Intensive Care: Advanced ConceptsHardcover, 1 March 2022

Intensive care is a medical specialty that deals with the patients who require immediate medical support or whose lives are in immediate danger. The critical conditions that require immediate medical care are severe infections, cardio-vascular incidents, acute-respiratory infections, post-operative care, neurological problems, etc. Intensive care unit teams are made up of intensive care doctors, nurses and specialists who are responsible for providing critical care to patients with a variety of surgical, medical and trauma conditions. Every intensive care unit in a hospital has a different environment that reflects the special surgical and medical procedures being performed there. The various equipments used in intensive care units are heart monitor, artificial ventilators, dialysis machines, etc. Intensive care is an upcoming field of science that has undergone rapid development over the past few decades. This book explores all the important aspects of this branch of medicine in the present day scenario. It will provide comprehensive knowledge to the readers.