SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE HANDBOOK, THE: GUIDELINES FOR CARE OF THE SURGICAL PATIENT IN THE ICU

This handbook considers topics that have general application to critically ill patients. Basic pathophysiology and understanding of its role in critical care monitoring and management are covered, followed by a close look at trauma-related and non-trauma-related entities likely to afflict the critically ill surgical patient.

The authors are practitioners who are experts in their field. They represent the team approach to critical care management, where members from the divisions of anesthesia, internal medicine, respiratory medicine, infectious disease, and surgical specialties all contribute to formulating intervention, assessment, and management plans for the critically ill surgical patient.

By emphasizing the surgical conditions requiring critical care, The Surgical Critical Care Handbook will be a quick and easy reference for any medical trainee or practitioner aspiring to join the ICU.