E-Book Overview
The focus of this volume endorsed by World Federation of Societies on Intensive and Critical Care Medicine is the "state of the art" of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine as well as new insights into basic science, clinical research and therapeutic interventions. Structured in four parts, the volume opens with few chapters devoted to the beginning and development of the WSICCM, to procedures standardization, recommendations and quality of care improvement, with particular reference to the definition of clinical governance, professionalism and ethics. In the second part, the authors describe the practical clinical approach to critical illness; among the topics dealt with, the reader will find monitoring and management of shock states; acute pain management, airway management, ALI/ARDS and protective lung ventilation; the problem of weaning; antibiotics policy, sepsis and organ dysfunction. The third part of the book is related to some special conditions of countries with limited resources, such as management of obstetrics at high risk, malaria; AIDS, blood transfusion and its components. The last part of the book is structured to present some crucial issues of the intensive and critical care arena, in particular evidence-based practice, the role of the e-distance learning for information and the promotion of CME programs; last but not least, trauma care, disaster and natural disaster medicine are also discussed; a final chapter on the Guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Disaster Medicine is included.
Comprehensive though easy-to-consult, updated and written by world-renowned experts, the volume will be a very useful tool in the daily practice of all health professionals working in the intensive and critical care environment.
E-Book Content
Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
Antonino Gullo • José Besso • Philip D. Lumb Ged F. Williams (Eds.)
Intensive and Critical Care Medicine WFSICCM World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Foreword by Frédéric Shuind
123
Editors Antonino Gullo Department and School of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Catania School of Medicine and University-Hospital Catania, Italy
José Besso Department of Critical Care Medicine Hospital Centro Medico de Caracas Caracas, Venezuela
Philip D. Lumb Department of Anesthesiology Keck Medical School Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ged F. Williams World Federation of Critical Care Nurses C/- Nursing Administration Gold Coast Health Southport, Queensland, Australia
ISBN 978-88-470-1435-0
e-ISBN 978-88-470-1436-7
DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-1436-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London Milan New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009933285 © Springer Verlag Italia 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Italian Copyright Law in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the Italian Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover desig