Multiple organ dysfunction & failure : pathophysiology and clinical implications / [edited by] Virginia Huddleston Secor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Secor, Virginia Huddleston.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiple organ failure--Pathophysiology.

Multiple organ failure.

Multiple organ failure--Nursing.

Multiple Organ Failure--physiopathology.

Nursing.

Multiple Organ Failure--complications.

Multiple Organ Failure--nursing.

Medical Subjects:

Multiple Organ Failure--physiopathology.

Multiple Organ Failure--complications.

Multiple Organ Failure--nursing.

Physical Description:

xix, 457 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Multiple organ dysfunction and failure

Place of Publication:

St. Louis : Mosby, [1996]

Summary:

The revision of "Multiple Organ Dysfunction and Failure" provides up-to-date information on the science of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). This edition brings not only new science but new nomenclature based on the commendations of the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference. The text gives the experienced critical care practitioner the atho-physiologic background and understanding of MODS necessary to develop an effective plan of care and anticipate events associated with this syndrome.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Multisystem organ failure / [edited by] Virginia Byrn Huddleston. c1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815143257

OCLC:

34470942