L'insuffisance circulatoire aiguë est un des motifs les plus fréquents d'admission dans les unités de réanimation. Elle exige de la part du réanimateur une connaissance approfondie de la physiopathologie, du diagnostic et du traitement de cette détresse vitale. Pour aider le médecin dans cette démarche, de nombreux outils de monitoring cardiovasculaire sont disponibles au lit du malade. C'est en maîtrisant parfaitement l'utilisation et les indications de ces différentes techniques d'invest...

Durant ces dernières années, l'utilisation de l'échocardiographie Doppler s'est généralisée en réanimation et en anesthésie, et ce pour de multiples raisons. – Le nombre de réanimateurs et d'anesthésistes-réanimateurs qui se sont formés à cette technique et le nombre de publications scientifiques qui s'y rapportent ont augmenté de manière exponentielle. – Le domaine de compétence spécifique aux réanimateurs et aux anesthésistes-réanimateurs s'est progressivement précisé et imposé de lui-mê...

Award-winningfilm historian Patrick McGilligan follows hisacclaimed biographies of Alfred Hitchcock and Oscar Micheauxwith a revelatory look at the life of Nicholas Ray, the troubled director of Ina Lonely Place, We Can’t GoHome Again, and Rebel Without a Cause. McGilligancharts the cerebral struggles, astonishing adventures, and artistic triumphsthat defined Ray’s life, including his Hollywood collaborations with HumphreyBogart, Robert Mitchum, James Cagney, and...

Born roughly between 1964 and 1980, Generation X has received much less critical attention than the two generations that precede and follow it: the Baby Boomers and Millennials. This essay collection examines representations of Generation X in contemporary popular culture, including in television, movies, music, and internet sources. Drawing on generational theory, cultural studies theory, race theory, and feminist theory, the essays in this volume consider the past identities of Generatio...

From the acclaimed author of Rip It Up and Start Again and Retromania—“the foremost popular music critic of this era (Times Literary Supplement)—comes the definitive cultural history of glam and glitter rock, celebrating its outlandish fashion and outrageous stars, including David Bowie and Alice Cooper, and tracking its vibrant legacy in contemporary pop.Spearheaded by David Bowie, Alice Cooper, T. Rex, and Roxy Music, glam rock reveled in artif...

There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international, economic, political and environmental context, this unique book expands these issues by reviving...

An intriguing blend of science and sports that explores how some of the worlds greatest athletes are utilizing the last frontier of performance-enhancing technology—the mental mapping and engineering of their own brains—for peak performance, and what it means for the future of athleticism, sports, and the rest of us.Moneyball showed how statistics were revolutionizing baseball. The Sports Gene revealed the role genetics play in sports. Now, Head in the Game