The Critically Ill Cardiac Patient: Multisystem Dysfunction and Management - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0397514654 ISBN 13: 9780397514656

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1996

Synopsis

This state-of-the-art clinical text reference on multisystem management provides detailed information on every aspect of patient management. Detailed focues on perioperative issues includes cardiac risk and management, abdominal crises in critically ill cardiac patients, cardiac trauma, and cardiovascular complication of organ transplantation. Obstetric emergencies in patients with cardiac disease are also covered and the use of scoring systems and outcome assessment is presented. Medical intensive care issues receiving coverage include respiratory failure, oxygen transport, regional circulation, cardiac metabolism in nutrition, renal failure, CNS dysfunction, sepsis and septic shock, critical care cardiac transport, coagulation, pharmacology, toxicology and advances in monitoring. Pharmacology issues covered include cardiac and non-cardiac effects of various drugs and the cardiac toxicity of both illicit and licit drugs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0397514654
• ISBN 13: 9780397514656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Kvetan Vladimir, Dantzker David R.