This authoritative reference published under the auspices of the
American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (ASCCA) is
now in its Second Edition. More than 100 internationally
recognized experts present state-of-the-art strategies for
successful, cost-effective perioperative care and management of
acutely ill patients.This thoroughly revised edition features
many distinguished new contributors from anesthesiology,
critical care medicine, internal medicine, surgery, and
pediatrics. Timely new chapters cover medical informatics,
evidence-based medicine, human genomics, research in critical
care medicine, and imaging in the ICU. Chapters on acute
respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and other diseases have
been rewritten to reflect recent technological and therapeutic
breakthroughs.