Intensive Care

Using real life case studies to link knowledge to actual practice and written by senior nurses for nurses, this resource is essential for all nurses who work in acute care settings. ...Less

This resource is the definitive guide to setting-up, equipping, staffing, and administering this acute care unit, and includes basic science such as physiology and pharmacology, specific symptoms including pain and vomiting, and has sections devoted to the unique post-operative needs of individual types of surgery. It also includes new material on risk management, administration and quality control; expanded sections on anaesthetic practice and infection prevention; and incorporates the recent developments in pain control, nausea and vomiting, care of children, pregnancy, and care of the cardiac patient. ...Less

A fourth edition of this very successful title details drugs in anaesthesia and intensive care in an A to Z format. ...

Presentation of medical information in a concise, evidence-based, and credible format remains a constant challenge. The vast amount of available knowledge necessitates a committed effort by editors and authors to highlight the new developments while reinforcing the core principles of medicine. To assist physicians in this ongoing challenge, the Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic remains committed to providing continuing professional development to physicians in a timely manner. Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Review, 9th edition, is designed to meet the needs of physicians who are in training and practicing clinicians by updating their knowledge in internal medicine and preparing them for the American Board of Internal Medicine certification and maintenance-of-certification examinations in internal medicine. The book is divided into subspecialty topics, and each chapter or subsection of a chapter is written by authors with wide clinical expertise in the area. Bulleted items address typical clinical scenarios. These scenarios emphasize 2 key points: the diagnosis of diseases by general internists and subspecialists in internal medicine and the predominance of pharmacologic management. Pharmacy review tables list the indications for and adverse effects of drugs and drug-drug interactions, knowledge that is of paramount importance for practicing physicians. ...Less

This essential guide brings together information in an easy-to-use format. Up-to-date, relevant, and evidence-based information on the management of the critically ill is combined in one resource, ideal for the use of Intensive Care Units, High Dependency Units, acute medical or surgical wards, Accident and Emergency departments and operating theatres. ...Less

End of life care in the ICU presents its own unique challenges, and this resource highlights real clinical issues which need to be addressed if quality palliative care within ICUs is to be consistently delivered. ...Less

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Skills for Children's and Young People's Nursing provides a concise, current, and evidence-based practical guide to all clinical skills relating to the care of children and young people. ...Less

Patient-centred and practical, the Oxford Handbook of Critical Care serves the consultant, trainee, nurse, and other allied health professionals as both a reference and aide memoir, as an indispensable guide to all aspects of critical care. ...Less