Overview
- Valuable resource for clinicians and trainees
- Chapters are written by experts in the field
- Can easily be used as a bedside reference
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Respiratory Medicine (RM)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Clinical research in critical care has exploded in the past several years and we now have a much better understanding of how to care for intensive care unit (ICU) patients in areas such as management of sepsis, fluid resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, antibiotic administration and sedation and analgesia. However, despite improved clinical care, many critically ill patients continue to experience complications of critical illness - some complications are iatrogenic and preventable, while others are simply a component of the natural history of critical illness. These complications lead to increased mortality, morbidity, cost and long-term chronic conditions. Non-Pulmonary Complications of Critical Care: A Clinical Guide is a valuable resource for trainees and clinicians who aim to better understand and improve the quality of critical care medicine. Armed with information about potential non-pulmonary complications of ICU care and strategies to minimize or prevent those complications, the critical care clinician will be able to help ICU patients potentially avoid much of the morbidity associated with critical illness. This book is organized by organ system such that it can be easily used as a bedside reference. Complications caused by pharmaceuticals are dispersed throughout every chapter and the concluding chapters provide a special emphasis on meticulous supportive care of the critically ill patient to allow the best chance for recovery.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This multiauthored monograph describes the recent literature on nonpulmonary pitfalls in the critical care process and studies on how to avoid them. … The audience includes practitioners at all levels caring for critical care patients. … This is a well-written, concise review of recent literature detailing the complexities in the intensive care unit environment and summarizing the means for process improvement.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Book Reviews, September, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Non-Pulmonary Complications of Critical Care
Book Subtitle: A Clinical Guide
Editors: Jeremy B. Richards, Renee D. Stapleton
Series Title: Respiratory Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0873-8
Publisher: Humana New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0872-1Published: 17 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4763-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0873-8Published: 16 May 2014
Series ISSN: 2197-7372
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7380
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 234
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine