Case Studies in Adult Intensive Care Medicine [Paperback]

A case-based approach to the intensive care medicine curriculum, with 48 case studies linking core knowledge to clinical context.This case-based approach to the intensive care medicine curriculum provides 48 case studies linking core knowledge to clinical context. Topics chosen have been mapped to eight key areas of study, making this ideal for both FFICM and EDIC exam candidates.This case-based approach to the intensive care medicine curriculum provides 48 case studies linking core knowledge to clinical context. Topics chosen have been mapped to eight key areas of study, making this ideal for both FFICM and EDIC exam candidates.Guiding FFICM and EDIC exam candidates through the intensive care medicine curriculum, this book provides 48 case studies mapped to eight key areas of study in the UK and European syllabuses. Cases include clinical vignettes, explanations and a list of key learning points, while also being formatted along the structure of FICM case reports. Key clinical management points are identified and linked to appropriate scientific or evidence-based research and case studies chosen reflect a general population relevant to a worldwide readership. Conditions covered are significant to large areas of clinical practice as well as more discrete specialist knowledge, making this an essential study guide for trainees preparing for exams in intensive care medicine and also a useful learning tool for candidates in related disciplines such as anaesthesia (FRCA), emergency medicine (MCEM) and surgery (MRCS).Preface; Glossary; 1. Cardiac arrest post resuscitation management - NSTEMI / STEMI Richard Porter and Andrew Temple; 2. Initial management of the polytrauma patient Nicola Pawley and Paul Whiting; 3. Management of major burns on the intensive care unit Tushar Mahambrey, Emma England and Will Loh; 4. Management of sepsis Chris Thorpe; 5. Rhabdomyolysis Ingi Elsayed and Ajay H. Raithatha; 6. Management of acute liver failure Elizabeth Wilson and Philip Dochertl3Û