Designed for quick reference, this compact guide offers essential information in a concise outline format, making it perfect for use at the bedside. Each chapter has been rewritten to focus on crucial facts and formulas that are vital for patient care in the adult ICU. Its portable size allows it to fit conveniently in a coat pocket, ensuring healthcare professionals have immediate access to key insights and guidelines in critical situations.
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.