Intensivmedizinische Basics

The fact that the Corona pandemic poses new challenges for intensive care medicine is evident in this new edition of the basics of intensive care medicine, which has grown by one third in volume. In addition to the intensive medical treatment of Covid-19, this book continues to present fundamental techniques such as intubation, ventilation, monitoring, establishing venous access, laboratory diagnostics, bronchoscopy, and tracheostomy. The structured presentation of medical procedures in an intensive care unit includes the latest developments and has been supplemented with important topics: interpretation of microbiological tests, analgesosedation, sepsis, ARDS, kidney failure, liver failure, pancreatitis, pulmonary embolism, focused ultrasound in the intensive care unit, transfusion medicine, long-term outcomes after intensive therapy, and delirium management. Treatment-relevant aspects such as a power of attorney or advance directive are also included in the book, along with the new guidelines for resuscitation. Enhanced with numerous color illustrations and tables, practical tips, algorithms for the most important emergency situations, checklists, and a chapter titled "What to do in case of...".