This book, part of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) textbook series, provides detailed up-to-date information on the care of the critical

Surviving critical illness is not always the happy ending that we imagine for patients. Intensive care unit (ICU) teams have traditionally focused on short term

Provides coverage of the issues surrounding geriatric critical care, emphasising assessment and treatment.

This book is aimed at surgeons faced with the immediate management of acute surgical problems in a variety of resource settings. The topics covered are common i

Nine years have passed since the first edition of Care of the Critically III Patient was published. As its editors Maurice Rapin and I were fortified by the man