TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 20. Critical Care A1 - Gomella, Leonard G. A1 - Haist, Steven A. PY - 2007 T2 - Clinician's Pocket Reference: The Scut Monkey, 11e AB - Patients admitted to the ICU often have multisystem disease, have traumatic injuries, or are under intensive treatment regimens to avoid or manage end-organ dysfunction. The interactions between dysfunctional organ systems are complicated and can be overwhelming to students and new house officers. This chapter describes an organ-system approach to evaluating and treating critically ill patients as well as commonly encountered critical care complications. The field of critical care medicine is rapidly advancing, and evidence-based protocols and pathways are becoming an important part of clinical practice. Become familiar with unit protocols in the following major areas: SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/20 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2695577 ER -