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Springer COVID19 Critical and Intensive Care Medicine Essentials 1st Editon 2022 Softbound by Denise Battaglini, Paolo Pelosi
This book provides healthcare professionals in Critical Care setting an easy consultation guide to fight against COVID-19. The book is divided into sections: Fundamentals of COVID-19, Pneumological critical care, Neurological manifestations, Cardiovascular manifestations, Renal manifestations, Haemostasis and coagulation, Other multi-organs involvement, Principles of therapy. Each section includes:· brief pathophysiology of COVID-19 (ventilation, neurological, cardiovascular, etc.); · principles of management (enriched with flowcharts and figures); · principles of therapy; · tips and key messages. Readers can find the most updated advices on how to face the ongoing pandemic: from principles of conventional oxygen therapy, assisted and invasive mechanical ventilation in critically ill COVID-19 patients to the complications sometimes underestimated. Tables and flowcharts provided are based on current knowledge in COVID-19 to help the clinician managing COVID-19 patients by a multiple-organs prospective.Written by international key opinion leaders of each field, the book represents a point of reference for all professionals involved in the management of COVID-19 pandemic. Part I. Fundamentals of COVID-19.- Introduction and Essential multi-organs pathophysiology.- Part II. Pneumological critical care of COVID-19.- Pathophysiology and phenotypes.- Radiological patterns and lung ultrasound.- Noninvasive mechanical ventilation and conventional oxygen therapy.- Criteria for intubation and ICU admission.- Invasive mechanical ventilation.- Weaning, tracheostomy and chest physiotherapy.- Part III. Neurological manifestations of COVID-19.- Brief pathophysiology.- Clinical characteristics.- Role of noninvasive neuro-monitoring systems and imaging.- Biomarkers.- Management of neurological complications.- Part IV. Cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19.- Brief pathophysiology.- Echocardiography, electrocardiogram and biomarkers.- Clinical characteristics.- Management.- Part V. Renal manifestations of COVID-19.- Brief pathophysiology.- Clinical features and biomarkers.- Renal replacement therapy.- Part VI. Haemostasis and coagulation in COVID-19.- Brief pathophysiology.- Coagulation disorders and management.- Part VII. Other multi-organs involvement (MODS-CoV-2).- Gastrointestinal manifestations (including hepatic disease).- Nutritional therapy.- Part VIII. Principles of therapy.- Sedation, analgesia, myorelaxants.- Antibiotics, antiretroviral, corticosteroids, other therapies against SARS-CoV-2.- Coagulation and haemostasis.- Rescue therapies.- Part IX. Appendix - Practical Aspects (Figures and Flowcharts).