Medical : Critical Care

Patientenversorgung auf hohem Niveau! Qualittssicherung wird zunehmend gefordert dies kann nur anhand von bewhrten und abgesicherten Standards erfolgen. Beispielhaft hat die Charit alle ansthesierelevanten Verfahren und Vorgehen zum schnellen Nachschlagen standardisiert aufbereitet: Ansthesiologisches Vorgehen in allen operativen Fachgebieten - Intensivmedizin - Notfallmedizin - Schmerztherapie Neu in der 2. Auflage: Alle SOPs aktualisiert und berarbeitet! Perioperative Betablockade, Nierentransplantation, Kardiotechnik, Schmerztherapie in der Schwangerschaft, Antimikrobielle Therapie auf der Intensivstation, Ansthesieleistungen bei diagnostischen und therapeutischen Manahmen in Sonderbereichen. Konsequent in der Darstellung aktuell an Inhalten unverzichtbar in der Praxis: Fr jeden in der Ansthesie Ttigen, Verantwortlichen sowie Klinik- und Verwaltungsdirektoren. more...

Price: $39.95

Family doctors, pediatricians and professionals who deal with children are regularly consulted because of febrile children. This book covers: different types of fever with possible complications; hyperthermia and their management; management of fever with guidelines on antipyretics and their side effects; and, differential diagnosis of fever. more...

Price: $109.00

A complete, hands-on guide to successful image acquisition and interpretation at the bedside. Written by top practitioners in the field, this all-in-one text/DVD package is filled with practical guidance that helps you master clinical ultrasonography in a critical care environment. Here, you’ll learn exactly how to utilize diagnostic ultrasound as part of the physical exam, as the book examines current evidence supporting its use in the critically ill adult and child. Organized by body system, Critical Care Ultrasonography features self-contained chapters that can be used as individual reference guides for a range of interventions, from transthoracic echocardiography to echocardiagraphic evaluation of cardiac trauma. Through this in-depth coverage, you’ll get a sense of how this essential technology supports the cross-disciplinary nature of critical care. The book’s authoritative content is reinforced throughout by a full-color presentation and hundreds of concept-clarifying illustrations, figures, and images. Features.: Comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of ultrasound use in critical care; Guidance on ultrasound procedures enables practitioners to use ultrasound for vascular and axial procedures, improving safety and ensuring that nationally recognized compliance standards are upheld; Cardiac ultrasound chapters help you assess and monitor the patient’s cardiopulmonary status non-invasively; Chapter on Neck and Upper Respiratory Ultrasound offers an overview of little-known techniques that have not been comprehensively described in any other source; Full-color presentation, with 495 illustrations that emphasize the basic skills required to visualize anatomic structures and interpret findings; Companion DVD features video clips that cover pediatric critical care, goal-directed echocardiography in the ICU, echocardiographic evaluation of valve function and endocarditis, and more! more...

Price: $175.00

Zw??lf Jahre nach der Festschreibung der diagnostischen Kriterien der Sepsis werden die SIRS-Kriterien noch immer ignoriert, vor allem im Vorfeld der Intensivmedizin, aber auch auf den Intensivstationen. Nur gut die H??lfte der deutschen Intensivmediziner stellt die Diagnose der Sepsis nach einheitlichen Kriterien. ??hnlich liegen die Dinge bei der Umsetzung therapeutischer Grunds??tze und Empfehlungen. Dieser multidisziplin??r angelegte Band mit Artikeln aus der Zeitschrift Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin erg??nzt in idealer Weise die im Jahr 2005 publizierte S2-Leitlinie Diagnose und Therapie der Sepsis und bildet den aktuellen Stand des Wissens auf diesem Gebiet ab. Damit ist erstmals eine geschlossene Darstellung zur Sepsis verf??gbar, der zurzeit gr????ten Herausforderung an die Intensivmedizin. more...

Price: $49.95

Respiratory failure is a complex disease process whereby the underlying disease and therapeutic measures interact. This book contains an extensive bibliographic review, focusing on preventive and therapeutic studies, that was methodologically standardized, with authors assessing and classifying studies according to statutes of evidence-based medicine. It considers the epidemiology and outcome of mechanical ventilation; addresses ventilator modes and utility of pulmonary mechanics monitoring for treatment; analyzes physiologic effect and patient-outcomes of pulmonary recruitment and lung protective ventilation procedures; describes complications that can be present in these patients such as ventilator-associated pneumonia and useful methods to prevent respiratory infections; covers the impact of bronchodilators, corticosteroids, and antibiotics in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; discusses how, when, and in whom to do tracheostomy; and evaluates the use of sedation and neuromuscular blockade as well as current clinical trials in acute lung injury. more...

Price: $59.95