Written by the multidisciplinary intensive care unit staff at the
Massachusetts General Hospital, the Fourth Edition of this best-
selling handbook is a practical, complete, and current guide to
medical and surgical critical care. In a user-friendly outline format
designed for rapid reference, this pocket-sized book presents
reliable, hospital-tested protocols that reflect today's most
advanced critical care practices.
This edition includes new information on hemodynamic monitoring and
management, respiratory monitoring, airway problems, new transfusion
agents and infection control techniques, wound care, ventilator
management, end-of-life issues, outcomes evaluation, and evidence-
based practice. Appendices provide key information on drugs and blood
laboratory values