Newswise — Joseph E. Parrillo, M.D., chair of the Heart and Vascular Hospital and the Justice Marie L. Garibaldi Endowed Chair at Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center, has co-authored the fifth edition of “Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult.” The textbook, acknowledged as one of the standard major textbooks in the field of critical care, delivers expert, practical guidance on virtually any clinical scenario encountered in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU.)
"I am pleased to announce the release of our fifth edition, which introduces new authors who lend a fresh perspective and contribute their expertise to that of hundreds of top authors in the field,” said Dr. Parrillo. “As professor and chair of the Department of Cardiology at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University and a professor of Medicine at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, it has been an honor to co-author this book, which is appropriate for critical care internists, critical care anesthesiologists and surgeons, critical care and pulmonary residents, fellows, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.”
The first edition was published in 1995 and co-edited by Dr. Parrillo and Roger Bone, M.D. The goal was to produce the acknowledged “best practice” standard in critical care medicine. After the untimely death of Dr. Bone in 1997, Phil Dellinger, M.D. joined Dr. Parrillo as the co-editor for the second, third, fourth and now the fifth edition. The textbook, which is divided into nine parts and 79 chapters, includes 16 contributing physicians from Hackensack Meridian Health.
“All of these chapters are highly authoritative, therefore, every sentence has a study behind it,” added Dr. Parrillo. “We referenced each study and as a result, ended up with hundreds of references in each chapter. Those references were added to the online version of the textbook.”
Online videos are also available featuring a variety of content areas, including echocardiograms and bedside ultrasounds from a variety of exam sites. The last edition was published in 2014. According to Dr. Parrillo, despite the enormous work that goes into each book, the process is a labor of love.
“The completion of each edition is very rewarding,” says Dr. Parrillo. “The knowledge and experience contained in each edition is vast and comprehensive and I am very proud of the effect these textbooks have had in saving lives around the world and helping physicians deliver the best possible care for their patients.”
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Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center, a 781-bed nonprofit teaching and research hospital located in Bergen County, NJ, is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state. Founded in 1888 as the county’s first hospital, it is now part of the largest, most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care, which is comprised of 34,100 team members and more than 6,500 physicians. Hackensack University Medical Center was listed as one of the top two hospitals in New Jersey in U.S. News & World Report’s 2018-19 Best Hospital rankings. It was also named one of the top five New York Metro Area hospitals. Hackensack University Medical Center is one of only five major academic medical centers in the nation to receive Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award for five or more years in a row. Becker’s Hospital Review recognized Hackensack University Medical Center as one of the 100 Great Hospitals in America 2018. The medical center is one of the top 25 green hospitals in the country according to Practice Greenhealth, and received 25 Gold Seals of Approval™ by The Joint Commission – more than any other hospital in the country. It was the first hospital in New Jersey and second in the nation to become a Magnet® recognized hospital for nursing excellence; receiving its fifth consecutive designation in 2014. Hackensack University Medical Center has created an entire campus of award-winning care, including: the John Theurer Cancer Center; the Heart & Vascular Hospital; and the Sarkis and Siran Gabrellian Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which houses the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital and Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital, which was designed with The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center® and listed on the Green Guide’s list of Top 10 Green Hospitals in the U.S. Hackensack University Medical Center is the Hometown Hospital of the New York Giants and the New York Red Bulls and is Official Medical Services Provider to THE NORTHERN TRUST PGA Golf Tournament. It remains committed to its community through fundraising and community events especially the Tackle Kids Cancer Campaign providing much needed research at the Children’s Cancer Institute housed at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. To learn more, visit www.HackensackUMC.org.
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