Overview
An up-to-date compendium of practical bedside knowledge essential to the effective delivery of acute care medicine
Designed for use as a reference source on key issues regularly confronted by clinicians in everyday practice
Comprises concise and informative "physiological notes", more detailed reviews, and a series of seminal studies
Written by some of the most renowned experts in the field
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (63 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Physiological Notes
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About this book
In theory, treatment decisions and assessments of response to therapy in critically ill patients should usually be based on measures of physiological function. Nevertheless, the most appropriate use of the information embodied in such measures is often unclear, and rarely supported by prospective clinical trials. In reality, the bedside clinician is therefore forced to rely primarily on physiological principles when deciding upon the best treatment. Unfortunately, however, the necessary knowledge base of the clinician is often less than optimal for the purpose, and habit or prior training may be more influential than science.
Against this background, this second, revised edition of Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine aims to help overcome the fundamental unevenness in clinicians’ understanding of applied physiology. It is divided into three sections. The first comprises a series of "physiological notes" that concisely and clearly capture the essence of the physiological perspectives underpinning our understanding of disease and response to therapy. The second section contains more detailed associated reviews on measurement techniques and physiological processes, while the third provides a number of seminal studies on diverse topics in intensive care.
This up-to-date compendium of practical bedside knowledge essential to the effective delivery of acute care medicine has been written by some of the most renowned experts in the field. It will serve the clinician as an invaluable reference source on key issues regularly confronted in everyday practice.
Reviews
From the reviews of the second edition:
"This is a collection of physiologic papers from reviews presented in Intensive Care Medicine from 2002 to early 2009. Presentations from major figures in clinical critical care physiology are collected. Teachers, practitioners, and senior trainees are an appropriate audience for this work … . Presentations are clear … with excellent figures. … Of the approximately 15 new reviews added to this edition, the majority of the new work comes in the discussion of physiologic processes … . recommend it for physiology pertinent to the ICU." (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, October, 2009)
“A compendium of the physiologic notes published between 2002 and 2009 in Intensive Care Medicine with the associated review articles. For intensive care physicians.” (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 7 (2), December, 2009)Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine
Editors: Göran Hedenstierna, Jordi Mancebo, Laurent Brochard, Michael R. Pinsky
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01769-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-01769-8Published: 13 June 2009
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVI, 489
Number of Illustrations: 146 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Cardiac Surgery