TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe pharmacologic approach to the critically iii patient
AU  - Wilson RF
Y1  - 1989/02/17
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1989.03420070118046
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1068
EP  - 1068
VL  - 261
IS  - 7
N2  - This is an extremely important and informative book for anyone involved in the care of critically ill or injured patients. Its 900 + pages contain virtually everything a physician would like to know about any drugs that might be used in an intensive care unit (ICU).Section I (183 pages) deals with pharmacokinetics, drug interactions, and the alterations in dosing and drug choices required with various types of organ failure. The chapters on pharmacokinetics and cardiovascular adreno-receptors are a bit complex, but then so is the subject.Section II (118 pages), dealing with resuscitation pharmacology, reviews the agents used for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, drugs for central nervous system protection, colloids vs crystalloids, anesthetic agents, blood and blood components, red blood cell substitutes, and thrombolytic therapy. I thought that the "Crystalloid-Colloid" chapter was a bit skimpy, and it did not mention the current work on hypertonic saline. In the "Anesthetic" section, I would
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420070118046
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03420070118046
ER  -