Eugene C Toy, Terrence H Liu, Manuel Suarez

Case Files Critical Care, Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

High-yield cases help you master critical care of patients in the ICU Experience with clinical cases is key to mastering the art and science of medicine and ultimately to providing patients with competent clinical care. Case Files: Critical Care delivers 45 high-yield clinical cases that illustrate essential concepts in critical care. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions. With Case Files, you will learn instead of memorize. The Second Edition has been revised throughout to reflect the very latest standard-of-care updates. . Complete discussion of each case makes this an instructive and practical primer for critical care rotations . Helps you learn, rather than just memorize . Vibrant two-color design . NEW! Three all new cases and "Common Sense" Treatment Guidelines for each main diagnosis

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781259641855
• ISBN-10: 1259641856
• Artikelnr.: 45713870

Autorenporträt

Eugene C. Toy, MD is a dual certified family physician and ob/gyn. He is the John S. Dunn Senior Academic Chair and Program Director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program; Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Methodist Hospital--Houston; Clerkship Director and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Texas--Houston Medical School (Houston, Texas).

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: How to Approach Clinical Problems Section 2: Clinical Cases--42 Case Scenarios Early awareness of critical illness
Transfer of critically ill patient
Scoring systems and patient prognosis
Monitoring: hemodynamic and cardiovascular
Critical care imaging
Airway management, respiratory failure
Ventilator management
Respiratory weaning
Asthmatic exacerbation
Non-invasive Methods of ventilator support
Acute coronary syndromes
Cardiac arrthymias
Acute cardiac failure
Meningitis/encephalitis
Antibiotic use in ICU
Sepsis
Immunosuppressed patients
Acute GI bleeding
Acute liver failure
Acute renal failure
Acid base abnormalities part 1
Acid base abnormalities part 2
Fluid electrolyte abnormalities
Traumatic brain injury
Trauma-blunt
Trauma and burns
Altered mental status
Status epilepticus
Stroke
Multiorgan dysfunction
Hypertensive emergencies in obstetrics
ICU patients with obsetetrical issues
Poisoning
Pain control
Post surgical patient in ICU
Post-resuscitation management in ICU
Hemorrhage, coagulopathy
Ethics, do not resuscitate, organ donation
Vasoactive drugs, pharmacology
Nutrition Section 3: Listing of Cases Index