Critical Care Handbook of the Massachussetts General Hospital, 5th Edition (ORIGINAL PDF from Publisher)

by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Hasan Alam (Editor), Rae M. Allain (Editor), Edward A. Bittner (Editor), Dean R. Hess (Editor) Written by the multidisciplinary intensive care unit staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Fifth Edition of this best-selling handbook is a practical, complete, and current guide to medical and surgical critical care. In a user-friendly outline format designed for rapid reference, this pocket-sized book presents reliable, hospital-tested protocols that reflect today's most advanced critical care practices. This edition includes new chapters on disaster preparedness in the ICU, quality improvement and prophylaxis, non-antibiotic therapies for sepsis, and use of ultrasound in the ICU. An appendix provides supplemental drug information. Product Details ISBN-13: 9780781795661 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publication date: 12/29/2009 Edition description: Fifth Edition number: 5 Pages: 752