CLINICAL RESOURCE REVIEWS

Marino’s The ICU Book, 4th Edition

Puneet Agarwal, Michael B. Warner, Cristina Reichner, and Deepa G. Lazarous
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C.

Marino’s the ICU Book by Paul L. Marino. Content Strengths

2014.
The book is divided into 17 sections and 55
chapters with 246 illustrations and 199
Field tables. Each chapter is broken down into
basic introduction with key concepts,
Critical care medicine equations, illustrations as required, and
ends with a final word and most recent
references. In addition, the online version
Format provides updates to the paperback edition.
This book describes the technique of
Paperback and e-book online. basic ICU procedures including vascular
access, hemodynamic monitoring, key
concepts of acute respiratory failure and
Audience mechanical ventilation, the various classes
of shock, updated management of sepsis
Medical students and residents rotating in and acid–base disorders, use of analgesia
and sedation, and a variety of infections
the intensive care unit, fellows, intensivists,
registered nurses, and pharmacists. that are frequently encountered in ICU
settings. It also explains emergencies
including cardiac arrhythmias, acute
Purpose coronary syndromes, acute respiratory
distress syndrome, stroke, seizures,
Facilitate learning of basic ICU concepts and endocrine disorders such as thyrotoxicosis,
direct application to clinical practice. and toxidromes.
This book breaks down the complex
respiratory and circulatory physiology
concepts into easy-to-follow equations and
texts and helps the reader to incorporate the
knowledge into bedside clinical practice.
The use of color illustrations and systematic
flow makes the reading enjoyable and keeps
the readers interested. This book appeals
to a variety of readers including beginners
to understand crucial concepts, and to
attendings to revisit basic physiology.
Limitations and Weaknesses
This book does not include the basic
concepts of burn treatment and more
advanced procedures such as the use and
placement of emergency devices, including
transvenous pacemakers and intraaortic
balloon pumps. n
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Ann Am Thorac Soc Vol 11, No 6, p 999, Jul 2014

Copyright © 2014 by the American Thoracic Society
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201404-164OT
Internet address: www.atsjournals.org

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