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Critical Care Sedation / edited by Angelo Raffaele De Gaudio, Stefano Romagnoli.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine.
- Anesthesiology.
- Emergency medicine.
- Critical care medicine.
- Medicine & Public Health.
- Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.
- Emergency Medicine.
- Local Subjects:
- Medicine & Public Health.
- Anesthesiology.
- Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.
- Emergency Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XI, 263 pages 29 illustrations, 19 illustrations in color)
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This book provides a practical and comprehensive guide to delivering analgesia and sedation to critically ill patients for professionals and caregivers being involved in the management of these patients. It discusses and explains in detail the advantages and limitations of each drug and device using clear flowcharts, diagrams and tables. Furthermore, it explores the new drugs and - above all - new sedation delivery systems, particularly those for administering volatile anesthetics on ICUs. Written by respected experts in the field, this book is a valuable and practical resource for anesthesists, intensivists and emergency physicians interested in sedation.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Stress Response
- Pain management in Critically Ill Patients
- Common Practice and Guidelines for Sedation in Critically Ill Patients
- Clinical and Instrumental Measures of Sedation
- Intravenous Sedatives and Analgesics
- Volatile Anesthetics
- Regional Anesthesia Techniques for Pain Control Critically ill Patients
- Neuromuscolar Blocking Agents
- Sedation and Hemodynamics
- Sedation and Immune System
- Sleep in the ICU
- Delirium in Critically Ill Patients
- Sedation in pediatric Critically Ill Patients
- Sedation in Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 9783319593128
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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