Principles of Critical Care: The Definitive Guide to Diagnosing and Treating Critical Illnesses

By Gregory Schmidt, John Kress, and Ivor S. Douglas, “Hall, Schmidt, and Wood’s Principles of Critical Care” is the authoritative guide to diagnosing and treating the most common problems encountered in critical care practice. This comprehensive and current textbook provides expert insights from experienced critical care physicians who are also accomplished teachers.

What Sets This Guide Apart

This peerless guide stands out from other critical care resources due to its:

• Thorough and clear organization, making it easy to find the information you need
• Copious diagnostic and treatment algorithms to guide your decision-making
• Consensus on complex and often-conflicting data in critical care practice

Comprehensive Coverage of Critical Care Medicine

The textbook covers every aspect of critical care medicine essential to successful clinical practice, ranging from basic principles to the latest technologies. This updated fifth edition features:

• In-depth, up-to-date descriptions of the unique presentation, differential diagnosis, and management of specific critical illnesses
• A logical organ system approach that simplifies the search for practical information necessary to manage a patient’s specific condition
• New chapters on Oxygen Delivery Systems, Ultrasound in Critical Care, Fungal and Viral Infections, Pulmonary Hypertension, Alcohol Withdrawal, and COVID-19 and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

Enhanced Content for Critical Care Professionals

This edition also includes new material on:

• Critical care pandemic preparedness and response
• Cross-disciplinary chapters addressing the structures and systems of critical care, including staffing, safety, and informatics
• Contributions on caregiver and family issues and the implications of disordered sleep for the critically ill

This 1504-page, full-color textbook provides a wealth of information to support critical care professionals in their daily practice.

Product Details:

• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
• Edition: 5th edition (August 18, 2023)
• Language: English
• Hardcover: 1504 pages
• ISBN-10: 1264264356
• ISBN-13: 978-1264264353

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