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| Overview |
From the world's leading organization of internal medicine physicians, this handy guide provides full coverage of the clinical management patients cared for in the intensive care unit. Featuring numerous procedural illustrations, algorithms and clinical pearls! The ACP Manual of Critical Care features a practical format that manages to deliver a lot of content in a way that will appeal to busy residents and non specialists. As a required rotation in internal medicine training and in some nursing fields, the market for this book is large. The ACP Manual of Critical Care covers all core content areas and all body systems/regions. The book includes a large number of step-by-step clinical procedures in critical care which will be popular with interns and residents. |
| About the authors |
Suhail Raoof, MD is Professor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, and Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at New York Methodist Hospital. |
| Table of contents |
Section I. General Aspects of Critical Care A. Commonly Performed ICU Procedures B. Resuscitative Techniques C. Respiratory Support and Monitoring D. Miscellaneous Issues Specific to the Critical Care Unit Section II. Systemic Disorders A. Cardiovascular Critical Care B. Pulmonary Critical Care C. Critical Care of Renal Diseases D. Critical Care of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases E. Critical Care of Hematological and Oncological Diseases F. Critical Care of Infectious Diseases G. Critical Care of Gastrointestinal Diseases H. Critical Care of Neurological Diseases I. Critical Care of Rheumatologic and Autoimmune Diseases J. Environmental Emergencies K. Critical Care of the Pregnant Patient Section III. Appendix I Commonly used Parameters and Formulae in Critical Care II Algorithms and Tables A Advanced Cardiac Life Support Protocols B Cardiovascular System C Shock States and Related Issues D Pulmonary E Central Nervous System F Renal G Endocrine H Hematological I Infectious Diseases J Gastroenterology K Miscellaneous |
