Intensive Care Essentials: A Practical Guide to Sepsis, Organ Failure, Hemodynamic Support, and Emergency Stabilization

Bellwyn, Damon J.; Kendris, Lyra T.; Halvorn, Everett M.; Valmere, Sienna R.; Elsdon, Roman P.

ISBN 13: 9798187729920

Edité par Independently published, 2026

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• Titre: Intensive Care Essentials: A Practical Guide to Sepsis, Organ Failure, Hemodynamic Support, and Emergency Stabilization
• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date de parution: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9798187729920
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Intensive Care Essentials is a structured guide to the emergencies, organ-support decisions, and clinical patterns that define critical care.

It is written for readers who need a practical framework for approaching unstable patients. Each major topic follows the same clinical sequence: recognize deterioration, stabilize immediate threats, identify the likely cause, support failing organs, monitor response, and escalate care when necessary.

What You Will Find Inside

• Core principles of airway management, oxygenation, ventilation, circulation, perfusion, and emergency stabilization

• Practical approaches to sepsis, septic shock, acute respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, electrolyte disorders, acid-base disturbances, and multiorgan dysfunction

• Hemodynamic support concepts, including fluid assessment, vasopressor use, shock recognition, urine-output monitoring, and perfusion reassessment

• Clinical approaches to altered mental status, severe bleeding, cardiac emergencies, thromboembolic disease, metabolic crises, and other high-acuity presentations

• Monitoring frameworks for vital signs, laboratory trends, blood gases, imaging findings, bedside observations, and response to treatment

• Escalation checkpoints that help readers recognize when a patient needs urgent intervention, specialist input, advanced support, or a revised management plan

• Practical guidance on communication, handoffs, treatment priorities, and transition planning after initial stabilization

This book is designed for medical students, residents, hospital clinicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and critical-care learners who want a stronger working foundation in acute care.

Intensive Care Essentials helps readers organize high-pressure clinical situations, recognize meaningful changes in patient condition, and approach critical illness with clearer priorities from first assessment through ongoing reassessment.