Civetta, Taylor and Kirby's Critical Care

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The leading critical care textbook since 1988, Civetta, Taylor and Kirby's Critical Care is now in its Fourth Edition, with a new editorial team, over thirty new chapters, and completely updated information. The book addresses every problem encountered in the intensive care unit and covers surgical critical care more thoroughly than any other text. Each chapter begins with immediate concerns and proceeds to broader-based discussions of relevant pathophysiologic and clinical issues.

This edition has new sections on shock states; pharmacology, nutrition, toxicology and the environment; and disaster management. New chapters include bedside ultrasound, point of care testing, neurogenic shock, anaphylactic shock, surgical infections, and acute coronary syndrome.

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Table of Contents

SECTION HEADINGS

INTRODUCTION/GENERAL CONCEPTS

MONITORING

TECHNIQUES, PROCEDURES, AND TREATMENTS

ESSENTIAL PHYSIOLOGIC CONCERNS

MODULATING THE RESPONSE TO INJURY

SHOCK STATES

PHARMACOLOGY, NUTRITION, TOXICOLOGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

THE SURGICAL PATIENT

ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DYSFUNCTION

RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

NEUROLOGIC DISEASE AND DYSFUNCTION

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE AND DYSFUNCTION

RENAL

ENDOCRINE DISEASE AND DYSFUNCTION

SKIN AND MUSCLE DISEASE AND DYSFUNCTION

HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC DISEASE AND DYSFUNCTION

SPECIALIZED MANAGEMENT ISSUES: DISASTER MANAGEMENT

APPENDICES