Topics covered in this pocketbook include: patients difficult to sedate, patients who will not wake up, poor oxygenation, increasing airway pressures, and problems in the brain-injured patient.
Churchill's Pocketbook of Intensive Care Summary
Churchill's Pocketbook of Intensive Care by Simon M. Whiteley
A pocketbook of intensive care for junior doctors/residents working on the intensive care unit.
Churchill's Pocketbook of Intensive Care Reviews
This superb little book offers a wealth of information, practical advice and food for thought for all trainees in critical care. It will be useful for students and doctors preparing for their first exposure to intensive care, or for more experienced trainees needing essential and concise information. British Journal of Anaesthesia
Table of Contents
Organisational issues. Introduction to intensive care. Basic principles. Cardiovascular system. Respiratory system. Gastrointestinal system. Renal system. Metabolic and endocrine problems. Overdose, poisoning and drug abuse. Haematological problems. Brain injury, neurological and neuromuscular problems. Trauma. Infection, inflammation and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. Postoperative and obstetric patients. Practical procedures. End of life issues. Appendices.
Additional information
GOR001702055
9780443072581
0443072582
Churchill's Pocketbook of Intensive Care by Simon M. Whiteley
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