Intensive and Critical Care Medicine WFSICCM World Federation of Soc
The focus of this volume endorsed by World Federation of Societies on Intensive and Critical Care Medicine is the "state of the art" of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine as well as new insights into basic science, clinical research and therapeutic inte
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Antonino Gullo • José Besso • Philip D. Lumb Ged F. Williams (Eds.)
Intensive and Critical Care Medicine WFSICCM World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Foreword by Frédéric Shuind
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Editors Antonino Gullo Department and School of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Catania School of Medicine and University-Hospital Catania, Italy
José Besso Department of Critical Care Medicine Hospital Centro Medico de Caracas Caracas, Venezuela
Philip D. Lumb Department of Anesthesiology Keck Medical School Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ged F. Williams World Federation of Critical Care Nurses C/- Nursing Administration Gold Coast Health Southport, Queensland, Australia
ISBN 978-88-470-1435-0
e-ISBN 978-88-470-1436-7
DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-1436-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London Milan New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009933285 © Springer Verlag Italia 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Italian Copyright Law in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the Italian Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: Simona Colombo, Milan, Italy Typesetting: Graphostudio, Milan, Italy Printing and binding: Grafiche Porpora, Segrate, Italy Printed in Italy Springer-Verlag Italia S.r.l. – Via Decembrio 28 – I-20137 Milan Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) has reached the age of maturity. Physicians, nurses, and many others associated with the field of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine will be coming from all corners of the world to Florence, Italy in August, 2009 to celebrate the 10th quadrennial congress. Every 4 years for the last 36 years, congresses in the magnificent venues of London (1973), Paris (1977), Washington (1981), Jerusalem (1985), Kyoto (1989), Madrid (1993), Ottawa (1997), Sydney (2001), and Buenos Aires (2005) have signified an ever-developing process which has resulted in the four pillars of the field of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, namely partnership, ethics, professionalism, and competence. The first pillar is based on a str
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