinical practice, research, management and training. On the other hand, the younger generation of intensivists includes an ever increasing number of doctors who, for the first time, enjoy a structured training program with clinical rotations, courses, and exam qualifications. Written by outstanding specialist practitioners who are also internationally acclaimed authors from the UK and North America, this is an authoritative guide to practical intensive care medicine. The clinical contents of the book share a practical and educational common thread with each chapter addressing pertinent clinical challenges comprehensively. This invaluable book is specially targeted at medical students, trainees in intensive care medicine and other acute specialties, consultants wishing to remain up to date on all branches of this vast specialty and other allied professionals practicing in intensive care including nurses and physiotherapists.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co, Imperial College Press
Place of Publication:Convent Garden, London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

Notes

"Written by outstanding specialist practitioners who are also internationally acclaimed authors from the UK and North America, this is an authoritative guide to practical intensive care medicine. The clinical contents of the book share a practical and educational common thread with each chapter addressing pertinent clinical challenges comprehensively."--Publisher

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxxvi, 943 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1848163886, 9781848163881, 1848163894, 9781848163898, 9781848163898
oclc:on1058041053
LC Classification:RC86.7
Dewey Decimal:616.02/8

Machine generated contents note: 1. History of Intensive Care / Jennifer Jones -- References -- 2. Cardiovascular Physiology / David Treacher -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Cardiac Cycle -- 2.3. Ventricular Performance and the Determinants of Cardiac Output -- 2.4. Coronary Blood Flow -- 2.5. Peripheral Circulation -- 2.6. The Microcirculation -- 2.7. Clinical Case -- References -- 3. Respiratory Physiology / Neil Soni -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Regulation of Respiration -- 3.3. Mechanics of Ventilation -- 3.4. Work of Breathing -- 3.5. Ventilation -- Perfusion -- 3.6. Carbon Dioxide and Interpretation of Expired Alveolar Gas -- 3.7. Blood Gases -- 3.8. Physiological Effects of Positive-Pressure Ventilation -- References -- 4. Cellular Physiology in Critical Care / David Howell -- 4.1. Oxygen Delivery and Cellular Utilisation -- 4.2. Cell Death in Critical Care -- 4.3. Conclusion -- 4.4. Clinical Scenario -- References -- 5. Cardiovascular Monitoring / Parind Patel -- 5.1. Purpose of Monitoring

Note continued: 5.2. Clinical Examination and Non-Invasive Monitoring -- 5.3. Pulse Oximetry -- 5.4. Venous Saturations -- 5.5. Pulmonary Artery Flotation Catheter -- 5.6. Pulse Contou…

Subjects

Catastrophic Illness Clinical Medicine Critical Care Critical care medicine Critical Illness -- therapy Maladies graves Médecine clinique Soins intensifs