Edition 5 (2017)
A. Joseph Layon, Andrea Gabrielli, Mihae Yu, Kenneth Wood
Covering every problem encountered in today’s intensive care unit, this leading critical care textbook presents the knowledge and expertise of more than 350 global experts in this fast-changing field. Beginning with the social aspects of medicine, it then discusses monitoring and organ system pathobiology followed by specific diseases states/syndromes. Each chapter begins with immediate concerns and proceeds to broader-based discussions of relevant pathophysiologic and clinical issues.
KEY FEATURES:
Features new chapters on Critical Care Implications in Acute Care Surgery, The Obstetric Patient, and Brain Death and Management of the Potential Organ Donor; all chapters thoroughly revised including up-to-date discussions of what happens after the patient leaves the ICU.
Covers surgical critical care more thoroughly than any other text.
Includes expert coverage of pharmacology, nutrition, toxicology and the environment, disaster management, point-of-care testing, bedside ultrasound, surgical infections, and much more.
Presents information in a reader-friendly manner, streamlining the print text to focus on the material most important for bedside care in the ICU.
Expertly edited by leaders in every area of critical care: Dr. Mihae Yu (surgery), Dr. A. Joseph Layon (internal medicine), and Drs. Layon and Andrea Gabrielli (anesthesiology), who are joined in this edition by Dr. Kenneth Wood (internal medicine).
Edition 7 (2023)
Edward Bittner
With concise, full-color coverage of this rapidly enlarging field, Critical Care Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Seventh Edition, is your go-to guide for practical, complete, and current information on medical and surgical critical care. Edited by Drs. Edward A. Bittner, Lorenzo Berra, Peter J. Fagenholz, Jean Kwo, Jarone Lee, and Abraham Sonny, this user-friendly handbook is designed for rapid reference, providing reliable, hospital-tested protocols that reflect today's most advanced critical care practices. An at-a-glance outline format and portable size make it an essential manual for medical students, residents with rotations in ICUs, and physicians and nurses who work in critical care.
Reflects a multidisciplinary approach throughout, in a convenient size for on-the-go reference
Contains well-written, comprehensive coverage of general principles, specific considerations such as ARDS, and health care services such as ICU handoffs and transitions
Uses an efficient outline format with bolded key words and concepts
Includes new chapters on critical care management of COVID-19, heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension
Written by MGH attendings, fellows in critical care, nurses, and residents in anesthesia, critical care, and pain medicine, with input from surgery, pulmonary care, pediatrics, neurology, and pharmacy
Edition 5 (2018)
John Marini, David Dries
With a full-color design and concise, easy-to-read chapters, Critical Care Medicine: The Essentials and a Bit More covers the core elements of critical care, with a unique focus on the pathophysiology underlying clinical disorders and how pathophysiologic concerns affect treatment options. There is much here that’s new: brand-new content, expanded discussions, and more graphical elements than ever before. Chapters follow a consistent structural template, with discussions of diagnosis, instrumentation, treatment and management techniques, and more. Expertly and succinctly captures all the fundamentals of the field!
Designed primarily for use by students and residents, but also helpful for anyone already in practice.
Emphasizes the pathophysiologic elements and treatments of illness and injury.
Now with updated drug info and more substantial coverage of interventional radiology, pregnancy care, and organization of critical care.
Adds new, brief summaries that present opposing arguments of controversial points.
Topics range from intubation, ventilation, and pharmacotherapy, as well as drug overdoses, sepsis, gastrointestinal bleeding, and other crisis care scenarios.
Edition 7 (2026)
Renee Stapleton, Lorenzo Berra
For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Critical Care Secrets, Seventh Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style―making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
Fully revised and updated throughout, covering all aspects of today’s practice of critical care, including anatomy, physiology, immunology, and inflammation―fundamentally important topics for in-training and practicing professionals
New chapters on Antibiotic Stewardship and COVID-19
Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams
Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
Written and fully updated by clinical and thought leaders in critical care who have contributed chapters in their areas of expertise
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Edition 3 (2019)
Clifford Deutschman, Patrick Neligan
Approach any critical care challenge using a practical, consistent strategy based on best practices with Evidence-Based Practice of Critical Care, 3rd Edition. Unique, question-based chapters cover the wide variety of clinical options in critical care, examine the relevant research, and provide recommendations based on a thorough analysis of available evidence. Drs. Clifford S. Deutschman and Patrick J. Nelligan, along with nearly 200 critical-care experts, provide a comprehensive framework for translating evidence into practice, helping both residents and practitioners obtain the best possible outcomes for critically ill patients.
Covers a full range of critical care challenges, from routine care to complicated and special situations.
Helps you think through each question in a logical, efficient manner, using a practical, consistent approach to available management options and guidelines.
Features revised and updated information based on current research, and includes all-new cases on key topics and controversies such as the use/overuse of antibiotics, drug resistance in the ICU, non-invasive mechanical ventilation, frequency of transfusions, and duration of renal replacement therapies.
Provides numerous quick-reference tables that summarize the available literature and recommended clinical approaches.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Tap into the expertise of nearly 200 critical-care experts who discuss the wide variety of clinical options in critical care, examine the relevant research, and provide recommendations based on a thorough analysis of available evidence.
Think through each question in a logical, efficient manner, using a practical, consistent approach to available management options and guidelines.
Find the information you need quickly with tables that summarize the available literature and recommended clinical approaches.
Navigate a full range of challenges from routine care to complicated and special situations.
Stay up to date with new issues and controversies such as the redefinition of sepsis • changing approaches to fluid administration • immune suppression in sepsis • monitoring the microcirculation • the long-term sequelae of critical illness • minimizing ventilator associated lung injury • the benefits of evidence-based medicine management guidelines • rapid response teams • and more.
Benefit from all-new sections covering persistent critical illness and the role of advanced practice nurses and physician assistants in the ICU.
Edition 6 (2021)
Jerry Zimmerman, Alexandre Rotta
In the highly specialized field of caring for children in the PICU, Fuhrman and Zimmerman's Pediatric Critical Care is the definitive reference for all members of the pediatric intensive care team. Drs. Jerry J. Zimmerman and Alexandre T. Rotta, along with an expert team of editors and contributors from around the world, have carefully updated the 6th Edition of this highly regarded text to bring you the most authoritative and useful information on today’s pediatric critical care―everything from basic science to clinical applications
Contains highly readable, concise chapters with hundreds of useful photos, diagrams, algorithms, and clinical pearls.
Uses a clear, logical, organ-system approach that allows you to focus on the development, function, and treatment of a wide range of disease entities.
Features more international authors and expanded coverage of global topics including pandemics, sepsis treatment in underserved communities, specific global health concerns by region.
Covers current trends in sepsis-related mortality and acute care after sepsis, as well as new device applications for pediatric patients.
Provides ultrasound videos and more than 500 board-style review questions and answers on Expert Consult.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Edition 5 (2023)
Gregory Schmidt, John Kress, Ivor Douglas
The field’s definitive text-updated with the latest advances in critical care and 1,000+ color images
Edition 9 (2023)
Richard Irwin, Craig Lilly, Walter Boyle
Covering both the theoretical and practical aspects of critical care,Irwin & Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, Ninth Edition, provides state-of-the-art, evidence-based knowledge for specialty physicians and non-physicians practicing in the adult intensive care environment. Drs. Craig M. Lilly, Walter A. Boyle, and Richard S. Irwin, along with a team of expert contributing authors and education expert, William F. Kelly, offer authoritative, comprehensive guidance from an interprofessional, collaborative, educational, and scholarly perspective, encompassing all adult critical care specialties.
Provides easy access to evidence-based critical care practice
Offers a practical, clinically oriented approach to intensive care, with detailed descriptions of procedures, incorporating new ultrasound and how-to videos that can easily be accessed in the eBook
Key points are identified at the beginning of each chapter and in the margins of the text
Key references chosen by the author experts are highlighted at the end of each chapter
Available even during network downtime
A key educational tool for learning critical care
Comprehensive coverage of topics in the field of critical care, including current information provided in 215 chapters authored by well-recognized experts
In-depth, comprehensive coverage that allows key skill acquisition
Useful resource for board preparation
New multiple-choice questions (more than 650!) with annotated answers accompany each chapter in the VST eBook, which also features over 300 videos, mainly diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound clips.
Brings new expertise with senior editor Dr. Walter A. Boyle and online question editor William F. Kelly
Edition 6 (2026)
Steven Hollenberg, Mitchell Levy, Tiffany Osborn, Jonathan Sevransky, Jeanine Wiener-Kronish
Providing evidence-based, practical guidance on the full spectrum of adult critical care, Parrillo and Dellinger's Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult, 6th Edition, brings you fully up to date with the latest advances in the field. Grounded in the principle that critical care is defined by the level of care delivered―not the location in which it occurs―this text is written for all clinicians who care for critically ill patients. Designed for those managing critically ill and injured patients across disciplines, care environments, and resource-variable settings, it provides practical, evidence-based guidance for real-world practice.
Offers an expanded focus on health equity, clinician well-being, and AI-driven decision support in the ICU
Covers diagnostic and procedural techniques, mechanical assist devices, extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), performance improvement and quality, and more
Contains five new chapters on Quantitative and Qualitative Imaging of the Lungs in ARDS; Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Burnout and Critical Care Resources; Health Inequities in Adult Critical Care; and Predictive Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Critical Care
Discusses key topics such as patient-ventilator synchrony and non-invasive ventilation for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with acute respiratory failure
Presents content in an easy-to-read, problem-and-solution format, with summative key points, high-quality illustrations, tables, and boxes that highlight essential information
Provides optimal visual guidance with numerous decision tress, clinical photographs, diagnostic imaging, illustrations, charts, and graphs
Features robust online resources, including dozens of high-quality video clips depicting real-time echocardiography, ultrasonography, and tracheostomy at the bedside; more than 300 multiple-choice questions with answers and rationales; and comprehensive reference lists for further study
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Edition 8 (2023)
Jean-Louis Vincent, Frederick Moore, Rinaldo Bellomo, John Marini
Bridging the gap between medical and surgical specialties in critical care, Textbook of Critical Care, 8th Edition, offers a practical, multidisciplinary approach to the effective management of adult and pediatric patients in the ICU. An outstanding editorial team, led by world-renowned intensivist Dr. Jean-Louis Vincent, assisted by Dr. Frederick A. Moore and new editors Drs. Rinaldo Bellomo and John J. Marini, provides the evidence-based guidance you need to overcome a full range of practice challenges. A full-color art program, relevant basic science and key summary points in every chapter, and expert contributing authors from all over the world make this an indispensable resource for every member of the critical care team.
Provides a concise, readable understanding of the pathophysiology of critical illness and new therapeutic approaches to critical care
Addresses both medical and surgical aspects in critical care for adult and pediatric patients in one comprehensive, easy-to-use reference
Shares the knowledge and expertise of the most recognized and trusted leaders in the field, with more international contributing authors than in previous editions
Covers new information on procedural and diagnostic ultrasound, prone positioning, ECMO, and VADs
Discusses key topics such as organ support, telemedicine, echocardiography, antibiotic stewardship, antiviral agents, coagulation and anti-coagulation, and more
Features a wealth of tables, boxes, algorithms, diagnostic images, and key points that clarify important concepts and streamline complex information for quick reference
Includes companion videos and exclusive chapters online that cover commonly performed procedures
Takes a multidisciplinary approach to critical care, with contributions from experts in anesthesia, surgery, pulmonary medicine, and pediatrics
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
Edition 5 (2024)
Paul Marino
Dr. Paul L. Marino’s concise, engaging writing style is just one of many reasons that Marino’s The ICU Book is the best-selling reference in critical care. This highly regarded, full-color resource contains the essential information needed to care for patients in any ICU, regardless of the specialty designation of the unit. The newly revised Fifth Edition continues the focus on practical aspects of patient care and will appeal to anyone with an interest in the care of critically ill patients. The intended audience incudes medical students, interns and residents in medicine, surgery, and anesthesiology, critical care physicians and nurses, physician’s assistants, respiratory therapists, and paramedics.
Dr. Marino has been a practicing critical care specialist for 44 years, and the material in his book is a reflection of this vast experience.
The text has been completely rewritten and incorporates the latest concepts and most recent clinical practice guidelines.
Because this is a single-author text, the writing and style are consistent from chapter to chapter, and redundancies are held to a minimum.
New chapters have been added on fluid management, approaches to clinical shock, acute pulmonary embolism, liver failure, and acute pancreatitis.
As in prior editions, there are numerous illustrations and tables that highlight the material in the text, and each chapter ends with a section called “A Final Word” that presents a take-home message from the chapter.
