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DATA INTERPRETATION IN CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Data Interpretation in Critical Care Medicine
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Fifth Edition

By
Bala Venkatesh, MBBS, MD, FRCA, FFARCSI, FFICANZCA, Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine & Staff Specialist, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia
T. J. Morgan, MBBS, FANZCA, FFICANZCA, Senior Specialist in Intensive Care, Department of Intensive Care, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia
Chris Joyce, MB, ChB, JFICM, FANZCA, Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, University of Queensland. Director of Intensive Care , Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
Shane Townsend, MBBS, FANZCA, FFICANZCA, Specialist in Cardiac Intensive Care, Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland, Australia

Description
The management of critically ill patients not only involves a thorough daily review of investigations and monitoring. A detailed knowledge and understanding of data is crucial in the day-to-day management of patients in intensive care. With over 100 data sets composed of a brief history, relevant clinical findings, investigation and monitoring results, Venkatesh provides a source of real clinical data, with questions and answers, enabling you to tet and develop your interpretation skills.

Audience
Critical Care Medicine Practitioners and Residents, Anesthesiology Practitioners and Residents Critical Care Nurses, Nurse Anesthetists, Health Science Libraries128 pp.

Contents
Cardiovascular system - ECGs, echocardiography, pulmonary artery catheter data; Respiratory system - ventilator pressures and volumes, ventilator waveforms; Blood gas analyses - arterial, venous, capillary; Acid-base disturbances; Electrolyte abnormalities; Haematology data; Coagulation abnormalities; Endocrine crisis; Infectious disease in critical care; Critical care hepatology and gastroenterology; Intoxications; Neurocritical care; Trauma


Bibliographic details
Paperback, 128 pages, publication date: DEC-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5273-5
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5273-X
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN


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