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Current Essentials of Critical CareCopyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under theUnited States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may bereproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of thepublisher.123456789 DOC/DOC 010987654ISBN 0-07-143656-1ISSN 1550-0705NOTICEMedicine is an ever-changing science. As new research and clinical experiencebroaden our knowledge, changes in treatment and drug therapy arerequired. The authors and the publisher of this work have checked withsources believed to be reliable in their efforts to provide information thatis complete and generally in accord with the standards accepted at the timeof publication. However, in view of the possibility of human error orchanges in medical sciences, neither the authors nor the publisher nor anyother party who has been involved in the preparation or publication of thiswork warrants that the information contained herein is in every respect accurateor complete and they disclaim all responsibility for any errors oromissions or for the results obtained from use of the information containedin this work. Readers are encouraged to confirm the information containedherein with other sources. For example and in particular, readers are advisedto check the product information sheet included in the package ofeach drug they plan to administer to be certain that the information containedin this work is accurate and that changes have not been made in therecommended dose or in the contraindications for administration. This recommendationis of particular importance in connection with new or infrequentlyused drugs.This book was set in Times Roman by Matrix.The editors were Jack Farrell, Shelley Reinhardt, Harriet Lebowitz, andPenny Linskey.The production supervisor was Catherine H. Saggese.The cover designer was Elizabeth Pisacreta.The index was prepared by Patricia Perrier.RR Donnelley was the printer and binder.This book is printed on acid-free paper.INTERNATIONAL EDITION ISBN: 0-07-111475-0Copyright © 2005. Exclusive rights by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,for manufacture and export. This book cannot be re-exported from thecountry to which it is consigned by McGraw-Hill. The International Editionis not available in North America.