Case Files Critical Care

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-07-176857-3
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 682 g

SHARPEN YOUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND IMPROVE PATIENT CAREExperience 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 provides 42 true-to-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in critical care. Each case includes an easy-to-understand discussion correlated to key concepts, definitions of key terms, clinical pearls, and board-style review questions to reinforce your learning. With Case Files, you'll learn instead of memorize. - Learn from 42 high-yield cases, each with board-style questions - Master key concepts with clinical pearls - Practice with review review questions to reinforce learning - Polish your approach to clinical problem-solving and to patient care - Perfect for residents, medical students, PAs, and NPs working in the ICU

Autoren/Hrsg.

Toy, Eugene C.

Liu, Terrence H.

Suarez, Manuel

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Intensivmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Toy, Eugene C.
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).

Eugene C. Toy, MD (Houston, TX),Professor and Residency Program Director,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,The Methodist Hospital-Houston,The University of Texas-Houston School of Medicine.
Manuel Suarez, MD (St. Vincent and the Grenadines),Dean of Clinical Studies and Clinical Professor,Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine,Trinity School of Medicine.
Terrence H. Liu, MD (San Francisco, CA),Assistant Professor of Surgery,UCSF School of Medicine.