TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preface A1 - Oropello, John M. A1 - Pastores, Stephen M. A1 - Kvetan, Vladimir PY - 1 T2 - Critical Care AB - We present Lange Critical Care in the spirit of our philosophy that the distinctions between critical care medicine, critical care surgery, and critical care anesthesiology are artificial; more the result of politics than medicine. All intensivists, regardless of primary discipline, must possess a core set of critical care skills that allow them to manage the sickest of patients. Surgical, medical, anesthesia, or neurological problems can arise in any patient, particularly in the critically ill. Furthermore, most hospitals today contain intensive care units (ICUs) that are mixed by intention or by overflow and multidisciplinary trained intensivists are best equipped to both recognize and manage the wide range of acute care problems. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1136412218 ER -