Aug 16

Ideally suited for students in critical care rotations and residents, this concise, practical handbook presents the essentials of medical and surgical critical care in an easy-to-read format. The authors succinctly explain the pathophysiology underlying clinical disorders and the key principles of diagnosis and patient management, emphasizing cost-effective approaches. Continue reading »
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\\ tags: Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine: The Essentials [Third Edition]
Aug 05

MAXIMIZE YOUR ACLS SCORE!
A Doody’s Core Title!
3 STAR DOODY’S REVIEW
“This book’s most impressive aspect is that it presents the core topics in a direct and concise manner, that makes it a quick read and easy to understand.”–Doody’s Review Service
Pearls of Wisdom ACLS Review, 3e is your most effective weapon in preparing for the American Heart Association’s Advanced Cardiac Life Support exam. This rapid, effective review ensures your best possible performance on the exam in the shortest possible study time. There is no easier or faster way to ensure that you perform your best! Continue reading »
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\\ tags: ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) Review: Pearls of Wisdom, Critical Care, Third Edition
Jul 30

This interdisciplinary account provides an integrated and practical guide to the management and treatment of burns. Experts from all the major disciplines involved in critical care focus their attention on specific problems and areas of treatment involved in the care of burned patients. Although it is essentially a practical guide to the management of thermal injury, with explicit recommendations for courses of treatment, it also provides explanatory background information on the manifestations and clinical consequences of this common source of injury. Continue reading »
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\\ tags: Critical Care, Critical Care of the Burned Patient
Jul 30

Infections and their complications are a very important clinical area in the intensive care unit setting. Community-acquired infections and nosocomial infections both contribute to the high level of disease acquisition common among critically ill patients. The accurate diagnosis of nosocomial infections and the provision of appropriate therapies, including antimicrobial therapy effective against the identified agents of infection, have been shown to be important determinants of patient outcome. Continue reading »
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\\ tags: Critical Care, Infectious Diseases in Critical Care
Jul 30

Advanced Practice in Critical Care provides experienced critical care nurses with a clear and distinct evidence base for contemporary critical care practice. Central to the book is the application of research and evidence to practice and therefore, case studies and key critical care clinical situations are used throughout to guide the reader through the patient care trajectory.
Each chapter introduces an initial patient scenario and as the chapter progresses, the patient scenario develops with the theoretical perspectives and application. Continue reading »
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\\ tags: Advanced Practice in Critical Care: A Case Study Approach – May 2010 Edition, Critical Care