CRC Press Respiratory Critical Care

Product Description This up-to-date text fills the gap for a practical ready-reference for both trainees and practising clinicians which discusses the science underlying respiratory critical care and, more importantly, which relates this to the patient. It provides a review of the major developments in the field over the last decade. The chapters are well-balanced and cover key areas of critical respiratory medicine with commentaries from acknowledged experts in the field. Review "This conference has brought together a diverse and stimulating group of investigators and clinicians with broad expertise and a dedication to improving the care of COPD patientsthe documents developed from it will prove valuable to clinicians who deal with COPD and their patients who suffer from this disease." -Respiratory Care "This conference has brought together a diverse and stimulating group of investigators and clinicians with broad expertise and a dedication to improving the care of COPD patientsthe documents developed from it will prove valuable to clinicians who deal with COPD and their patients who suffer from this disease." -Respiratory Care "This conference has brought together a diverse and stimulating group of investigators and clinicians with broad expertise and a dedication to improving the care of COPD patientsthe documents developed from it will prove valuable to clinicians who deal with COPD and their patients who suffer from this disease." -Respiratory Care "This conference has brought together a diverse and stimulating group of investigators and clinicians with broad expertise and a dedication to improving the care of COPD patientsthe documents developed from it will prove valuable to clinicians who deal with COPD and their patients who suffer from this disease." -Respiratory Care About the Author Craig Davidson is Head of Service for Respiratory Medicine. He was previously Director of Intensive Care Services in Newham before appointment to Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital as Consultant Intensivist and Co-Director of the Lane Fox Respiratory Unit. He has a keen interest in teaching and is Programme Director for Thoracic Medicine in South Thames.David Treacher is a consultant physician in Intensive Care and Clinical Physiology and for 10 years was Director of Intensive Care and Respiratory Medicine at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals. He organises the London Intensive Care Group and has research interests in severe sepsis, prone ventilation and oxygen transport in the critically ill.