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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337485803321

Titolo

Adult critical care medicine : a clinical casebook / / Jennifer A. LaRosa, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2019]

�2019

ISBN

3-319-94424-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 400 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

616.028

Soggetti

Critical care medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.