Practical Libri GmbH Practical Clinical Encyclopedia of Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine: Evidence-Based Protocols, Diagnostic Algorithms, Treatment Frameworks, First-Hour Checklists, Reassessment, and Escalation

Bring a clear structure to the first hour-and the decisions that follow.When a patient deteriorates, assessment, stabilization, investigation, and communication often unfold together. Each intervention creates another question: what response should you look for, what needs reassessment, and when should care be escalated?Practical Clinical Encyclopedia of Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine 2026 organizes adult acute and critical care around that sequence.Designed primarily for senior medical students, interns, residents, and early-career physicians, this reference connects clinical reasoning with first-hour priorities, treatment frameworks, monitoring, and handover.Across 28 chapters, you can: - Structure the initial assessment. Review signs of deterioration, ABCDE priorities, and focused diagnostic reasoning.- Connect respiratory findings with management principles. Study airway assessment, oxygenation, blood gas interpretation, respiratory failure, and mechanical ventilation.- Review circulatory and infectious emergencies. Work through shock, sepsis, cardiac arrest, acute coronary syndromes, and acute heart failure.- Organize complex acute presentations. Explore neurological emergencies, major trauma, selected orthopedic injuries, renal and metabolic disorders, poisoning, and other multisystem problems.- Keep reassessment central. Examine response targets, warning signs of treatment failure, and the considerations behind consultation, transfer, and escalation.- Strengthen communication and documentation. Use checklists, diagnostic frameworks, handover prompts, and selected documentation templates to support structured review.The recurring framework links recognition, stabilization, reassessment, and escalation, helping you follow how the clinical picture and priorities can change over time.Use the book to prepare for adult acute-care rotations, revisit difficult topics after teaching sessions, and organize discussions of assessment and management.For professional education and reference. Apply information alongside current guidance, local protocols, appropriate supervision, and patient-specific clinical judgment.Add this book to your clinical reference library and give your next ICU or emergency-care review a clear structure.