Clinical practice manual for pulmonary and critical care medicine / / Judd W. Landsberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910583396203321
• Autore: Landsberg Judd W.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, PA : , : Elsevier, , [2018]; ©2018
• Edizione: [Seventh edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 pages) : color illustrations
• Soggetti: Critical care medicine; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Critical Care - methods; Handbook
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Section 1: Pulmonary -- Approach to oxygenation, hypoxemia and hypoxemic respiratory failure -- Ventilation and hypercapnic respiratory failure -- Pulmonary function testing -- Chest radiograph -- Dyspnea and exercise limitation -- Heart failure for the pulmonary critical care physician -- -- Evaluation and treatment of pulmonary hypertension -- Exacerbation of obesity hypoventilation syndrome -- Lung cancer -- Aspergillus lung disease -- Oral anaerobic lung infection, aspiration pneumonia, lung abscess and empyema -- Cough -- Cough syncope -- Sarcoidosis -- Acute venous thromboembolic disease -- Pneumothorax (PTX) and bronchopleural fistulas (BPF): air in the pleural space -- Diffuse parenchymal lung disease and its mimics -- ; Section 2: Critical care -- Shock -- Invasive mechanical ventilation -- Liberation from mechanical ventilation -- Non-invasive ventilatory support with bilevel positive pressure ventilation -- Hemoptysis -- Salt and water : the physiology of volume and tonicity regulation -- Diabetic emergencies -- Obtunded inpatient with normal vital signs -- Bedside presentations in the ICU -- Code status -- Advanced care planning and the family meeting -- Pulmonary and critical care pearls.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Clinical Practice Manual for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, by ; Judd W. Landsberg, MD, is a unique point-of-care manual that provides essential information on managing inpatients and outpatients with common, serious respiratory and internal medicine presentation and problems. Easy-to-follow diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms are accompanied by case-based illustrations encountered on a daily basis by attendings, fellows, residents, and students. The bulleted format, concise approach, and familiar examples provide a framework for effective teaching, learning, and patient care"--Publisher's description.