COVID-19 Critical and Intensive Care Medicine Essentials 2022Denise Battaglini; Paolo Pelosi |
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Product detailsISBN: 9783030949914Edition: 1st Format: Paperback Category: AU $162.31 |
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Product descriptionThis book provides healthcare professionals in Critical Care setting an easy consultation guide to fight against COVID-19. The book is divided into sections: Fundamentals of COVID-19, Pneumological critical care, Neurological manifestations, Cardiovascular manifestations, Renal manifestations, Haemostasis and coagulation, Other multi-organs involvement, Principles of therapy.Each section includes:* brief pathophysiology of COVID-19 (ventilation, neurological, cardiovascular, etc.);* principles of management (enriched with flowcharts and figures);* principles of therapy;* tips and key messages.Readers can find the most updated advices on how to face the ongoing pandemic: from principles of conventional oxygen therapy, assisted and invasive mechanical ventilation in critically ill COVID-19 patients to the complications sometimes underestimated. Tables and flowcharts provided are based on current knowledge in COVID-19 to help the clinician managing COVID-19 patients by a multiple-organs prospective.Written by international key opinion leaders of each field, the book represents a point of reference for all professionals involved in the management of COVID-19 pandemic. |