Description
Summary: | The field of critical care medicine is evolving quickly. To prepare for certification and refresh their knowledge, today's practitioners need a concise multidisciplinary review that focuses on the core areas of critical care. Ideal for critical care fellows, critical care nurses, residents, and practitioners who spend time in the ICU. This book employs brief chapters on focused topics to help readers review core areas and test their knowledge. Features: Broad scope addresses all major topics is adult critical care with contributions from experts in a range of disciplines. Concise chapters based on commonly referenced topics make the review easy to navigate. Focused discussions are based on patient presentation and are structured to include common causes, initial management strategies, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, management, and outcomes. Incisive review questions (3.10 per topic) include answers and explanations to help readers understand the "how" and "why" behind each answer. Staff of MGH and its sister institutions provide consistent terminology and presentation throughout the review.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (448 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
ISBN: | 9781469831695 1469831694 9781451173680 1451173687 |
Access: | Owing to Legal Deposit regulations this resource may only be accessed from within National Library of Scotland. For more information contact enquiries@nls.uk. Legal Deposit; |
Language: | English. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. |