Books /Advances in Critical Care Medicine

9781639879281

Murphy & Moore Publishing

English

2025

100

USD 155.99

Critical care medicine is a specialized branch of medicine dedicated to the management and treatment of patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries. It comprises of a multidisciplinary approach, involving intensivists, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare professionals working collaboratively in intensive care units (ICUs) or critical care units (CCUs). The primary goal of critical care medicine is to provide comprehensive and immediate care to stabilize patients and prevent further deterioration. This often involves advanced monitoring techniques, such as continuous hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, and organ support therapies. Critical care medicine also emphasizes the importance of timely diagnosis and intervention to optimize patient outcomes. Intensivists are trained to manage complex medical conditions, including sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), trauma, and post-operative complications. This book elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments with respect to critical care medicine. The objective of this book is to give a general view of the different areas of critical care medicine, and its applications. Scientists and students actively engaged in this field will find this book full of crucial and unexplored concepts.