PRINCIPLES OF CRITICAL ILLNESS AND INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE: A Comprehensive Guide to Acute Physiology, Resuscitation, Mechanical Ventilation, ... Failure, Sepsis, and Modern Critical Care - Couverture souple

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Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798160532837

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Critical illness rarely affects one organ in isolation. A patient with severe infection may simultaneously develop shock, respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, coagulopathy, altered consciousness, metabolic disturbances, and cardiovascular instability. Successful intensive care therefore depends on understanding how these systems interact—and knowing how to recognize deterioration, stabilize physiology, support failing organs, and continuously reassess the response to treatment.

PRINCIPLES OF CRITICAL ILLNESS AND INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE is a comprehensive clinical guide designed to build that integrated understanding.

From the fundamental biology of critical illness to advanced mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, extracorporeal support, neurocritical care, trauma, toxicology, sepsis, organ failure, and emerging technologies, this book provides a detailed yet clinically focused exploration of modern intensive care medicine.

Rather than presenting ICU medicine as a collection of isolated protocols, the text emphasizes physiology, clinical reasoning, pattern recognition, and decision-making. Readers are guided through the mechanisms behind deterioration and the principles that determine when to escalate, modify, or de-escalate organ support.

Inside, you will explore:

1. Initial assessment, resuscitation, and management of the deteriorating patient
2. Oxygen delivery, tissue perfusion, lactate physiology, and cellular metabolism
3. Acid–base, electrolyte, fluid, and metabolic emergencies
4. Airway management and emergency respiratory stabilization
5. Acute respiratory failure, ARDS, and advanced lung-protective ventilation
6. Mechanical ventilation, ventilator waveforms, PEEP, driving pressure, and patient–ventilator interaction
7. Liberation from mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy management
8. Hemodynamic monitoring, fluid responsiveness, vasopressors, and inotropes
9. Shock, sepsis, septic shock, and microcirculatory dysfunction
10. Acute cardiac emergencies, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation care
11. Acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy

Each chapter combines advanced physiology with bedside application and includes learning objectives, key terms, clinical case studies, scenario-based questions, practical tables, memorable clinical tips, and focused chapter summaries to reinforce understanding.

This book is designed for medical students, residents, critical-care trainees, physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, advanced practice clinicians, paramedics, and other healthcare professionals seeking a deeper understanding of the critically ill patient.

Whether used for structured learning, clinical revision, professional development, or bedside reference, PRINCIPLES OF CRITICAL ILLNESS AND INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE offers a comprehensive framework for understanding one of the most complex and demanding areas of modern medicine.

Critical care is not simply about supporting failing organs—it is about understanding why they are failing, how they interact, and what must be done next.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798160532837
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• Nombre de pages: 468
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg