Intensive care medicine Books

Cerebral Blood Flow: Quantifying Consciousness Although the heart may be the source of energy needed to generate blood flow,and other organs absolutely essential for normal living,the brain is the reason we are alive. The...

Respiratory failure is a complex disease process whereby the underlying disease and therapeutic measures interact. This book contains an extensive bibliographic review, focusing on preventive and therapeutic studies, that was...

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...

This text provides a high level, comprehensive but concise review of adult surgical critical care.  It can be used to review complex topics of critical illness in surgical patients, as a reference tool, or as preparation for a board examination...

This book addresses the wide range of issues that face the program leader - from how to choose a site and how to negotiate for equipment, to how to determine staffing requirements and how to anticipate and defuse possible turf issues with other programs...

This book provides a unique frame work for examining acute lung syndromes that arise from hematologic disorders or is defined by a hematologic abnormality as a key feature.  Acute lung processes arising from hematologic disorders can present as...

This book highlights the practical characteristics of uncommon diseases and presents the most relevant features for the management of intensive care units. It does not aim to provide an exhaustive description of uncommon diseases, focusing instead on the...

Authored by three world experts, this is a clinically focused book on pediatric anesthesia. "The Manual", as it is known, has long dominated the market for a succinct and practical resource on administering anesthesia to children and is used by...

Part I. Infections and antibiotics.- Interpreting Procalcitoninat the Bedside.- Reducing Antibiotic Use in the ICU: A Time-based Approach to RationalAntimicrobial Use.- Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Severe Influenza Infection.-Critically Ill Patients...

​This book is an up-to-date reference on all aspects of anticoagulation and hemostasis in neurosurgery. After an opening section on basic principles and drug classes in current use, detailed consideration is given to coagulation issues relevant to all...

This book is an up-to-date, comprehensive review of the neuropsychiatry of multiple sclerosis and related diseases, by active authorities in the field, with an emphasis on diagnosis and management. Critical appraisal of the methodological aspects and...

This book aims to give a comprehensive overview of the current challenges and solution posed to the health care professionals who need to use mechanical ventilation to treat their patients.Mechanical ventilation is a cornerstone of the treatment of...

This book comprehensively addresses the use of pulmonary function measurement for the evaluation, screening and timing of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) from hospital to home care. To do so, it describes three clinical stages of NIMV support:...

This book aims to be a single point of reference for advances in the care of geriatric populations across medical and surgical specialties. The aging population is a unique demographic with its own health challenges. Geriatricians are specifically...

The 2nd edition of this book describes the recent techniques, strategies, and drugs that have been demonstrated by multicenter randomized trials to influence survival in critically ill, defined as those who have acute failure of at least one organ, due...

This book gathers the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Intracranial Pressure and Neuromonitoring, held in Leuven, Belgium in September 2019. It provides an overview of the current understanding, underlying research and future...

This book covers several areas, such as immunology, infectious diseases, physiology, general nursing, and medicine as well as measurement accuracy and the history of our understanding of fever. This book employs an interdisciplinary approach to exploring...

In Pediatric Critical Review, Board certified pediatric critical care physicians uniquely capture the essence of the most common critical care scenarios in a series of carefully crafted questions and answers. With their crisp...

The origin of modern intensive care units (ICUs) has frequently been attributed to the widespread provision of mechanical ventilation within dedicated hospital areas during the 1952 Copenhagen polio epidemic.  However, modern...

This comprehensive resource brings together the most current theories, evidence and best practice parameters for the use of nocturnal non-invasive ventilation (nNIV). Chapters focus on the application of acute and chronic nNIV in patients with...

In recent years much enthusiasm and energy has been directed toward the development of human gene therapies, especially for inherited conditions and cancers. However, current gene transfer technology is limited in its...

Wissenschaftliche Studie aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Beratung und Therapie, Note: 250 von 250 Punkten, , Veranstaltung: Integrale Traumatherapie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Gegenstand der vorliegenden Facharbeit (Abschlussarbeit) ist...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,0, Alice-Salomon Hochschule Berlin , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit möchte sich nicht nur der klinischen Sicht auf Traumata und davon betroffenen Kindern und...

The clinical management of patients with acute brain and spinal cord injury has evolved significantly with the advent of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Acute Brain and Spinal Cord Injury presents the latest medical science and highlights...

This state-of-the-art reference provides current and effective disease-specific strategies for the management of patients receiving mechanical ventilation-emphasizing weaning processes, monitored sedation, minimization of complications and infection, and...

High quality critical care medicine is a crucial component of advanced health care. Completely revised and updated, Key Topics in Critical Care, Second Edition provides a broad knowledge base in the major areas of critical care, enabling readers to...

The book titled "Mastering ICU Nursing: A Quick Reference Guide, Interview Q&A, and Terminology" is a complete guide to the field of intensive care nursing. The book covers all aspects of ICU nursing, from the history and definition of the field, to...

Die Anwesenheit oder der Umgang mit Tieren kann positive Veränderungen auf das körperliche, geistige und seelische Befinden eines Menschen hervorrufen. Der Einsatz von Pferden hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren auch in der Psychotherapie etabliert...

Menschen erleben Traumata in familiären und sozialen Kontexten. Doch was ist ein Trauma und wann sprechen wir von der Traumatisierung einer Person? Welche Ereignisse lösen ein psychisches Trauma aus und wie reagieren Menschen darauf? Ricarda Richard...

El primer capítulo de este libro se titula, Así Que Aquí Estoy, En Un Lugar Que Nunca Imaginé. ¡Usted no quisiera encontrase ahí! Muy a menudo, los profesionales de la salud y el público en general se enfrentan con decisiones desgarradoras asociadas con...

Anläßlich des 3. Heidelberger Symposiums über Hämostase in der Anästhesie diskutieren führende deutsche Kliniker aus den Gebieten der Anästhesie, Chirurgie und Innere Medizin, fachübergreifende Aspekte der Hämostaseologie...

Wenn Sie sich in Akutsituationen schnell für lebens- oder funktionsrettende Arzneimittelgaben entscheiden müssen, ist dieses praktische Taschenbuch eine zuverlässige Orientierungshilfe. Es ermöglicht Ihnen den raschen Zugriff...

Beatmung mit positiv-endexspiratorischem Druck (PEEP) ist ein zentrales Therapiekonzept bei der Behandlung des akuten Lungenversagens. Neben der erw}nschten Verbesserung der arteriellen Oxygenisierung hat PEEP jedoch...

Keine kontrollierte Beatmung in der Allgemeinan{sthesie ohne Muskelrelaxazien! In diesem Buch wird anl{~lich des 50. Jahrestags der Einf}hrung der Muskelrelaxanzien in die klinische An{sthesiologie durch die...