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
VI
105
VII
149
IX
193
XI
209
XIII
315
XV
365
XXVIII
693
XXX
733
XXXII
747
XXXIII
799
XXXV
819
XXXIX
881
XLI
925
XLIII
959

XVI
403
XIX
455
XX
529
XXI
575
XXIV
577
XXVI
655
XLIV
979
XLV
981
XLVI
987
XLIX
995
LI
1005
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