Critical Care Medicine, 5th Edition - Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult

Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult, 5th Edition is your essential resource for staying current with the latest advances in critical care. This completely revised edition delivers expert, practical guidance on a wide range of clinical scenarios encountered in the ICU, making it ideal for intensivists, residents, fellows, and nurse practitioners.

Key Enhancements:

• New Chapters: Includes new chapters on bedside ultrasound applications, mechanical assist devices, and ECMO.
• Administrative Insights: Features new administrative chapters on performance improvement, quality, length of stay, and working with regulatory bodies.
• Enhanced Visuals: New videos and images provide visual guidance and clarify complex topics.
• Expanded Echocardiography Coverage: Expanded chapters on echocardiography in the ICU and valvular heart disease, including TAVR.
• Ventilation Expertise: Separate chapters on mechanical ventilation for obstructive airway disease and ARDS, including recent PEEP setting changes.
• Key Topic Updates: Covers patient-ventilator synchrony and non-invasive ventilation for COPD patients with acute respiratory failure.
• Septic Shock Guidance: Reflects recent literature on fluid management, vasopressor selection, and steroid use in septic shock.
• Self-Assessment Tools: Provides questions and answers in every chapter for review.
• Enhanced eBook: Access the complete text, figures, and references on various devices.