Acute and Critical Care Medicine at a Glance

The at a Glance series is popular among medical students and junior doctors for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with colour summary diagrams on the left page and explanatory text on the right. Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory subject texts or for revision purposes, and are useful throughout medical school and beyond. Everything you need to know about Acute and Critical Care Medicine...at a Glance! Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, and now in full-colour, Acute and Critical Care Medicine at a Glance is an accessible introduction and revision text for medical students. Fully revised and updated to reflect changes to the content and assessment methods used by medical schools, this at a Glance provides a user-friendly overview of Acute and Critical Care Medicine to encapsulate all that the student needs to know. This new edition of Acute and Critical Care Medicine at a Glance:* Provides a brief and straightforward, yet rapid, introduction to care of the critically ill that can be easily assimilated prior to starting a new job or clinical attachment* Encompasses the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic skills required to manage acutely ill patients in a variety of settings* Includes assessment of the acutely unwell patient, monitoring, emergency resuscitation, oxygenation, circulatory support, methods of ventilation and management of a wide variety of medical and surgical emergencies* Includes new chapters on fluid management, oxygenation, non-invasive ventilation, recognition of the seriously ill patient and hospital-acquired infections This book is an invaluable resource for all undergraduates in medicine, as well as clinical medical students, junior doctors, nurses caring for acutely-ill patients and paramedics. Pre-publication reviews: "The material forms an excellent basis for junior doctors in critical care and anaesthesia to get a good grounding in the subject, without appearing too scary." -Senior House Officer "The system-based approach...provides excellent reference material when studying a particular subject, allowing the reader to easily delve into the book when necessary, without having to read from cover-to-cover. It is an excellent revision aid...Much time has gone into eliminating superfluous data so maximal essential information can be conveyed quickly." -UCL student

ISBN 1405161396   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781405161398 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 478 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Chicester Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Series title At a Glance Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9781405106665 Publication date 29 Jul 2009   Height (mm) 275 Library of Congress 2008055876   Width (mm) 220 DEWEY 616.028   Spine width (mm) 8 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 144

		Units, symbols and abbreviations		8
1		Recognizing the unwell patient		12
2		Admission and ongoing management of the acutely unwell patient		14
3		Monitoring in acute and critical care medicine		16
4		Oxygen transport		18
5		Cardiopulmonary resuscitation		20
6		Shock		22
7		Circulatory assessment		24
8		Fluid management		26
9		Fluid choice: specific situations		28
10		Inotropes and vasopressors		29
11		Failure of oxygenation and respiratory failure		30
12		Oxygenation and oxygen therapy		32
13		Airways obstruction and management		34
14		Non-invasive ventilation		36
15		Endotracheal intubation		38
16		Mechanical ventilation		40
17		Respiratory management, weaning and tracheostomy		42
18		Arterial blood gases and acid-base balance		44
19		Analgesia, sedation and paralysis		46
20		Enteral and parenteral nutrition		48
21		Hypothermia and hyperthermia		50
22		SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock		52
23		Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections		54
24		End of life issues		56
25		Acute coronary syndromes I: clinical pathophysiology		58
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