Intensive care medicine, also called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes providing life support, invasive monitoring techniques, resuscitation, and end-of-life care. Doctors in this specialty are often called intensive care physicians, critical care physicians or intensivists.
Sample Chapter(s)
Preface (96 KB)
Components of the Book:
- Chapter 1
Pediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units in Brazil: a prospective multicenter study Pacientes pediátricos com COVID-19 admitidos em Unidades de Terapia Intensivano Brasil: um estudo prospectivo multicêntrico
- Chapter 2
Persistent pain in intensive care survivors: a systematic review
- Chapter 3
The experiences and needs of relatives of intensive care unit patients during the transition from the intensive care unit to a general ward: A qualitative study
- Chapter 4
Cross-Cultural Validation of the Intensive Care Experience Questionnaire in Korean Critical Care Survivors
- Chapter 5
Family nursing practice and family importance in care – Attitudes of nurses working in intensive care units
- Chapter 6
Advance directives in Austrian intensive care units: An analysis of prevalence and barriers
- Chapter 7
Professional nurses’ facilitation of self-care in intensive care units: A concept analysis
- Chapter 8
Patient involvement in micro-decisions in intensive care
- Chapter 9
Incidence, clinical features and outcome of Takotsubo syndrome in the intensive care unitIncidence, caractéristiques cliniques et pronostic du syndrome de Takotsubo en reanimation
- Chapter 10
Monitoring of sedation depth in intensive care unit by therapeutic drug monitoring? A prospective observation study of medical intensive care patients
Readership:
Students, academics, teachers, and other people attending or interested in Intensive Care.
Fernanda Lima-Setta
Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Otto J. M€akinen
Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Maaike Dautzenberg
Research Department Innovation of Care, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Mary Beth Happ
The Ohio State University, College of Nursing, 352 Newton Hall, 1585 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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