Current Critical Care Diagnosis Treatment

All the management and diagnosis strategies you need in the critical care environment A Doody's Core Title for 2011! CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Critical Care delivers authoritative and clinically focused guidance in a concise, find-it-now format. Following the trusted LANGE approach, it includes a review of the etiology, relevant pathophysiology, and clinical symptoms as a prelude to diagnosis and treatment. Coverage includes everything from renal failure and surgical infections to coronary heart disease. There is a strong emphasis on evidence-based medicine throughout. Features: Comprehensive overview of 39 key critical care topics, covering critical care basics, medical critical care, and the essentials of surgical critical care Valuable perspectives on the latest technologies, equipment, therapeutic strategies, and interventions Addresses common but difficult-to-diagnose critical care problems and delivers “approach to the patient” strategies NEW! Important treatment strategies for venous thromboembolism, acute respiratory distress syndrome, diabetic ketoacidosis, asthma, sepsis, and many more NEW! Current recommendations for deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, transfusions, goal-directed therapy in sepsis, mechanical ventilation, use of pulmonary artery catheters, and glycemic control NEW! PMID numbers on all references for easy look-up

SAVES $15! This value pack consists of Bongard: CURRENT Critical Care Diagnosis & Treatment, 2/e and Sue: Essentials of Critical Care.

This work covers the fundamentals of critical care, topics related to medical critical care, and the essentials of surgical intensive care. Early chapters cover physiology and pathophysiology of critical illness, and later chapters cover pathophysiology using an organ or disease specific approach. This second edition includes an update on new treatment strategies for acute respiratory distress syndrome, and recommendations on critical care supportive measures, including nutrition, prevention of bleeding, and prevention of deep venous thrombosis.

The most efficient way to get practical answers on more than 200 conditions among the critically ill. Supplies key diagnostic, differential diagnostic, and treatment information for each disorder on a single page. With a clinical pearl per page, plus references, this book truly is essential in critical care.

All the management and diagnosis strategies you need in the critical care environment A Doody's Core Title for 2011! CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Critical Care delivers authoritative and clinically focused guidance in a concise, find-it-now format. Following the trusted LANGE approach, it includes a review of the etiology, relevant pathophysiology, and clinical symptoms as a prelude to diagnosis and treatment. Coverage includes everything from renal failure and surgical infections to coronary heart disease. There is a strong emphasis on evidence-based medicine throughout. Features: Comprehensive overview of 39 key critical care topics, covering critical care basics, medical critical care, and the essentials of surgical critical care Valuable perspectives on the latest technologies, equipment, therapeutic strategies, and interventions Addresses common but difficult-to-diagnose critical care problems and delivers “approach to the patient” strategies NEW! Important treatment strategies for venous thromboembolism, acute respiratory distress syndrome, diabetic ketoacidosis, asthma, sepsis, and many more NEW! Current recommendations for deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, transfusions, goal-directed therapy in sepsis, mechanical ventilation, use of pulmonary artery catheters, and glycemic control NEW! PMID numbers on all references for easy look-up

Now completely revised to bring you up to date with the latest advances in the field, Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult, 5th Edition, delivers expert, practical guidance on virtually any clinical scenario you may encounter in the ICU. Designed for intensivists, critical care and pulmonology residents, fellows, practicing physicians, and nurse practitioners, this highly regarded text is clinically focused and easy to reference. Led by Drs. Joseph Parrillo and Phillip Dellinger, the 5th Edition introduces numerous new authors who lend a fresh perspective and contribute their expertise to that of hundreds of top authorities in the field. Includes new chapters on current applications of bedside ultrasound in the ICU, both diagnostic and procedural; mechanical assist devices; and extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Contains new administrative chapters that provide important information on performance improvement and quality, length of stay, operations, working with the Joint Commission, and more. Features new images that provide visual guidance and clarify complex topics. Keeps you up to date with expanded chapters on echocardiography in the ICU and valvular heart disease, including TAVR. Includes separate chapters on mechanical ventilation of obstructive airway disease and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) – including the many recent changes in approach to positive end expiratory pressure setting in ARDS. Covers key topics such as patient-ventilator synchrony and non-invasive ventilation for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with acute respiratory failure. Reflects the recent literature and guidance on amount of fluids, type of fluid, vasopressor selection, mean arterial pressure target, and decision on steroid use in septic shock. Provides questions and answers in every chapter, perfect for self-assessment and review.