Product Description

Quick answers for treating critically ill patients

Written to provide the most important information for day-to-day practice, CURRENT Critical Care Diagnosis & Treatment fills the persistent need for a comprehensive, affordable text addressing all the issues doctors face when treating critically ill patients. This new edition, which includes more evidence-based medicine than previous editions, also functions as a review text for students doing clerkships in medicine, surgery, and critical care.

CURRENT Critical Care Diagnosis & Treatment specifically provides comprehensive coverage of major diagnostic features; relevant pathophysiology; disease processes; and practical management strategies. You'll also find updates on electrolyte management, GI bleeding, infections, and drugs, as well as new treatment strategies for a range of ailments. Written in an inviting, easy-to-read style, this is an all-in-one tool for a range of medical practitioners and students.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #252661 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 888 pages

Review
"The third edition is a worthy update of the previous editions by this group of authors. The multidisciplinary authorship and the detailed text are clear advantages. Students and house officers will find this a good value in the intensive care unit with its acceptable cost and size. 3 Stars."--Doody's Review Service (Doody's )

From the Back Cover

"Fast solutions to major clinical and diagnostic problems ... A must for the critical care physician or the ER physician."
--online review of the First Edition

Meeting the unique needs of "intensivists"-especially those whose primary backgrounds are in internal medicine, surgery, or anesthesiology-CURRENT Critical Care Diagnosis and Treatment provides a unified approach to problems encountered in adult critical care practice. Crossing the boundaries among disciplines, this book brings you rapid access to major diagnostic features, relevant pathophysiology, concise descriptions of disease processes, and practical management strategies for the broad range of conditions encountered in critical care.

For those treating the critically ill and needing answers in a hurry
* Serves as a one-stop reference for adult critical care practitioners
* Facilitates critical care teaching, practice, and review-especially for those preparing for specialty exams
* Integrates medical and surgical perspectives with diagnostic and treatment knowledge
* Expertly yet concisely covers 40 key topics in critical care basics, medical critical care, and essentials of surgical intensive care
* Includes information on pregnancy, psychiatric disorders, imaging procedures, transport, and more in critical cases
* Offers new treatment strategies for respiratory distress syndrome and provides updates on the pathophysiology of respiratory failure and fluid and electrolyte disorders
* Provides the best current recommendations on critical care supportive measures, including nutrition, bleeding prevention, and prevention of deep venous thrombosis
* Helps students doing clerkships in medicine, surgery, and critical care; residents and fellows; and practitioners who need a succinct reference for day-to-day critical care practice

About the Author

Frederic S. Bongard, MD, JD, is Professor of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Darryl Y. Sue, MD, is Professor of Clinical Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA; Director, Medical-Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology adn Medicine; and Associate Chair and Program Director, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Janine R.E. Vintch, MD, FPPC, is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA