Intensive care medicine

This book is unique in approaching multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) from the perspective of its pathophysiological mechanism, and addressing aspects that are overlooked in most of the available literature.

Sepsis is a very important public health problem.

The Yearbook compiles the most recent developments in experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book.

There currently is a clear tendency to an increasing number of accidental injuries in elderly people, in sport injuries and car crashes also in countries which recently joined the European Union and candidates to join the European Union.

There currently is a clear tendency to an increasing number of accidental injuries in elderly people, in sport injuries and car crashes also in countries which recently joined the European Union and candidates to join the European Union.

The hemodynamic evaluation of patients with acute circulatory failure and respiratory failure has in the past usually been performed using invasive procedures but in recent years less invasive monitoring devices have been introduced.

Sepsis is an important public health problem around the world.

Since extensive dermatoses can be life threatening, it is important to recognize and treat skin emergencies rapidly.

Monitoring of Cerebral and Spinal Haemodynamics During Neurosurgery is a comprehensive description of subdural monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) during neurosurgery.

The Yearbook compiles the most recent developments in experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book.

Emergency Abdominal Surgery is a battleground for the surgeon - providing character-building experiences, and opportunities for triumph and disaster.

The responsibilities of the Pediatric Nephrologist in the Nephrologist and other involved specialists is vital to critical care setting are multifaceted.

This book addresses all issues relevant to error prevention and safe practice in the acute and emergency health-care setting.

Acute kidney failure is an important clinical area in the intensive care unit setting.

"e;Emergency Vascular Surgery"e; provides detailed guidelines to any physician treating patients with emergency vascular disorders, such as ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, acute limb ischemia, vascular trauma, iatrogenic vascular injuries and complications to vascular surgery.

The Yearbook compiles the most recent developments in experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book.

As a result of the introduction of multidetector CT, very detailed images of the lungs can be obtained in every patient undergoing chest CT.

Te practice of intensive care medicine is at the very forefront of titration of treatment andmonitoringresponse.

Infections and their complications are a very important clinical area in the intensive care unit setting.

The Yearbook compiles the most recent developments in experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book.

Although its roots date back to the early decades of the 20th century, critical care medicine did not emerge as a specialty in medicine until the 1970's.

by Jan-Carel van Dorp The board of Governors of the Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen is happy to introduce this congress book, the fruit of much effort in recent years of many devoted researchers in the fields of prevention, rescue and treatment of drowned people.

There have been tremendous advances in understanding the cellular mechanisms involved in sepsis and contributing to the development of multiple organ dysfunction and mortality in this setting.

Respiratory failure is a complex disease process whereby the underlying disease and therapeutic measures interact.

Hemodynamic monitoring is one of the major diagnostic tools available in the acute care setting to diagnose cardiovascular insufficiency and monitor changes over time in response to interventions.

Emergency abdominal surgery is a battlefield for the surgeon - providing character-building experiences, and opportunities for triumph and disaster.

Mechanical ventilation is a life-saving procedure that has been used for decades to treat patients with respiratory failure.

Pre-Hospital Anaesthesia is one of the most demanding interventions that can be made in the field.

Case Based Echocardiography will provide a case-based introduction/primer to the practice of echocardiography with liberal use of images and actual patient histories.

Effective drug administration is a crucial skill for any practitioner working in the critical care unit.

Part of the Monographs in Cardiac Surgery Series - Introducing 'basic science into the cardiac operating room'.

Previously published as Handbook of Critical Care by CMG this book is a pocket-sized basic intensive care manual.

Over the last 30 years the technological advances in TEE have been exponential and have been reflected by its increasing utilization.

Across emergency rooms all over the world, thousands of patients are referred for brain CT scans daily.

Echocardiography is still relatively underused in the management of critically ill and hemodynamically unstable patients.

Critical Care of Children with Heart Disease will summarize the comprehensive medical and surgical management of the acutely-ill patient with congenital and acquired cardiac disease.

Complete review of pulmonary function tests in clinical practice, including performance and interpretation of lung function tests with an emphasis on practical aspects.

Ryan's Ballistic Trauma 3rd Edition provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty.

Medical training for Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) has made great developments over the years.

Learning surgery has become a daunting task.

The care of the critically ill or injured child begins with timely, prompt, and aggressive res- citation and stabilization.

Neurologic emergencies are a common reason for admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

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The development of pediatric cardiac surgical programs has had a profound effect on the s- cialty of pediatric critical care medicine, and as a result, the ?

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Advanced ischemic heart disease is fast becoming one of the most challenging problems facing the modern cardiovascular physician and current established therapies often fail to adequately address this population of patients.

Six years have passed since the first edition of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine was published.

Every medical specialty has as its basis a core of classic papers which both reflects the historical background and gives insight into its present and future developments.

Medical Management of Heart Failure will provide the full spectrum of medical options, ICU management and rehabilitation, while also prepare the reader for the second volume of Comprehensive Management of Heart Failure by introducing the surgical options in heart failure from transplant to the more noninvasive procedures in the interventional radiology department.