Essential Guide to Acute Care

by Nicola Cooper, Paul Cramp

Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
Number Of Pages: 217
Publication Date: 2003-08-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0727916483
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780727916488
Binding: Paperback

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Rating: 5
This book contains everything you really need to know about acute care that you can't find in a standard textbook and have probably never been taught before. It is written for:
- junior trainees in internal medicine, general surgery, emergency medicine, anaesthesia and critical care
- clinical medical students
- nursing staff and allied professionals working in critical care areas

Two experienced teachers explain the principles of acute care simply yet comprehensively. This book is practical and case-based. Throughout, `mini-tutorials' expand on the latest thinking or controversies.

Chapters include: patients at risk (recognising critical illness and the use of early warning scores), oxygen, acid-base balance, respiratory failure, fluid balance and volume resuscitation, circulatory failure and the use of inotropes, sepsis, acute renal failure, brain failure and optimising physiology before surgery.

This book is essential reading for anyone who looks after acutely ill adults.

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Essential Guide to Blood Groups

by Geoff Daniels, Imelda Bromilow

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 112
Publication Date: 2006-11-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405153490
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405153492
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:

Essential Guide to Blood Groups is the only pocket sized guide to provide essential information on blood group systems. The main aim of the blood transfusion laboratory is to promote safe blood transfusion. The avoidance of errors, from sample receipt and laboratory testing through to the release of blood for transfusion, is of paramount importance. Knowledge of immunohaematology theory and its application to blood transfusion together with the principles of good laboratory practice are essential.

This handbook helps to address these important issues and also covers:

• the serology, inheritance, biochemistry, and molecular genetics of the most important blood group systems


• their clinical importance


• techniques used in blood grouping, troubleshooting, and quality assurance

This unique and practical guide:

• is written by leaders in the field, including the author of the best seller Human Blood Groups


• provides the basic knowledge of blood groups needed by all those working in the important fields of transfusion medicine and science.


• helps in resolving commonly encountered problems

Essential Guide to Blood Groups will be valuable for undergraduate medical laboratory scientists and for postgraduate scientists and medical practitioners training to specialise in transfusion and transplantation. As a pocket edition, it will also be a useful addition to other reference works on blood groups for quick access to information for medical practitioners and in red cell immunohaematology laboratories.

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Airway Management in Emergencies

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (October 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071470050
by George Kovacs and J. Adam Law

Product Description

Learn the clinical skills necessary to treat any emergency airway problem

Written by international experts in a style that's concise, practical and to the point, Airway Management in Emergencies covers all the options-both medical and surgical-for managing any patient's airway in an emergency. Here, you'll find the core knowledge and accompanying management protocols necessary to assess, oxygenate, intubate, and monitor patients requiring emergency airway management.

In each chapter, this high-yield coverage is supported by evidence-based algorithms, synoptic tips, and real-world case studies that show you how to resolve any difficult airway scenario you would likely encounter in clinical practice.

Features

• Highlighted key points in each chapter
• Skill-sharpening review of “core knowledge”
• Over 100 figures that include a combination of original art work, fluoroscopy and Airwaycam® images.
• A practical overview of both established and newer emergency airway equipment
• Far-reaching coverage addressing both the anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway, the uncooperative patient, and the 'failed' airway.
• Chapters on treating a range of patient populations and clinical presentations including an approach to the pediatric, the elderly, and the critically ill patient
• Perspectives on when and how to perform both 'awake' and rapid sequence intubations and effectively administer post-intubation care
• A closing chapter on the interrelationship between human performance and patient safety-and how to optimize both in caring for patients requiring acute airway management

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ECG Interpretation: The Self-Assessment Approach

by Zainul Abedin, Robert Conner

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2007-11-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405167491
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405167499
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:

Accurate interpretation of the ECG is an essential skill for all health professionals. Using a unique self-assessment format, this book presents a comprehensive, incremental approach to ECG interpretation, progressing from basic to advanced concepts in electrocardiography . Amply illustrated with electrocardiograms both in the main text and the self-assessments, ECG Interpretation is a must-have practical guide that features:

• An appealing, user-friendly format that will help with exam preparation
• Clearly defined learning objectives to guide readers efficiently through the intricacies of ECG interpretation
• Numerous practical examples of ECG strips to illustrate important concepts, including clean ECG strips to practice skills
• Multiple-choice questions to consolidate learning and emphasize pertinent facts

This second edition has been thoroughly revised from the original 12-lead ECG Interpretation: The Self-Assessment Approach, with fully updated text, additional electrocardiograms and new chapters covering a variety of arrhythmias and ion channelopathies. The book is an essential aid to structured learning for electrophysiologist s cardiologists in training, Internists, emergency room physicians, , medical students, nurses and. cardiac technicians.

a very nice and smal book, yet very good quality pictures

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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus:: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practical Management (Contemporary Endocrinology)

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus:: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practical Management (Contemporary Endocrinology)
by Mark N. Feinglos, Mary Angelyn Bethel

Publisher: Humana Press
Number Of Pages: 488
Publication Date: 2008-05-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1588297942
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781588297945
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:

In this book, the authors of each chapter have synthesized the currently available evidence regarding specific issues in diabetes care. We begin with background information on the epidemiology and pathology of disease. Following are chapters addressing specific issues in the diagnosis and treatment of type 2 diabetes. Chapters integrating the best evidence for the evaluation and treatment of comorbidities of diabetes, including hypetension, hyperlipidemia, and vascular disease collect a wealth of information in a single resource. Finally, we have highlighted related conditions, including fatty liver disease, pregnancy, and polycystic ovarian syndrome, and barriers to treatment, including stress, depression, and patient motivation.

The chapters in this book have been written by an interdisciplinary team of scientists and medical professionals. Such an approach emphasizes the need for collaboration in the care of any individual with diabetes and in the effort to find new therapies for the disease. We hope that this reference can provide practical guidance in a single resource for clinicians and scientist alike in our combined endeavor to provide the best care and new opportunities for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

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150 Practice ECGs: Interpretation and Review

150 Practice ECGs: Interpretation and Review

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2005-12-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 140510483X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405104838
Binding: Spiral-bound
Product Description:

The third edition of 150 Practice ECGs: Interpretation and Review combines practice tracings with clinical cardiology, providing students with the practical knowledge necessary to read, interpret, and understand ECGs. This essential review book is organized into three sections: introductory text reviewing ECG diagnostic criteria, pathophysiology, and clinical correlation; 150 ECG tracings with a brief clinical history; and interpretation and teaching points for each of the 150 ECGs.

150 Practice ECGs: Interpretation and Review, 3rd Edition is ideal as an introductory text for medical and nursing students at any stage of training, for residents and fellows as a refresher before board exams, and for the sophisticated student/teacher as a comprehensive teaching file.

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Drug-Drug Interactions, Second Edition

Drug-Drug Interactions, Second Edition (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences)
By A. David Rodrigues

Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Number Of Pages: 768
Publication Date: 2008-02-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0849375932
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780849375934
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:

Helping researchers predict drug interactions in a more accurate and effective manner, this comprehensive volume covers every critical aspect of metabolism-based drug-drug interactions, including preclinical, clinical, toxicological, regulatory, and marketing perspectives by renowned thought leaders in their respective fields. Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition reflects key developments in the field, including an improved understanding of the relationship between transporters and enzymes in drug metabolism and drug interactions. Formatted to benefit the reader, this source provides helpful case examples, representative enzyme systems, and computer-aided modeling, as well as 200 valuable tables, equations, drawings, and photographs to clarify key concepts

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