Download or read book Global Health and Critical Care Medicine An Issue of Critical Care Clinics E Book written by Kristina Elizabeth Rudd and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

Download or read book Global Health and Critical Care Medicine An Issue of Critical Care Clinics written by Kristina Elizabeth Rudd and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.

Download or read book Disparities and Equity in Critical Care Medicine An Issue of Critical Care Clinics written by Jordan A. Kempker and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2024-09-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editors Drs. Jordan A. Kempker, Elizabeth Chuang, and Crystal E. Brown bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Health Disparities and Health Equity in Critical Care. Top experts cover key topics such as race, ethnicity, and gender disparities in management and outcomes of critically ill children and neonates, critically ill adults with trauma, critically ill adults with acute respiratory failure, critically ill adults with acute myocardial infarction, critically ill adults with acute cerebrovascular accident, critically ill adults with sepsis; and more. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including lessons learned about social disparities and critical illness during the COVID-19 pandemic; disparities in the burden and impact of critical illness between industrial and resource constrained countries; ethical and equity considerations and approaches regarding the rationing of critical care resources; workforce diversity and equity among critical care physicians; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on health disparities and health equity in critical care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Download or read book Pediatric Critical Care An Issue of Critical Care Clinics E Book written by Lauren R. Sorce and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2023-03-10 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editors Drs. Lauren R. Sorce and Joy D. Howell bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Pediatric Critical Care. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as point-of-care ultrasound for pediatric critical care providers; transfusion strategies in the 21st century; global pediatric critical care; workforce diversity; and more. - Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including pediatric redeployment: unique challenges created by COVID-19; ECMO then and now; PCCM in 21st century and beyond; pediatric critical care outcomes; cardiac output monitoring; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on pediatric critical care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Download or read book Neurocritical Care An Issue of Critical Care Clinics E Book written by Lori Shutter and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2022-11-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editors Drs. Lori Shutter and Deepa Malaiyandi bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Neurocritical Care, a rapidly growing specialty of complex care. Top experts in the field provide up-to-date articles on important clinical trials and evidence-based care of the critically ill patient with neurological injury. Contains 16 practice-oriented topics including current management of acute ischemic stroke; status epilepticus: a neurological emergency; neurotrauma and ICP management; neuropharmacology in the ICU; artificial intelligence and big data science in neurocritical care; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on neurocritical care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Download or read book COVID 19 An Issue of Critical Care Clinics E Book written by Michelle Ng Gong and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editors Drs. Michelle Ng Gong and Gregory S. Martin bring their considerable expertise to the topic of COVID-19. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as ECMO in COVID-19, neurologic manifestations and sequelae in COVID-19, pediatric COVID-19, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory therapeutics in COVID-19, the critical care surge during COVID-19 and lessons for the future, and more. - Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including post-acute sequelae of SARS CoV-2 infection; COVID-19 and renal failure; the role of acute thrombosis in COVID-19; COVID ARDS: different phenotype of ARDS or same diversity of phenotype in ARDS; COVID-19 in the critically ill pregnant patient; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on COVID-19, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Download or read book Data Science in Critical Care An Issue of Critical Care Clinics E Book written by Rishikesan Kamaleswaran and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2023-09-13 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editors Drs. Rishikesan Kamaleswaran and Andre L. Holder bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Data Science in Critical Care. Data science, the field of study dedicated to the principled extraction of knowledge from complex data, is particularly relevant in the critical care setting. In this issue, top experts in the field cover key topics such as refining our understanding and classification of critical illness using biomarker-based phenotyping; predictive modeling using AI/ML on EHR data; classification and prediction using waveform-based data; creating trustworthy and fair AI systems; and more. - Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including AI and the imaging revolution; designing "living, breathing clinical trials: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic; the patient or the population: knowing the limitations of our data to make smart clinical decisions; weighing the cost vs. benefit of AI in healthcare; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on data science in critical care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Download or read book Enhancing the Quality of Care in the ICU An Issue of Critical Care Clinics written by Robert C Hyzy and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Clinics edited by Dr. Robert Hyzy on Enhancing the Quality of Care in the ICU features topics such as: Taking Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates to Zero, Preventing ICU Delirium, Avoiding Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea, Reducing ventilator associated complications and pneumonia, Can Venous Thromboembolism be avoided?, Preventing urinary catheter associated infections, Improving ICU quality through collaboratives, Do performance measures enhance patient quality in the ICU, and The Future of Quality in the ICU.

Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Critical Care written by Andrew Webb and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 1824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely this text takes a problem-orientated approach providing a key resource for daily clinical issues in the intensive care unit. The text is organized into short topics allowing readers to rapidly access authoritative information on specific clinical problems. Each topic refers to basic physiological principles and provides up-to-date treatment advice supported by references to the most vital literature. Where international differences exist in clinical practice, authors cover alternative views. Key messages summarise each topic in order to aid quick review and decision making. Edited and written by an international group of recognized experts from many disciplines, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Careprovides an up-to-date reference that is relevant for intensive care units and emergency departments globally. This volume is the definitive text for all health care providers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health professionals who take care of critically ill patients.

Download or read book Critical Care An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine E Book written by Gregory A. Schmidt and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

Download or read book Textbook of Critical Care E Book written by Jean-Louis Vincent and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 2078 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridging the gap between medical and surgical specialties in critical care, Textbook of Critical Care, 8th Edition, offers a practical, multidisciplinary approach to the effective management of adult and pediatric patients in the ICU. An outstanding editorial team, led by world-renowned intensivist Dr. Jean-Louis Vincent, assisted by Dr. Frederick A. Moore and new editors Drs. Rinaldo Bellomo and John J. Marini, provides the evidence-based guidance you need to overcome a full range of practice challenges. A full-color art program, relevant basic science and key summary points in every chapter, and expert contributing authors from all over the world make this an indispensable resource for every member of the critical care team. Provides a concise, readable understanding of the pathophysiology of critical illness and new therapeutic approaches to critical care. Addresses both medical and surgical aspects in critical care for adult and pediatric patients in one comprehensive, easy-to-use reference. Shares the knowledge and expertise of the most recognized and trusted leaders in the field, with more international contributing authors than in previous editions. Covers new information on procedural and diagnostic ultrasound, prone positioning, ECMO, and VADs. Discusses key topics such as organ support, telemedicine, echocardiography, antibiotic stewardship, antiviral agents, coagulation and anti-coagulation, and more. Features a wealth of tables, boxes, algorithms, diagnostic images, and key points that clarify important concepts and streamline complex information for quick reference. Includes companion videos and exclusive chapters online that cover commonly performed procedures. Takes a multidisciplinary approach to critical care, with contributions from experts in anesthesia, surgery, pulmonary medicine, and pediatrics.

Download or read book International Perspectives in Critical Care Nursing An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America written by Christi Delemos and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In consultation with Consulting Editor, Dr. Cynthia Bautista, Guest Editor Christi Delemos has created an issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics that gives the readers an opportunity to discover critical care nursing practices from critical care nurses around the world. Authors will have the opportunity to share the contributions of critical care nurses to health care globally. Current challenges in managing critical care patients anywhere in the world are discussed; articles are specifically devoted to ICU Nursing Priorities in the United States; Caring for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients: Australian Nursing Perspectives; Use of Diaries in ICU Delirium Patients: German Nursing Perspectives; Caring for Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnnoid Hemorrhage: Nursing Perspectives from the UK; Critical Care Nursing in India; Nursing Priorities in Critical Care Nursing in the Philippines; The Glasgow Coma Scale: A European and Global Perspective on Enhancing Practice; and Care of the Patient with Acquired Brain Injury in Latin America and the Caribbean. Readers will come away with new perspectives of care for the critical care patient.

Download or read book History of Critical Care Medicine 2023 70th anniversary An Issue of Critical Care Clinics E Book written by Hannah Wunsch and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editor Dr. Hannah Wunsch brings her considerable expertise to the topic of History of Critical Care Medicine. The term "Critical Care Medicine was first introduced in the 1950s at the University of Southern California—making 2023 the 70th anniversary of this subspecialty. This issue provides a fascinating look at important aspects of the history of the field, which originated with the concept that immediately life-endangered patients, the critically ill and injured, may have substantially better chances of survival if provided with professionally advanced minute-to-minute objective measurements.Contains 10 practice-oriented topics including early pediatric ICU care; mechanical ventilation: negative to positive and back again; airway management over the last 100 years; critical care nursing from the 1950s to the 2020s; from strict bedrest to early mobilization: a history of physiotherapy in the ICU; visiting hours and the changing place of family in the ICU; and more.

Download or read book Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome An Issue of Critical Care Clinics E Book written by Michael Matthay and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-09-22 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Michael Matthay and Kathleen Dori Lui, focuses on Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. This is one of four issues each year selected by the series consulting editor, Dr. John Kellum. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Epidemiology, Environmental Factors, Clinical Diagnosis, Physiology of ARDS, including COVID-19, Pathogenesis Based on Clinical Studies, Genetics of ARDS, Ventilator Management and Rescue Therapy with ECMO, Acute Kidney Injury and ARDS, Pharmacologic Therapies and ARDS and Long Term Outcomes from ARDS. - Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on ARDS, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

Download or read book Economics of Critical Care Medicine An Issue of Critical Care Clinics written by Donald Chalfin and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-01-28 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics include: Why Economics Matters to Critical Care Clinicians, Overview of Health Economics: Basics Concept for Clinicians;Health Economic Methods; Costs of Critical Care Medicine; Economic Aspects of Sepsis and Severe Infections; Economic Aspects of Renal Failure and Acute Kidney Injury; Economic Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease; Economics of Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Failure and Comparative Effective Research and Health Care Reform.

Download or read book Covid 19 A Critical Care Textbook E Book written by Chris Carter and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the major redeployment of staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, this authoritative textbook provides a practical resource for healthcare professionals who may be new to acute and critical care settings. Written by nurses for nurses, the book will help readers master patient assessment, non-invasive ventilation, the use of high flow nasal oxygenation and renal care. You will learn about the challenges of resuscitation, leadership and responding to a public health emergency, and effective personal protection and hygiene practices. Covid-19: Critical Care textbook has been written by experts with frontline experience of working in hospitals during the pandemic and will remain relevant for those responding to future infectious disease outbreaks or waves of Covid-19. - Self-assessment quizzes to support ongoing learning - Suitable for staff re-deployed and those already working in acute and critical care areas - Fully illustrated to demonstrate the use of PPE and coronavirus-specific procedures - Contributions from key experts who have dealt directly with the disease provide practical insights

Download or read book Biomarkers in Critical Care An Issue of Critical Care Clinics E Book written by Mitchell Levy and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Mitchell M. Levy, focuses on Biomarkers in Critical Care. This is one of four issues each year selected by the series consulting editor, Dr. John Kellum. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: The History of Biomarkers; Biomarkers for Identifying Infection; Procalcitonin: Where Are We Now?; Soluble TREM-1: Diagnosis or Prognosis?; Lubricin as a Biomarker in Sepsis; Check Point Inhibitors and Their Role in Immunosuppression in Sepsis; Metabolomics and the Microbiome as Biomarkers in Sepsis; Lactate: Where Are We Now?; Predicting Renal Dysfunction; Biomarkers in the Evolution of ARDS; Biomarkers and RV Dysfunction; Biomarkers and Precision Medicine: State of the Art; The Use of Biomarkers for Population Homogeneity in Clinical Trials; and The Future of Biomarkers.