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This completely rewritten edition (first, 1990) creates a generic text for all adult intensive care units, with an emphasis on fundamental principles that should prove useful outside the context of the ICU, as well. The text is deliberately "problem- oriented" rather than being "disease-oriented": coverage ranges from a basic science review covering circulatory blood flow, respiratory gas transport, and the threat of oxidant injury to pharmaceutical toxins and antidotes and drug dosing adjustments in the ICU. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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This best-selling resource provides a general overview and basic information for all adult intensive care units. The material is presented in a brief and quick-access format which allows for topic and exam review. It provides enough detailed and specific information to address most all questions and problems that arise in the ICU. Emphasis on fundamental principles in the text should prove useful for patient care outside the ICU as well. New chapters in this edition include hyperthermia and hypothermia syndromes; infection control in the ICU; and severe airflow obstruction. Sections have been reorganized and consolidated when appropriate to reinforce concepts. Purchase The ICU Book, Third Edition and visit TheICUBook.com, which gives you free access to links from references to PubMed, updated regularly; and a directory of Websites handpicked by Dr. Marino.
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