Published July, 2009
By Adrian Chenzbraun
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Echocardiography is still relatively underused in the management of critically ill and hemodynamically unstable patients. The basis for the creation this book was the fruit of teaching sessions and ward rounds during which the interest and receptiveness for this topic were obvious.

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Published July, 2009
By Michael R. Pinsky, Laurent Brochard, Goran Hedenstierna and Jordi Mancebo
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Revised and updated for this second edition, this compendium is essential to the effective delivery of acute care medicine and has been written by renowned experts in the field. It will serve as an invaluable reference source on key everyday issues.

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Published June, 2009
By Joseph E. Parrillo and Anand Kumar
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Nursing
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Describes modern critical care techniques in a historical context. This book includes such topics as 'Shock and Organ failure', 'Battlefield trauma, traumatic shock and consequences: War-related advances in critical care', and Lessons from Modern Disasters and Wars: Bhopal, Chernobyl, Oklahoma City Bombing, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Tsunami, Iraq'.

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Published June, 2009
By Maurizio Marzegalli, Massimo Romanò and Roberta Bertona
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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Published June, 2009
By Jordi Rello, Emilio Diaz, Alejandro Rodriguez and Emili Diaz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Sepsis is a very significant public health problem. This book reviews in detail how sepsis should be managed on the basis of a novel approach to staging. The book clearly explains the advantages of the PIRO approach in different settings.

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Published May, 2009
By David L. Berger
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford American Handbooks of Medicine
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Published May, 2009
By FACP, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks and Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, MD, Ph.D, FACP
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Contemporary Neurology Series
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Published May, 2009
By Armando Sarti
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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Published May, 2009
By Kent R. Olson and Tiziana Della Puppa
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Published May, 2009
By Lena M. Napolitano
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Nursing
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Presents an evolving alternative to blood transfusion. This issue explores its potential with topics such as 'HBOCs from Human or Bovine Hemoglobin', 'Comparison of HBOCs to Stored Human Red Blood Cells', 'HBOCs and Tissue Oxygenation', and, 'HBOCs: Role in surgery, resuscitation or hemorrhagic shock?'

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