Intensive Care Unit Manual is a practical, hands-on, how-to manual that <b>covers the full spectrum of conditions encountered in the ICU</b>, guiding you step-by-step from your initial approach to the patient through diagnosis and treatment. Compact, affordable, and comprehensive, the <i>ICU Manual</i> puts <b>all the critical care information you need right at your fingertips!</b><ul> <li>Stay at the forefront of critical care with a practice-oriented, relevant, and well-illustrated account of the pathophysiology of critical disease, presented in a highly readable format.</li> <li><b>Gain valuable insight into the recognition, evaluation, and management of critical conditions</b> such as respiratory, hemodynamic, and infectious diseases; management of ICU patients with special clinical conditions; cardiovascular, hematologic, and neurological disorders; poisoning and overdoses; trauma and burns; and much more!</li></ul><ul> <li><b>Grasp the latest developments in critical care with extensive updates and revisions to several key chapters</b>, as well as brand-new chapters on Alcohol Withdrawal Syndromes; Acute Heart Failure Syndromes; Noninvasive Ventilation; and more ICU conditions.</li> <li><b>Understand and apply the most important ICU practices</b>, including management of acute respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and the care of patients with special needs, AIDS, end-stage renal disease, or end-stage liver disease.</li> <li><b>Get convenient access to the full text and image library online at Expert Consult</b>, in addition to online-only text, figures, and tables from the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndromes and Acute Heart Failure Syndromes chapters.</li></ul>