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Patient-centred and practical, the Oxford Handbook of Critical Care third edition serves the consultant, trainee, nurse, and other allied health professionals as both a reference and aide memoir. This is the indispensable Oxford Handbook for all those working within critical care.

This volume takes an alogrithmic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of common disorders and diseases in critical care.

The gold standard text for the Primary FRCA exam - well established and covers full curriculum.

Designed as a reference for neonatal nurses, this book focuses on the collaborative nature of neonatal intensive care and examines evidence-based clinical decision-making to demonstrate the intensive care of the neonate, with emphasis on clinical practice. Key neonatal topics are covered, and pathophysiology is examined using a systems approach.

Offers information on resuscitation and stabilization of a critically ill child.

Provides a general overview and basic information for adult intensive care units. This title provides detailed and specific information to address most questions and problems that arise in the ICU. It also includes chapters on hyperthermia and hypothermia syndromes; infection control in the ICU; and severe airflow obstruction.

A detailed knowledge and understanding of data are an important part of training and practice in the day-to-day management of patients in intensive care. This book is aimed to aid in the education of trainees, providing a source of clinical data, with questions and answers, enabling them to test and develop their interpretation skills.

An introductory text to the practice of critical care medicine that provides a working knowledge of the discipline and is extensively referenced. It highlights evidence based guidelines for managing critically ill patients with complex pathophysiology and multisystem involvement.

Topics covered in this pocketbook include: patients difficult to sedate, patients who will not wake up, poor oxygenation, increasing airway pressures, and problems in the brain-injured patient.

Many clinical interventions in intensive care medicine have been based on clear scientific evidence. However, at least as many clinical interventions remain the subject of controversy, either due to a lack of rigorous data or due to the existence of conflicting data. This book discusses these controversies.

Suitable for students in critical care rotations and residents, this book presents the essentials of medical and surgical critical care. It explains the pathophysiology underlying clinical disorders and the key principles of diagnosis and patient management, emphasizing cost-effective approaches.

Written by leading American practitioners, the Oxford American Handbooks of Medicine each offer a pocket-sized overview of an entire specialty, featuring instant access to guidance on the conditions that are most likely to be encountered. Precise and prescriptive, the handbooks offer up-to-date advice on examination, investigations, common procedures, and in-patient care. These books will be ...

Covers various aspects in the management of the critically ill infant or child. This book takes the reader through the intensive care management of common paediatric emergencies, including cardiorespiratory arrest, shock, coma, respiratory distress, cardiac failure, renal, and electrical injuries and life-threatening infections.

Presents core clinical neuroanesthesia and neurointesive care knowledge in a practical, user-friendly format.

The 20th Annual Congress of European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) is to be held in Berlin, Germany in October 2007. Thousands of intensive care providers, many of whom are members, will meet under the motto '25 years of progress and innovation'. This title is presented on the occasion of these anniversaries.

The Oxford American Handbook of Critical Care is the perfect resource for critical settings that demand quick and effective intervention. Thin and light, it uses concise, bulleted text, quick reference tabs, four-color presentation, and bookmark ribbons to help provide fast answers on the ward. The PDA version contains the full text and illustrations of the print edition of the Oxford American ...

Written by a practice development nurse, this book is useful for nurses and health professionals working with high dependency patients. It covers: patient-focused issues of bedside nursing; the technical knowledge necessary to care safely for ICU patients; the more common and specialized disease processes and treatments encountered; and more.

Offering review with a question and answer format, this book covers topics such as ethics, pharmacology, radiology, and, especially, ICU-focused questions. It provides coverage of multi-system pathologic processes such as malnutrition, immunosuppression, neoplasia, and manifestations of infection, as well as patient-specific issues.

With an emphasis on reducing medical errors in an emergency setting, this book focuses on patient safety within the emergency department - where preventable medical errors often occur. It provides both an overview of patient safety within health care and specific guidelines on issues such as medication safety and procedural complications.