Cardiac Intensive Care, 3rd Edition

This comprehensive resource provides a multidisciplinary, team-oriented approach to the latest advancements in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with critical cardiac illness. Led by Dr. David L. Brown, a team of authoritative experts guides you through the complexities of cardiac intensive care, ensuring you stay at the forefront of this rapidly evolving field.

Key Features:

• Up-to-Date Content: Stay current with the latest changes in cardiac intensive care, including new care paradigms, mechanical support modalities, therapies, and interventions.
• Expanded Coverage: Explore 11 new chapters covering palliative care, temporary pacemaker insertion, pericardiocentesis, distributive shock, electrical storm, and more.
• Interactive Online Features: Enhance your learning with heart sounds and murmurs, videos of clinical images and procedures, updates on clinical trials, research reviews, and more.
• Comprehensive Guidance: Gain a thorough understanding of acute and severe heart failure, chronic pulmonary hypertension, life-threatening dysrhythmias, aortic dissection, and other critical cardiac conditions.
• Drug Therapy Expertise: Master drug therapy for key cardiac medications, including inotropes, vasodilators, anti-arrhythmics, diuretics, anticoagulants, and anti-platelets, with detailed discussions of drug interactions.
• Multidisciplinary Approach: Ideal for all healthcare professionals involved in cardiac intensive care, including intensivists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, residents, fellows, nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, and nutritionists.
• Enhanced eBook: Access the full content of the book, including all images and interactive features, on a variety of devices. Plus, stay current with an up-to-date collection of all relevant ACC/AHA and ESC guidelines.