Gyorgy Frendl - Pocket ICU

Pocket

ICU

Second Edition

Editors

G YORGY F RENDL , MD, P H D, FCCM

Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Director of Research, Surgical Critical Care
Translational Research Center
Brigham and Womens Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

R ICHARD D. U RMAN , MD, MBA, CPE

Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Director (Anesthesia), Center for Perioperative Research
Medical Director, Sedation for Interventional Medicine Services
Director, Anesthesia Service, BWH HealthCare Center at Chestnut Hill
Brigham and Womens Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

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Second edition

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Frendl, Gyorgy, editor. | Urman, Richard D., editor.
Title: Pocket ICU / editors, Gyorgy Frendl, Richard D. Urman.
Other titles: Pocket notebook.

Description: Second edition. | Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2017] | Series: Pocket notebook | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016047766 | ISBN 9781496386427

Subjects: | MESH: Critical Caremethods | Intensive Care Units | Handbooks

Classification: LCC RC86.8 | NLM WX 39 | DDC 616.02/8dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016047766

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