Tag: book
Sepsis: Staging and Potential Future Therapies
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Variability in pathogenesis and complex pathophysiology often delay diagnosis and create significant challenges for clinical... read more
ECMO in the Adult Patient (Core Critical Care)
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is developing rapidly, and is now part of the toolkit for the management of all patients with severe respiratory or cardiac failure. Clinicians of all disciplines are in need of... read more
Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple
A brief, highly readable book providing the clinician with a straightforward approach to solving even the most complex, acid-base, fluid, and electrolyte problems. Useful to medical students, interns and residents, nurses... read more
Blood Pressure Disorders in Acute and Chronic Kidney Diseases (Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection)
This new book is intended to be an in-depth and up-to-date guide to the various aspects of the association between blood pressure disorders and acute/chronic renal diseases. In addition, this work includes discussion... read more
Infection Microbiology and Management
Infection: Microbiology and Management provides a core resource for the understanding of medical microbiology and infectious diseases. Content covers microbiological and clinical diagnosis, through to clinical management,... read more
Bedside Procedures for the Intensivist
Bedside Procedures for the Intensivist delivers practical tips and clear, step-by-step instruction on the most common procedures in the ICU. The convenient and portable handbook focuses on ultrasound-guided techniques, including... read more
Endovascular Resuscitation and Trauma Management
This book focuses on endovascular methods for resuscitation and trauma management. Written by highly qualified and clinically active physicians from around the world, it shares information gathered over the past decade,... read more
Pulmonary Hypertension: Controversial and Emerging Topics
This book is a clinical guide to controversial and emerging topics in pulmonary hypertension. There are multiple challenges and unanswered questions encountered by clinicians that evaluate, diagnose and treat patients with... read more
Moderate and Deep Sedation in Clinical Practice
Millions of procedures requiring sedation are performed each year, covering a large array of medical specialties in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This tremendous growth has led to sedation being administered by... read more
Imaging the ICU Patient
Work in intensive care is dynamic and often requires swift decision-making to achieve the best patient outcome. This book serves as a practical guide for professionals working in this demanding area of medicine. It reviews... read more
Pulmonary Hypertension: Basic Science to Clinical Medicine
This book provides the framework for a singular reference in the field of pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary vascular disease is a complex and heterogeneous condition characterized by remodeling of distal pulmonary arterioles... read more
Monitoring Mechanical Ventilation Using Ventilator Waveforms
This book discusses the interpretation of mechanical ventilator waveforms. Each page shows a screenshot from a real patient and explains one or two messages. It starts with basic information about the waveforms and goes... read more
Reducing Mortality in Critically Ill Patients
This book describes the techniques, strategies, and drugs that have been demonstrated by multicenter randomized trials to influence survival in critically ill patients, defined as those who have acute failure of at least... read more
Nursing Care and ECMO
This highly informative book provides essential insights for ICU nurses at ECMO centers around the world, who face the substantial challenges involved in the management of ECMO patients. Above all, it meets their training... read more
Adult Critical Care Medicine
This clinical casebook provides a comprehensive yet concise state-of-the-art review of adult critical care medicine. Presented in a case-based format, each case focuses on a scenario commonly encountered with an adult patient... read more
Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19: Acute and Long-Term Impacts
This book is the first comprehensive approach on COVID-19 cardiac complications, both during the acute phase as well as in the long-COVID period. It provides an up-to-date and highly illustrated summary of the biology... read more
Systemic Corticosteroids for Inflammatory Disorders in Pediatrics
This comprehensive volume provides current state of the art of the use of corticosteroids in the pediatric patient. It consists of 14 chapters written by leading authors from different countries. The first chapters cover... read more
Respiratory Monitoring in Mechanical Ventilation: Techniques and Applications
This book covers the up-to-date advancement of respiratory monitoring in ventilation support as well as detecting the physiological responses to therapeutic interventions to avoid complications. Mechanical ventilation nowadays... read more
Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensivist: A Practical Guide on the Use of POCUS
This book, written by internationally renowned experts, is a comprehensive text covering all aspects and recommendations regarding the use of POCUS for critically ill neonates and children. Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)... read more
ISCCM Manual of RRT and ECMO in ICU: A Reference Book for Practicing Intensivists
The topics were chosen to make the reader understand comprehensive management of therapies including organization, communication and other administrative issues including cost-effective therapies. This will help the practicing... read more
Sedation and Analgesia for the Pediatric Intensivist: A Clinical Guide
This book provides a comprehensive overview on sedation and analgesia for the pediatric intensivist. Divided into two primary sections, the text presents a framework on how to care for patients who need sedation, analgesia,... read more
Echocardiography for Intensivists
This book contains all the information that readers will require in order to perform echocardiography and to interpret the findings correctly. After an introductory chapter on the essential physics of ultrasonography,... read more
