COVID-19 Critical and Intensive Care Medicine Essentials
Denise Battaglini, Paolo Pelosi, 978-3-030-94992-1, 978-3-030-94991-4, 3030949915, 978-3030949914, 9783030949914, B0B849HV7Y
English | 2022 | PDF
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.