--- Description ---

Critical care medicine is an evolving specialty in which the amount of available information is growing daily and spread across a myriad of books, journals, and websites. This essential guide brings together this information in an easy-to-use format. Up-to-date, relevant, and evidence-based information on the management of the critically ill is combined in one resource, ideal for the use of Intensive Care Units, High Dependency Units, acute medical or surgical wards, Accident and Emergency departments, and operating theatres.

The book is designed such that each subject forms a self-contained topic in its own right, laid out across two or four pages to facilitate the key aim of rapid and easy access to information. This makes the information included simple to find, read, and absorbo, so that the book can be consulted in the clinic or ward setting for informtion on the optimum management of a particular condition.

With chapters written by internationally renowned critical care specialists and edited by three of the leading figures in UK Critical Care, this book should be an essential resource for all critical care physicians.

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The definitive reference on the latest evidence based practice in critical care
Designed to cover the whole discipline of critical care, advocating the optimum management of a particular condition
Reflects current best practice with an international expert author team
Topics are presented in a consistent easy-to-read format for reference during a busy clinic

--- About the Author(s) ---

Carl Waldmann, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK , Neil Soni, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK , and Andrew Rhodes, Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK