Self-Assessment Colour Review of General Critical Care

H. Mathilda Horst, FACS, FCCM
Director, Surgical Critical Care, Division of Trauma Surgery/Surgical Critical Care, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA

Riyad Karmy-Jones, FRCS, FCCP
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Contributors: Keith J. Anderson, Tamir Ben-Menachim, Susan Brundage, Gretchen Carter, Yvonne Carter, Barry A. Finegan, Glendon M. Gardner, Magnus A. Garrioch, Mario G. Gasparri, Stavros Georganos, Benjamin Guslits, Andrew Hamilton, H. Mathilda Horst, Troy Houseworth, James C. Jeng, Donald Jenkins, Jay A.Johannigman, David Kissinger, Riyad C. Karmy-Jones, Kurt A. Kralovich, Daniel A. Ladin, Gordon Lees, Catherine Le Galley, Joseph W. Lewis, Cairan J. McNamee, Daniel C. Morris, Farouck N. Obeid, Brant Oelschlager, Kevin J. O'Hare, Amy Pinney, Iraklis I.Pipinos, Stewart Pringle, Ian Ramsay, , Mark Ratch, Ilan S. Rubinfeld, Marc J. Shapiro, Alexander D. Shepard, Harald Schoeppner, Victor Sorenson, John Spiers, Lorie Thomas, Eric Vallieres, Mary Van Wijngaarden, Vic Velanovich, James W. Wagner, Ira Wollner, Douglas Wood, Janice L. Zimmerman

This review covers all medical and surgical aspects of general critical care from basic science to techniques in the intensive care unit. Cases deal with anaesthesia, intensive care, trauma, general surgery and post-operative management.

The cases appear in random order, just as they would in practice, and they challenge the reader to think through a problem and devise a solution. Each problem is followed by a full explanation designed to educate not just to test the reader. The book will appeal to senior medical students and to critical/intensive care specialists and surgeons in training.