Critical Care Handbook of the Massachussetts General Hospital

Name: Critical Care Handbook of the Massachussetts General Hospital
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ISBN: 9780781795661

ISBN-10: 0781795664

ISBN-13: 9780781795661

Edition: 5th 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Luca M. Bigatello, Hasan Alam, Rae M. Allain, Edward A. Bittner, Dean Hess

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Written by the multidisciplinary intensive care unit staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Fifth Edition of this best-selling handbook is a practical, complete, and current guide to medical and surgical critical care. In a user-friendly outline format designed for rapid reference, this pocket-sized book presents reliable, hospital-tested protocols that reflect today's most advanced critical care practices. This edition includes new chapters on disaster preparedness in the ICU, quality improvement and prophylaxis, non-antibiotic therapies for sepsis, the long-term PACU patient, and use of ultrasound in the ICU. An appendix provides supplemental drug information.

Book details

List price: $68.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: 12/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 752
Size: 4.72" wide x 7.87" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English




General Principles



Hemodynamic Monitoring




Respiratory Monitoring




Use of Ultrasound in the ICU




Airway Management




Principles of Mechanical Ventilation




Hemodynamic Management




Sedation & Analgesia




Fluids, Electrolytes & Acid-Base Management




Critical Care of the Trauma Patient




Critical Care of the Neurologic Patient




Nutrition




Infectious Disease: General Considerations




Quality Improvement & Prophylaxis




Ethical & Legal Issues in ICU Practice




Evidence-Based Practice & Basic Statistics in Critical Care




Transport of the ICU Patient




Specific Considerations



Coronary Artery Disease




Valvular Heart Disease




Cardiac Dysrhythmias




The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome




Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease & Asthma




Pulmonary Embolism & Deep Venous Thrombosis




Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation




Acute Kidney Injury




Liver Dysfunction




Coagulopathy & Hypercoagulability




Acute Gastrointestinal Diseases




Endocrine Disorders & Glucose Management




Infectious Diseases: Specific Considerations




Non-Antibiotic Therapies for Sepsis




Stroke, Seizures & Encephalopathy




Acute Weakness




Drug Overdose, Poisoning & Adverse Drug Reactions




Adult & Pediatric Resuscitation




Transfusion Medicine




Neurological Trauma




The Burned Patient




Disaster Preparedness in the ICU




ICU Care After Vascular Surgery




ICU Care After Thoracic Surgery




ICU Care Following Liver, Kidney & Lung Transplantation




ICU Care of the Obese Patient




The Intensivist Outside the ICU




Obstetric Critical Care




Supplemental Drug Information