The ICU Book

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007 - Medical - 1065 pages

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.

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Contents

III
3
V
39
VII
105
VIII
149
X
193
XII
209
XIV
315
XVI
365
XXVIII
693
XXX
733
XXXI
747
XXXII
799
XXXIV
819
XXXVIII
881
XXXIX
925
XLI
959

XVII
403
XX
455
XXI
529
XXII
575
XXV
577
XXVII
655
XLII
979
XLIII
981
XLIV
987
XLVII
995
XLIX
1005
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