Product Description

Offers concrete procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of the critically ill. This is a highly practical reference providing quick access to didactic and perspective information.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1296864 in Books
• Published on: 2001-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 397 pages

Review
"This is an excellent and most complete guide for the broad range of physicians dealing with patients with epilepsy and psychiatric disorders. It gives neurologists and psychiatrists working in practice settings tools essential for correct diagnosis and treatment. The book also provides outstanding teaching material for academic neurologists and residents." Doody's 20011001

From the Back Cover
With up-to-date guidance that is easy to find and practical, this original sourcebook helps ICU staff solve problems of critically ill patients quickly and effectively. Filled with convenient summary approaches, diagnostics, treatments, and needed lab standards and algorithms, The Intensive Care Manual simplifies finding ICU answers on:

Respiratory failure, oxygen delivery, and mechanical ventilation

Intravascular access and hemodynamic monitoring

Shock

Renal failure

Infectious diseases

Nutritional

Cardiac arrhythmias and acute myocardial infarction

Endocrine disease and hematologic disorders

Gastrointestinal problems

Coma

Sedation and airway management

About the Author
Michael J. Apostolakos, MD is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Adult Critical Care at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York. Peter J. Papadakos, MD, co-editor, is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery as well as Director in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York. He is also Professor of Respiratory Care at State University of New York at Genesee Community College.