Product Description

Few specialties are as exacting as critical care; the holistic complexity of the patient with multi-system dysfunction, the out-of-hours commitment, the often stressful and highly charged situations requiring considerable agility of brain and hand, and the continuing evolution, and occasional revolution in perceived 'best-practice' place major demands on intensive care unit staff. Decision making at the bedside should ideally be systematic, problem-oriented and based upon sound pathophysiological principles, and rapid access to up-to-date information is necessary.

The Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text aimed at fulfilling these requirements, covering all aspects of intensive care management. The traditional chapter layout of a textbook has been abandoned in favour of system-oriented sections. Each section is sub-divided into short topics grouped within the section according to clinical problems, and 2-colour diagrams and illustrations throughout the text will aid clarity. The Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is an international text, and balanced views are given where international differences exist. It will be an indispensable companion for all those who deal with critically ill patients.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2050950 in Books
• Published on: 1999-02-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1421 pages

Review
" ... a comprehensive collection of topics that covers the range of problems experienced in a multidisciplinary critical-care unit. ... admirably covers not only the clinical aspects of critical care, but also unit design and management, medico-legal issues, ethics, monitoring, pharmacotherapeutics, equipment, and procedural skills. ... appeal to a wide audience of critical-care practitioners, including consultants, housestaff, nurses, and respiratory therapists ... should be placed in the intensive-care unit, so that the information can be accessible at the bedside.... an attractive discipline-based textbook ... " Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Aug 1999)

"... truly an important new reference and educational text in the field of Critical Care Medicine. ... one that should be added to the library of critical care departments. The format of the book makes it an excellent text for students studying for critical care examinations." Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia (Dec 1999)

About the Author
Andrew R. Webb, Director, Intensive Care and Cardiac Services, University College London Hospitals. Marc J. Shapiro, Professor of Surgery and Anaesthesiology; Director, Trauma Service, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center. Mervyn Singer, Director, The Bloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, London.

Customer Reviews

A good and practical textbook
It is a very good textbook of critical care medicine.It is simple and precise.

look for the CD-ROM of this book
I do not known if I want to get the CD-ROM of this book,whether it is selled with the book or I can buy the CD-ROM only.