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Intensive Care Medicine (British Medical Bulletin Series)
Intensive Care Medicine - British Medical Bulletin Series Author:T. Evans, D. Bennett, Julian F. Bion, R. Little, D. Young It is vital for health care providers to address the seemingly insatiable demand for intensive care. Whilst a seemingly disproportionate amount of health service budget is consumed by intensive care and the development of sophisticated and expensive organ support continues, there is a lack of evidence to prove that this concentration of resource... more » has a beneficial effect on patient outcome. There is also the need for a more complete understanding of the biological responses to illness. This collection of expert reviews describes responses to illness and the triggered improvements in supportive and interventional therapies which will emerge. The contributors have focused on a wide range of areas that, they believe, hold promise for the future.« less