Scoring and Grading Systems in Anesthesia, Icu

Description

Scoring systems are now widely used in the intensive care unit (ICU) to describe organ dysfunction and predict survival. Early systems focused primarily on survival prediction or the presence or absence of organ failure, but newer scores can describe the evolution of individual and multiple organ dysfunction over time. Scoring systems used in critically ill patients can be broadly divided into those that are specific for an organ or disease. This book is an up-to-date reference work on scoring and grading systems in ICU and anaesthesia. This book includes topic-based chapters on all aspects of the field. It is appropriate for both physicians and a wide range of non-physician health professionals, nurses, pharmacists, and workers outside clinical settings. The present book is aimed to create a combined collection of study material for medical professionals, researchers and students to understand outcome of recent researches of the field. The chapters have been written by the renowned and internationally established experts. This book grasps and keeps vital information, succinct text, and dynamic illustrations that facilitate learning in a highly visual approach. Readers will find this book valuable.