Critical Care
A guide to managing acute liver failureTransfer to intensive care, start specific treatment depending on the cause, and consider transplant.
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults: A practical guide for internists
Principles, patient selection, monitoring, and complications of this form of life support.
- When we need to remember that it is more than a job
It is the nature of our engagement with our patients and our colleagues that makes what we do more than a job.
- It is not the critic’s voice that should count
Lawsuits often confront physicians with incidental imperfections in the care they provided or with errors in their documentation.
- The emotional impact of a malpractice suit on physicians: Maintaining resilience
Resilient people can face reality, see a better future, put things into perspective, and bounce back from adversity.
- Alcohol withdrawal syndrome in medical patients
Deprived of alcohol while in the hospital, many alcoholic patients go into withdrawal. Clinicians should be ready.
