COVID-19 Critical and Intensive Care Medicine Essentials

Battaglini, Denise; Pelosi, Paolo

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2022-07-30

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783030949914

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94992-1

Dimensions: 203cm x127cm

Pages: 311