Reducing mortality in critically ill patients [electronic resource] / Giovanni Landoni, Marta Mucchetti, Alberto Zangrillo, Rinaldo Bellomo, editors.
2015
RC86.7
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Title
Reducing mortality in critically ill patients [electronic resource] / Giovanni Landoni, Marta Mucchetti, Alberto Zangrillo, Rinaldo Bellomo, editors.
ISBN
9783319175157 electronic book
3319175157 electronic book
9783319175140
3319175157 electronic book
9783319175140
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2015]
Language
English
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1 online resource.
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10.1007/978-3-319-17515-7 doi
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RC86.7
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.028
Summary
This book describes the techniques, strategies, and drugs that have been demonstrated by multicenter randomized trials to influence survival in critically ill patients, defined as those who have acute failure of at least one organ, due to either a pathological condition or a medical intervention, and require intensive care treatment. Each chapter focuses on a specific procedure, device, or drug. The scope is accordingly wide, with coverage of topics as diverse as noninvasive mechanical ventilation, protective ventilation, prone positioning, intravenous salbutamol in ARDS, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, mild hypothermia after cardiac arrest, daily interruption of sedatives, tranexamic acid, diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin, albumin, growth hormone, glutamine supplementation, tight glucose control, supranormal oxygen delivery, and hydroxyethyl starch in sepsis. The topic selection was made using a democracy-based approach in which hundreds of specialists from dozens of countries expressed, via the web, whether they agreed with these topics and whether they used the techniques in their daily clinical practice. The clear text is supported by "how to do" sections and "key point" boxes that provide easily accessible practical information. The book will be of interest for a wide variety of specialists, including intensivists, emergency doctors, and anesthesiologists.
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Landoni, Giovanni, editor.
Mucchetti, Marta, editor.
Zangrillo, Alberto, editor.
Bellomo, Rinaldo, editor.
Mucchetti, Marta, editor.
Zangrillo, Alberto, editor.
Bellomo, Rinaldo, editor.
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