Essential Guide to Acute Care
Essential Guide to Acute Care by Nicola Cooper, published by John Wiley & Sons on December 14, 2020, is a comprehensive resource tailored for those involved in the care of acutely ill adults. This third edition has been thoroughly revised to include updated oxygen guidelines and the latest evidence on critical topics such as sepsis, fluid balance, volume resuscitation, and acute kidney injury. With 240 pages, this edition maintains an accessible style while offering extensive coverage of essential acute care principles.
Readers will find practical case histories and ‘mini-tutorials’ throughout the book, which enhance understanding of contemporary issues in acute care. The content is designed for both individual study and use in educational settings, making it suitable for medical students, newly graduated doctors, and healthcare professionals in critical and intensive care. The book emphasizes a unique approach that prioritizes comprehension over rote memorization, featuring learning objectives and self-assessment questions to support clinical practice.
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What you really need to know, but no-one told you.
The best-selling Essential Guide to Acute Care contains everything you need to know about acute care that you can’t find in a standard textbook. The third edition has been extensively revised and updated, presenting new oxygen guidelines, updated evidence and practice around sepsis, fluid balance and volume resuscitation, acute kidney injury, perioperative care, and much more.
The third edition retains the accessible style and comprehensive coverage that has made Essential Guide to Acute Care essential reading for those who look after acutely ill adults. Throughout the book, ‘mini-tutorials’ expand on the latest thinking or controversies, and there are practical case histories to reinforce learning at the end of each chapter. The chapters are designed to be read by individuals or used for teaching material in tutorials.
This new edition of Essential Guide to Acute Care:
- Provides up-to-date and practical guidance on the principles of acute care, written by experienced teachers and clinicians
- Offers a unique approach to the subject that focuses on understanding rather than lists and ‘recipes’
- Explains the altered physiology that accompanies acute illness in adults Includes learning objectives, self-assessment questions, and illustrative examples related to clinical practice
Essential Guide to Acute Care is an indispensable volume for medical students and newly graduated doctors; doctors training in medicine, surgery, anaesthesia and emergency medicine; advanced clinical practitioners; nurses and allied health professionals working in acute and critical care; and teachers.
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