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Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life
In our current medical culture, the old and the ill are put on what she terms the End-of-Life Conveyor belt. They are intubated, catheterized, and even shelved away in care facilities to suffer their final days alone, confused,... read more
Concise Review of Critical Care, Trauma and Emergency Medicine
A Quick Reference Guide of ICU and Er Topics. Most commonly encountered clinical scenarios and relevant topics are summarized in an easy to understand format. Can be used as quick reference guide during rounds, or during... read more
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Joining the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since... read more
Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Formerly Clinical Pharmacokinetics: Concepts and Applications, this fully updated Fourth Edition has been retitled Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Concepts and Applications to reflect the increasing body of... read more
The Gene: An Intimate History
A fascinating and often sobering history of how humans came to understand the roles of genes in making us who we are. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies, a fascinating history of the gene... read more
The Washington Manual of Critical Care
Prepared by residents and faculty at the Washington University School of Medicine, this pocket manual contains easy-to-read algorithms for the management of more than 80 medical and surgical problems arising in the intensive... read more
Principles And Practice of Mechanical Ventilation
A comprehensive, authoritative coverage of all the clinical, pharmacological, and technical issues surrounding the use of mechanical ventilation. More than 100 authors, all of whom are at the forefront of research in their... read more
The 2018-2023 World Outlook for Sepsis Drugs
This study covers the world outlook for sepsis drugs across more than 190 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question... read more
AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing
Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and written by top clinical experts in critical care nursing, this textbook covers all the must-know details on the care of adult, critically ill patients... read more
Confessions of a Surgeon
Confessions of a Surgeon: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated... Life Behind the O.R. Doors. As an active surgeon and former department chairman, Dr. Paul A. Ruggieri has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of his profession.... read more
Critical Care Notes: Clinical Pocket Guide
This pocket-sized, quick reference is your go-to guide for the clinical information you need to care for adult patients safely and effectively. Completely revised and updated, the 2nd Edition offers even more of what you... read more
Pediatric Critical Care, 5e
Still the #1 resource for today's pediatric ICU teams, the newly released Pediatric Critical Care, 5th Edition covers the entire field, from basic science to cutting-edge clinical applications. Drs. Bradley P. Fuhrman and... read more
A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic’s Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
A former paramedic's visceral, poignant, and mordantly funny account of a decade spent on Atlanta's mean streets saving lives and connecting with the drama and occasional beauty that lies inside catastrophe. In the aftermath... read more
Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
A comprehensive and contemporary summary of the treatment and post-operative management of traumatic injuries. The concise format makes it ideally suited for everyday use, and new, full-color illustrations highlight the most... read more
Harrison’s Nephrology and Acid-Base Disorders
Featuring a superb compilation of chapters related to nephrology and acid-base disorders derived from Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Nineteenth Edition, this concise, full-color clinical companion delivers the... read more
The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital
Nurses is the compelling story of the year in the life of four nurses, and the drama, unsung heroism, and unique sisterhood of nursing—one of the world's most important professions (nurses save lives every day), and one... read more
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery
With astonishing compassion and candor, leading neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets and the moments of black humor that... read more
The House of God
The House of God is a mesmerizing and provocative novel about Roy Basch and five of his fellow interns at the most renowned teaching hospital in the country. A phenomenon ever since it was published, The House of God was... read more
Critical Care Reviews Book 2017 (Free eBook)
The 2017 Critical Care Reviews Book seeks to summarize, critique and put in context the best critical care trials of 2016. Five intensivsts working in Northern Ireland have spent the past year writing this edition. This is... read more
