5th Edition
by A. Joseph Layon (Author), Andrea Gabrielli (Author), Mihae Yu (Author), Kenneth E. Wood (Author)
Covering every problem encountered in today’s intensive care unit, this leading critical care textbook presents the knowledge and expertise of more than 350 global experts in this fast-changing field. Beginning with the social aspects of medicine, it then discusses monitoring and organ system pathobiology followed by specific diseases states/syndromes. Each chapter begins with immediate concerns and proceeds to broader-based discussions of relevant pathophysiologic and clinical issues.
KEY FEATURES:
- Features
new chapters on Critical Care Implications in Acute Care Surgery, The
Obstetric Patient, and Brain Death and Management of the Potential Organ
Donor; all chapters thoroughly revised including up-to-date discussions
of what happens after the patient leaves the ICU.
- Covers surgical critical care more thoroughly than any other text.
- Includes
expert coverage of pharmacology, nutrition, toxicology and the
environment, disaster management, point-of-care testing, bedside
ultrasound, surgical infections, and much more.
- Presents
information in a reader-friendly manner, streamlining the print text to
focus on the material most important for bedside care in the ICU.
- Expertly
edited by leaders in every area of critical care: Dr. Mihae Yu
(surgery), Dr. A. Joseph Layon (internal medicine), and Drs. Layon and
Andrea Gabrielli (anesthesiology), who are joined in this edition by Dr.
Kenneth Wood (internal medicine).
