COVID-19 Critical and Intensive Care Medicine Essentials

Denise Battaglini (Curatore)

Paolo Pelosi (Curatore)

Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022

This book provides healthcare professionals in Critical Care setting an easy consultation guide to fight against COVID-19. The book is divided into sections: Fundamentals of COVID-19, Pneumological critical care, Neurological manifestations, Cardiovascular manifestations, Renal manifestations, Haemostasis and coagulation, Other multi-organs involvement, Principles of therapy. Each section includes: * brief pathophysiology of COVID-19 (ventilation, neurological, cardiovascular, etc.); * principles of management (enriched with flowcharts and figures); * principles of therapy; * tips and key messages. Readers can find the most updated advices on how to face the ongoing pandemic: from principles of conventional oxygen therapy, assisted and invasive mechanical ventilation in critically ill COVID-19 patients to the complications sometimes underestimated. Tables and flowcharts provided are based on current knowledge in COVID-19 to help the clinician managing COVID-19 patients by a multiple-organs prospective. Written by international key opinion leaders of each field, the book represents a point of reference for all professionals involved in the management of COVID-19 pandemic.

• Curatore: Denise Battaglini, Paolo Pelosi
• Editore: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Anno: 2022
• Pagine: 311 p.
• Dimensioni: 203 x 127 mm
• Peso: 437 gr.
• EAN: 9783030949914

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