This bestselling handbook is a practical, complete, and current guide to medical and surgical critical care. This edition includes new chapters on disaster preparedness in the ICU, quality improvement and prophylaxis, non-antibiotic therapies for sepsis, and use of ultrasound in the ICU.
Third Edition
Written by faculty members at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Third Edition of this best-selling handbook is the definitive manual for all professionals involved in postoperative critical care. In a user-friendly outline format, this pocket-sized book presents reliable, up-to-date, hospital-tested protocols that reflect today's most advanced critical care practices. Chapters cover intensive care procedures, management of specific medical conditions, and postsurgical care after specific operations. Each chapter is organized to allow rapid information retrieval.