Published July, 2010
By Mark Tomlin
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
Series: Competency-Based Critical Care
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Effective drug administration is a crucial skill for any practitioner working in the critical care unit.In addition to the principles of pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, this volume alerts the reader to factors that affect drug action such as disease, pregnancy and age, and advises on how to adjust drug dosages accordingly.

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Published December, 2009
By John P. Adams, Michael D.D. Bell, Justin McKinlay and Dominic Bell
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
Series: Competency-Based Critical Care
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Management This book provides clear and concise guidelines for the clinician, on the management of adult brain injured patients. It steers the clinician through the complicated decisions that are demanded in these cases.

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Published August, 2009
By A. McLuckie
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
Series: Competency-Based Critical Care
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Medical training for Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) has made great developments over the years. Recent advances have led to the introduction of competency based training, with a strong focus on the development of specific competencies at basic, intermediate and advanced stages of learning.

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Published December, 2007
By Sara Blakeley
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
Series: Competency-Based Critical Care
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Increased recognition of the overlap between critical care and renal medicine, and recent advances in the understanding of acute renal failure and the application of renal replacement therapies, have brought increased attention to the nephrologist's role in the intensive care unit (ICU).

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Published November, 2007
By Simon Baudouin and Simon V. Baudouin
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
Series: Competency-Based Critical Care
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Discover new, effective strategies to prevent and treat sepsis. In this book, leading medical experts consider how the pathways implicated in early and late sepsis interact. Next, the book describes numerous pharmacological approaches that enable you to provide state-of-the-technology care for patients in both early and late sepsis.

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