Critical Care Medicine: The Essentials and More

With a full-color design and concise, easy-to-read chapters, Critical Care Medicine: The Essentials and a Bit More covers the core elements of critical care, with a unique focus on the pathophysiology underlying clinical disorders and how pathophysiologic concerns affect treatment options. There is much here that’s new: brand-new content, expanded discussions, and more graphical elements than ever before. Chapters follow a consistent structural template, with discussions of diagnosis, instrumentation, treatment and management techniques, and more. Expertly and succinctly captures all the fundamentals of the field! -Designed primarily for use by students and residents, but also helpful for anyone already in practice. -Emphasizes the pathophysiologic elements and treatments of illness and injury. -Now with updated drug info and more substantial coverage of interventional radiology, pregnancy care, and organization of critical care. -Adds new, brief summaries that present opposing arguments of controversial points. -Topics range from intubation, ventilation, and pharmacotherapy, as well as drug overdoses, sepsis, gastrointestinal bleeding, and other crisis care scenarios. Enhance Your eBook Reading Experience: -Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. -Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.