Editors:
- Comprehensively documents the most recent developments in experimental and clinical research in intensive care and emergency medicine
- Written by acknowledged experts in the field
- Broad appeal for all who work in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine
Part of the book series: Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (AUICEM)
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Table of contents (41 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Fluids
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Renal Issues
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Metabolic Support
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About this book
The Annual Update compiles reviews of the most recent developments in experimental and clinical intensive care and emergency medicine research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in these fields. The book is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Dept. of Intensive Care Erasme Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Jean-Louis Vincent
About the editor
Prof. Vincent is Professor of intensive care at the University of Brussels, and intensivist in the Department of Intensive Care at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels. He is President of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) and a Past-President of the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SIZ), the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the European Shock Society (ESS), and the International Sepsis Forum (ISF). He is a member of the Royal Medical Academy of Belgium.
Prof. Vincent has signed more than 900 original articles, some 400 book chapters and review articles, 1000 original abstracts, and has edited 102 books. He is co-editor of the Textbook of Critical Care (Elsevier Saunders) and the “Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine” (Springer). He is editor-in-chief of "Critical Care", "Current Opinion in Critical Care", and "ICU Management & Practice" and member of the editorial boards of about 30 jou
rnals.For 37 years, Prof. Vincent has been chairman of the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, the largest international meeting in this field, which gathers more than 6000 participants every year in Brussels.
He has received several awards, including the Distinguished Investigator Award of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the College Medalist Award of the American College of Chest Physicians He is a recipient of the "Society Medal” (lifetime award) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and has received the prestigious Belgian scientific award of the FRS-FNRS (Prix Scientifique Joseph Maisin-Sciences Biomédicales Cliniques). In recognition of these achievements, he was awarded the title of Baron by King Albert II of Belgium in 2013.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017
Editors: Jean-Louis Vincent
Series Title: Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51908-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51907-4Published: 24 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51908-1Published: 31 March 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-5709
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5717
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 545
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine