Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine Covering both the theoretical and practical aspects of critical care,Irwin & Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, Ninth Edition, provides state-of-the-art, evidence-based knowledge for specialty physicians and non-physicians practicing in the adult intensive care environment. Drs. Craig M. Lilly, Walter A. Boyle, and Richard S. Irwin, along with a team of expert contributing authors and education expert, William F. Kelly, offer authoritative, comprehensive guidance from an interprofessional, collaborative, educational, and scholarly perspective, encompassing all adult critical care specialties.

• Provides easy access to evidence-based critical care practice
• Offers a practical, clinically oriented approach to intensive care, with detailed descriptions of procedures, incorporating new ultrasound and how-to videos that can easily be accessed in the eBook
• Key points are identified at the beginning of each chapter and in the margins of the text
• Key references chosen by the author experts are highlighted at the end of each chapter
• Available even during network downtime
• A key educational tool for learning critical care
• Comprehensive coverage of topics in the field of critical care, including current information provided in 215 chapters authored by well-recognized experts
• In-depth, comprehensive coverage that allows key skill acquisition
• Useful resource for board preparation
• New multiple-choice questions with annotated answers accompany each chapter in the eBook
• Brings new expertise with senior editor Dr. Walter A. Boyle and online question editor William F. Kelly

Contents

Section 1 Procedures, Techniques and Ultrasonography
Section 2 Minimally Invasive Monitoring
Section 3 Palliative Care and Ethical Issues in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 4 Shock, Trauma and Sepsis Management
Section 5 Surgical Problems in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 6 Transplantation
Section 7 Rheumatologic, Immunologic, and Dermatologic Diseases in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 8 Infectious Disease Problems in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 9 Hematologic and Oncologic Problems in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 10 Pharmacology, Overdoses and Poisonings
Section 11 Critical Care Consequences of Weapons (Agents) of Mass Destruction
Section 12 ICU Design, Organization, Operation and Outcome Measures
Section 13 Endocrine Problems in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 14 Neurologic Problems in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 15 Psychiatric Issues in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 16 Pulmonary Problems in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 17 Cardiovascular Problems and Coronary Care
Section 18 Renal Problems in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 19 Gastrointestinal Disease Problems in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 20 Metabolism and Nutrition