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Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine Eighth Edition By Richard S. Irwin, MD, Master FCCP, Professor of Medicine and Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, Chair, Critical Care Operations, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA; Craig M. Lilly, MD, FCCP, Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Surgery, University of Massachu- setts, Vice Chair, Critical Care Operations, Director, Tele-ICU Program, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA; Paul Mayo, MD, FCCP, Clini- cal Professor of Medicine, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, Academic Director Critical Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Northwell LIJ/NSUH, New Hyde Park, NY; and James M. Rippe, MD, Founder and Director, Rippe Lifestyle Institute, Shrewsbury, MA DESCRIPTION With a focus on evidence-based, state-of-the-art information throughout, the

eighth edition of Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine offers authoritative guidance to the wide variety of spe- cialty physicians and non-physicians practicing in the adult intensive care environment. This comprehensive textbook covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of the field, and has been completely updated to provide encyclopedic, interprofessional coverage to support practitioners in every area of this complex field. FEATURES ▶ ▶ Approaches intensive care from an interprofessional, collaborative perspective, encompassing anesthesia, surgery, trauma, and neuro, as well as cardiovascular and medical intensive care. ▶ ▶ Maintains a practical, clinically-oriented approach, with comprehensive sections on procedures, techniques, and ultrasound; minimally invasive monitoring; pharmacology, overdoses, and poisoning; infectious disease; transplantation; critical care consequences of agents of mass destruction; and many more. ▶ ▶ Features many new chapters, and an entirely new section on Palliative Care and Ethical Issues in the Critical Care Unit. ▶ ▶ Reflects the rising importance of point-of-care ultrasonography with five hours of expertly narrated video embedded into 23 relevant chapters, clearly depicting the ideal use of this tool for intensivists . ▶ ▶ Includes a section on ICU Design, Organization, Operation, and Outcome Measures that addresses important changes and advances regarding safety, clinical practice guidelines, decreasing the cost of care, tele-ICU, and more. ▶ ▶ Provides extensive updates reflecting advances in cardiovascular intensive care, surgical critical care, shock and trauma, and sepsis management. ▶ ▶ Includes recommendations reflecting randomized controlled clinical trials, summarized, when possible, in quick- reference tables throughout. Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: ▶ ▶ The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time—providing a seamless reading experience online or offline ▶ ▶ Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks ▶ ▶ Multiple viewing options that enable you to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design ▶ ▶ The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in October, 2011. (ISBN: 978-1-60831-183-5)

Hardbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-0608-1 / (US$279.99 / £211.00 / €232.00) Worldwide Approx. 2,336 pp. / 8.375 x 10.875 / December 2017

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