Intensive Care is an affecting view from the trenches, a seasoned doctor&#39;s minute-by-minute and day-by-day account of life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a major inner-city hospital, San Francisco General. John F. Murray, for many years Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division of the hospital and a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, takes readers on his daily ward rounds, introducing them to the desperately ill patients he treats as well as to the young physicians and medical students who accompany him. Writing with compassion and knowledge accumulated over a long career, Murray presents the true stories of patients who show up with myriad disorders: asthma, cardiac failure, gastrointestinal diseases, complications due to AIDS, the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, emphysema. Readers will come away from this book with a comprehensive understanding of what an ICU is, what it does, who gets admitted, and how doctors and nurses make decisions concerning life-threatening medical problems. Murray concludes that ICUs are doing their job, but they could be even better, cheaper, and--most important--more humane. His chronicle brings substance to a world known to most of us only through the fiction of television.

Intensive Care: A Doctor's Journal

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John F. Murray

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California Princeton Fulfillme

Both a state-of-the-art website and a highly acclaimed authoritative reference, Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 4th e-dition delivers a wealth of new information that enables readers to identify, treat, and manage the full range of respiratory disorders more easily than ever. With new discoveries in pulmonary medicine leading to new treatments for respiratory diseases, this 4th e-dition is the next step to keeping readers ahead of the competition! 
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<li>Covers the scientific principles of respiratory medicine; its foundations in basic anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathology, and immunology; and its clinical applications. </li>
<li>Examines the hottest topics in the field, including COPD guidelines and lung reduction surgery * better pharmacological control of asthma * first-line drug therapies for cancer * interstitial lung disease * thoracoscopic surgery * ARDS ventilation guidelines * and more. </li>
<li>Provides coverage of new modalities in biotechnologic, genomic, and informational sciences. </li>
<li>Includes 6 new chapters: Alveolar and Distal Airway Epithelial Fluid Transport * Mucus Production, Secretion, and Clearance * Pleuroscopy, Thoracoscopy, and Other Invasive Procedures * Clinical Exercise Testing * Smoking Hazards and Cessation * and Patient Education and Compliance. </li>
<li>Explains each disease entity in detail to help readers work through differential diagnosis.</li>
<li>Features 1 new editor and 73 new authors who offer fresh approaches and international perspectives. </li>
<li>Incorporates 100 new full-color illustrations for a total of more than 1,250 images. </li>
<li>Uses a new 2-color design that makes it easier and quicker to access key information. </li>
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<li>Customizable patient information handouts. </li>
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<li>250 self-assessment questions. </li>
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Both a state-of-the-art website and a highly acclaimed authoritative reference, Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 4th e-dition delivers a wealth of new information that enables readers to identify, treat, and manage the full range of respiratory disorders more easily than ever. This is the ultimate source for board review, general learnings or certification. With new discoveries in pulmonary medicine leading to new treatments for respiratory diseases, this 4th e-dition is the next step to keeping readers ahead of the competition!
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<li>Features the entire contents of the book online, fully searchable, and accessible anytime, anywhere at respmedtext.com. What’s more, you get access to:</li> <ul><ul>
<li>Weekly updates - reflecting critical new clinical findings and recommendations so you are current on the very latest</li> <li>Downloadable Image Library – great for lectures</li> <li>55 Videos – covers the hot techniques such as : Rhinolaryngoscopy, subglottic stenosis and much more</li> <li>250 self-assessment questions - enables you to brush up on key information in a quick and convenient manner</li> <li>Reference links such as: PubMed </li> <li>Drug database</li> <li>Customizable patient information handouts</li> </ul></ul>
<li>With both the print and online, the 4th edition covers the scientific principles of respiratory medicine. . . its foundations in basic anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathology, and immunology. . .and its clinical applications</li> </ul>
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<li>Examines the hottest topics in the field, such as:</li> <ul>
<li>COPD guidelines</li> <li>Lung reduction surgery </li> </ul>
</ul>
<ul><ul>
<li>Better pharmacological control of asthma </li> <li>First-line drug therapies for cancer </li> <li>Interstitial lung disease </li> <li>Thoracoscopic surgery </li> <li>ARDS ventilation guidelines </li> </ul></ul>
<ul>
<li>Provides coverage of new modalities in biotechnologic, genomic and informational sciences</li> <li>Features 6 new chapters:</li> <ul>
<li>Alveolar and Distal Airway Epithelial Fluid Transport </li> <li>Mucus Production, Secretion, and Clearance </li> <li>Pleuroscopy, Thoracoscopy, and Other Invasive Procedures </li> <li>Clinical Exercise Testing </li> <li>Smoking Hazards and Cessation </li> <li>Patient Education and Compliance</li> </ul>
<li>Explains each disease entity in detail to help readers work through differential diagnosis</li> <li>Features 1 new editor and 73 new authors who offer fresh approaches and international perspectives</li> <li>Incorporates 100 new full-color illustrations for a total of more than 1,250 images</li> <li>Uses a new 2-color design that makes it easier and quicker to access key information</li> </ul>Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

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