Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine: Comprehensive Guide for Adult Intensive Care Environment

With a focus on evidence-based, state-of-the-art information, the eighth edition of Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine offers authoritative guidance to specialty physicians and non-physicians practicing in the adult intensive care environment.

Interprofessional and Collaborative Approach

This comprehensive textbook covers both theoretical and practical aspects of the field, encompassing anesthesia, surgery, trauma, and neurology, as well as cardiovascular and medical intensive care. The interprofessional approach ensures that practitioners from various disciplines can collaborate effectively in the complex field of intensive care medicine.

Comprehensive Coverage of Critical Care Topics

The book maintains a practical, clinically-oriented approach, with comprehensive sections on:

• Procedures, techniques, and ultrasound
• Minimally invasive monitoring
• Pharmacology, overdoses, and poisoning
• Infectious disease
• Transplantation
• Critical care consequences of agents of mass destruction

New Chapters and Enhanced Content

This edition features many new chapters, including a dedicated section on Palliative Care and Ethical Issues in the Critical Care Unit. Additionally, the book includes five hours of expertly narrated video demonstrating the ideal use of point-of-care ultrasonography, embedded into 23 relevant chapters.

ICU Design, Organization, Operation, and Outcome Measures

A comprehensive section addresses important changes and advances regarding safety, clinical practice guidelines, decreasing the cost of care, tele-ICU, and more, ensuring that intensive care units are optimized for patient care.

Updated Content Reflecting Advances in Critical Care

Extensive updates reflect advances in:

• Cardiovascular intensive care
• Surgical critical care
• Shock and trauma
• Sepsis management

Recommendations are backed by randomized controlled clinical trials, summarized in quick-reference tables throughout the book.

Enhanced eBook Experience

With your book purchase, you’ll receive a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook, featuring:

• Ability to download on multiple devices
• Powerful search tools and smart navigation
• Multiple viewing options for scaling images and text
• Responsive design for seamless reading online or offline
• Ability to highlight text and add notes with one click

Upgrade your intensive care knowledge with Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, the ultimate resource for practitioners in the adult intensive care environment.