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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456928303321

Titolo

Civetta, Taylor and Kirby's critical care / / edited by Andrea Gabrielli, A. Joseph Layon, Mihae Yu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins : , : Wolters Kluwer, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4698-6757-5

1-4511-6559-5

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2809 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GabrielliAndrea

LayonA. Joseph

YuMihae

Disciplina

616.02/8

Soggetti

Critical care medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CRITICAL CARE""; ""CONTENTS               ""; ""Contributors                   ""; ""Foreword               ""; ""Preface              ""; ""SECTION I: Introduction/General Concepts                                               ""; ""Chapter 1: National Health Systems and the Place of Intensive Care Medicine: Which Model?                                                                                                ""; ""Chapter 2: Life and Death in the ICU: Ethical Considerations                                                                   ""

""Chapter 3: Understanding Reactions of Patients and Families                                                                  """"Chapter 4: Breaking Bad News to Patients                                               ""; ""Chapter 5: Informed Consent                                  ""; ""Chapter 6: Judicial Involvement in End-of-Life Decisions                                                               ""

""Chapter 7: Collaborative Care: Physician and Nursing Interactions and the Foundation of a Successful Unit                                                                                                                """"Chapter 8: Clinical Decision Making                                          ""; ""Chapter 9: How to Read a Medical Journal and Understand Basic Statistics                                                                               ""; ""Chapter 10: Quality Assurance, Safety, and Outcomes                                                          



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""Chapter 11: External Compliance Organizations and Measures                                                                 """"Chapter 12: The Virtual ICU and Telemedicine: Computers, Electronics, and Data Management                                                                                                ""; ""Chapter 13: Universal Precautions: Protecting the Practitioner                                                                     ""; ""Chapter 14: Intrahospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients                                                                     ""

""Chapter 15: Interhospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients                                                                     """"SECTION II: Monitoring                             ""; ""Chapter 16: Invasive Pressure Monitoring: General Principles                                                                   ""; ""Chapter 17: Noninvasive Cardiovascular Monitoring                                                        ""; ""Chapter 18: Hemodynamic Monitoring: Arterial and Pulmonary Artery Catheters                                                                                  ""

""Chapter 19: Monitoring Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation                                                              ""