This is a practical guide to management of life-threatening cardiovascular conditions facing staff on high dependency units and cardiothoracic surgery units. It provides basic information followed by illustrative cases recommending best practice. Cardiovascular conditions are among the most common and most life-threatening that critical care staff have to deal with, and this book will be an invaluable source of information in intensive care as well as the specialist units. This well illustrated text will fill a gap in the market for a bookon management of acutely ill patients with a cardiovascular condition.Chief editor: Mark J.D. Griffiths MRCP PhD, Consultant Physician, Adult Intensive Care Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital Jeremy J. Cordingley MBBS MRCP FRCA EDICM, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, Royal Brompton Hospital Mario Petrou PhD FRCS (CTh), Consultant Cardiac and Transplant Surgeon, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust Susanna S. Price MB BS BSc MRCP EDICM PhD, Consultant Cardiologist and Intensivist, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-4857-3
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 504
- Fecha Publicación: 14/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés