Tag: resources
Hemodynamics in the Echocardiography Laboratory
The book provides a practically focused review of the latest techniques used for hemodynamic assessment in the echocardiography laboratory. It features a methodical case-based approach covering how to measure hemodynamic... read more
Sepsis Management in Resource-limited Settings
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. It constitutes a unique source of knowledge and guidance for all healthcare workers who care for patients with sepsis and septic shock in resource-limited settings. More... read more
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The Intensivist’s Challenge: Aging and Career Growth in a High-Stress Medical Specialty
This book brings together personal narratives from critical care medicine specialists around the world. Most of these physicians started in critical care at or before the exponential increase in technological modalities to... read more
Critical Care and Hospitalist Medicine Made Ridiculously Simple
A fundamental and thorough guide to the treatment of hospitalized patients in critical care situations, "Critical Care and Hospitalist Medicine Made Ridiculously Simple" provides both introductory information as well as a... read more
The Ethics of Allocation
One of the greatest challenges in health care - and in generations - is upon us COVID-19 continues to detrimentally affect every aspect of our healthcare system. Clinicians have been faced with grim life-and-death decisions... read more
Crisis Management in Anesthesiology
The fully updated Crisis Management in Anesthesiology continues to provide updated insights on the latest theories, principles, and practices in anesthesiology. From anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists to emergency physicians... read more
Clinical Utility and Technique for Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Cases
Since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan in December 2019 and its subsequent evolution to a pandemic in March 2020, there has been growing interest in the utility of lung ultrasound in the workup and management... read more
Holding Intubated Infants Well Tolerated and Safe
Critically ill infants who are old enough to move on their own but too young to cooperate with care instructions have been among the last to benefit from patient mobility initiatives. Results from a holding intervention... read more
Association Between Hospital Staffing Models and Failure to Rescue
Low failure to rescue (FTR) hospitals had significantly more staffing resources than high FTR hospitals. Although hiring additional staff may be beneficial, there remain significant financial limitations for many hospitals... read more
Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine
Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine is the only book that uses a practical, question-and-answer approach to address evidence-based decision making in palliative medicine. Dr. Nathan E. Goldstein and Dr. R.... read more
Physical Rehabilitation in the ICU
Survivors of critical illness frequently experience poor physical outcomes, including persistent impairments in muscle strength, exercise capacity and physical function. In this article, we review these impairments and... read more
Fragility Index Calculator
The fragility index is a measure of the robustness (or fragility) of the results of a clinical trial. The fragility index is a number indicating how many patients would be required to convert a trial from being statistically... read more
Recognizing Acute Delirium as Part of Your Routine
The screening tool (RADAR) proved to be efficient, reliable, sensitive and very well accepted by nursing staff. Consequently, it becomes an appropriate new option for delirium screening among older adults, with or without... read more
European Guideline on Managing Post-traumatic Bleeding: 5th Edition
An updated guideline on the management of significant bleeding and coagulopathy following major trauma has been released by the pan-European, multidisciplinary Task Force for Advanced Bleeding Care in Trauma. The document,... read more
Critical Care Pearls: Basics for Critical Patient Care and Board Review
Critical Care Pearls for medical professionals involved in taking care of critically ill patients. An excellent resource for board review written by Dr. Iqbal Ratnani and Dr. Salim Surani. Dr. Iqbal Ratnani, MD, FCCP, FCCM... read more
The PICU Handbook
The PICU Handbook is a unique, portable compilation of the information essential for residents and fellows to successfully navigate the modern Level 1 and Level 2 pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Enhanced by numerous... read more
