Current Critical Care Diagnosis and Treatment

All the management and diagnosis strategies you need in the critical care environmentA Doody's Core Title!CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Critical Care delivers authoritative and clinically focused guidance in a concise, find-it-now format. Following the trusted LANGE approach, it includes a review of the etiology, relevant pathophysiology, and clinical symptoms as a prelude to diagnosis and treatment. Coverage includes everything from renal failure and surgical infections to coronary heart disease. There is a strong emphasis on evidence-based medicine throughout.Features:Comprehensive overview of 39 key critical care topics, covering critical care basics, medical critical care, and the essentials of surgical critical careValuable perspectives on the latest technologies, equipment, therapeutic strategies, and interventionsAddresses common but difficult-to-diagnose critical care problems and delivers approach to the patient strategiesNEW! Important treatment strategies for venous thromboembolism, acute respiratory distress syndrome, diabetic ketoacidosis, asthma, sepsis, and many moreNEW! Current recommendations for deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, transfusions, goal-directed therapy in sepsis, mechanical ventilation, use of pulmonary artery catheters, and glycemic controlNEW! PMID numbers on all references for easy look-up