Scoring and Grading Systems in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (PDF) 2019

Scoring systems are now widely used in the intensive care unit (ICU) to describe organ dysfunction and predict survival. Earlysystems focused primarily on survival prediction or the presence or absence of organ failure, but newer scores can describe theevolution of individual and multiple organ dysfunction over time. Scoring systems used in critically ill patients can be broadlydivided into those that are specific for an organ or disease. This book is an up-to-date reference work on Scoring and GradingSystems in Anaesthesia, ICU. This book includes topic-based chapters on all aspects of the field. It is appropriate for bothphysicians and a wide range of non-physician health professionals, nurses, pharmacists, and workers outside clinical settings.The present book is aimed to create a combined collection of study material for medical professionals, researchers and studentsto understand outcome of recent researches of the field. The chapters have been written by the renowned and internationallyestablished experts.This book grasps and keeps vital information, succinct text, and dynamic illustrations that facilitate learningin a highly visual approach. Readers will find this book valuable.