Vincent Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2018

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-73670-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 724 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

The Annual Update compiles reviews of the most recent developments in experimental and clinical intensive care and emergency medicine research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in these fields. The book is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vincent, Jean-Louis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Sepsis: underlying mechanisms.- Part II. Antimicrobial issues.-  Part III. Cardiovascular concerns.-   Part IV. Cardiovascular resuscitation.- Part V. Respiratory support.- Part VI. Monitoring: new aspects.- Part VII. Acute renal failure.- Part VIII. Renal replacement therapy.- Part IX. Fluid administration.- Part X. Coagulopathy and blood products.- Part XI. Acute cerebral concerns.- Part XII. Therapeutic issues.- Part XIII. Moving the patient.- Part XIV. The future.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Vincent is Professor of intensive care at the University of Brussels, and intensivist in the Department of Intensive Care at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels. He is President of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) and a Past-President of the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SIZ), the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the European Shock Society (ESS), and the International Sepsis Forum (ISF). He is a member of the Royal Medical Academy of Belgium.
Prof. Vincent has signed more than 900 original articles, some 400 book chapters and review articles, 1000 original abstracts, and has edited 102 books. He is co-editor of the Textbook of Critical Care (Elsevier Saunders) and the “Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine” (Springer). He is editor-in-chief of "Critical Care", "Current Opinion in Critical Care", and "ICU Management & Practice" and member of the editorial boards of about 30 journals.For 37 years, Prof. Vincent has been chairman of the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, the largest international meeting in this field, which gathers more than 6000 participants every year in Brussels.He has received several awards, including the Distinguished Investigator Award of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the College Medalist Award of the American College of Chest Physicians He is a recipient of the "Society Medal” (lifetime award) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and has received the prestigious Belgian scientific award of the FRS-FNRS (Prix Scientifique Joseph Maisin-Sciences Biomédicales Cliniques). In recognition of these achievements, he was awarded the title of Baron by King Albert II of Belgium in 2013.