The Oxford Specialist Handbook in Cardiothoracic Critical Care summarises current knowledge and provides an evidence-based approach to all aspects of patient care. It is written by leading experts in the field and provides a guide to clinical decision making in a user-friendly format. Written in the Oxford Handbook format, each section is comprised of short topics ideal for quick reference. Portable, accessible, and reliable, the book equips the clinician with the basic scientific and clinical knowledge to safely assist in formulating management plans, based on current best practice. It is intuitively divided in to four sections, concisely covering; postoperative management, organ dysfunction, specific patient groups and treatments and procedures. This allows confidence in the management of all patients in the cardiothoracic critical care unit, including patients immediately following cardiac surgery, those with acute cardiovascular disorders, those with pre-existing cardiac disease and many others. It will provide knowledge and instil confidence for the procedures regularly performed such as pacing, central venous cannulation and echocardiography. This concise and practical handbook would be useful to the general intensivist and is an indispensable pocket reference for intensive care nurses, advanced critical care practitioners and trainees & consultants in cardiothoracic surgery and critical care. This edition has been updated to cover all recent advances in the management of this critically unwell patient group.
Sobre o autor(a)
Smith, Robyn
Robyn Smith é uma cartunista jamaicana, conhecida por seu trabalho como ilustradora em Nubia: The Real One – uma graphic novel da DC Comics, escrita por L.L. McKinney. Em 2021, Robyn escreveu e ilustrou o livro de quadrinhos autobiográficos The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town. Ela é Mestra em Belas-Artes pelo Center for Cartoon Studies, e desenhou quadrinhos para o site College Humor e para a revista The Nib. Ama bolo, gatos e possui o sonho de voltar para a casa, para o oceano. |
| ISBN | 9780192897862 |
| Autor(a) | Smith, Robyn |
| Editora | Oxford University Press - USA |
| Ano de edição | 2026 |
| Páginas | 512 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 17,30 X 09,70 |