TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leach,Richard M.
AU  - Sylvester, James T.
AU  - Ward, Jeremy P. T.
TI  - Critical care medicine at a glance
SN  - 1405106662
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Malden, Mass.
PB  - Blackwell Pub.
KW  - Critical Care
KW  - methods
KW  - handbooks
N1  - Management of the critically ill patient -- Monitoring in critical care medicine -- Oxygen transport -- Shock -- Circulatory support: fluid and inotropes -- Oxygenation failure and oxygen therapy -- Airways management -- Non-invasive ventilation -- Endotracheal intubation -- Mechanical ventilation -- Respiratory management, weaning and tracheostomy -- Arterial blood gases and acid-base balance -- Sedation, analgesia and paralysis -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Hypothermia and hyperthermia -- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis -- End of life issues --; Acute coronary syndromes -- Arrhythmias -- Heart failure and pulmonary oedema -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Cardiac emergencies -- Pneumonia -- Asthma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism -- Pneumothorax and air leaks -- Respiratory emergencies -- Acute renal failure; pathophysiology and clinical aspects -- Acute renal failure; management and renal replacement therapy -- Diabetic emergencies -- Endocrine emergencies -- Gastrointestinal haemorrhage -- Acute liver failure -- Acute pancreatitis -- Altered mental state, coma and status epilepticus -- Neurological emergencies: stroke -- Neurological emergencies: infective -- Neuromuscular conditions -- Transfusion and coagulation disorders -- Drug overdose and poisoning -- The immune compromised patient -- Trauma -- Head injury -- Chest trauma -- Acute abdominal emergencies -- Obstetric emergencies -- Burns, toxic inhalation and electrical injuries
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