Marino's The Little ICU Book

That should be the caption. As a third year medical resident, I was a little late on discovering this book but better late than never. It doesn't have the expansive explanation especially as far as pathophysiology is concerned as the "ICU book" from the same author but it does what it set out to do and then some. It provides quick management tips as well as the salient points for diagnosis. It is easy to read, easy to retain and easy to carry. However this book is a text book in its own right. The chapters follow the same set up as the big ICU book and similar to its parent, each chapter is full of references for further read. A great pleasure to read and a must have for any medicine resident or for those who are interested in more than simply surviving their ICU rotation.

This book is amazing! I wanted to buy it for a long time but it was kind of pricy. I finally decided to purchase it and it was so worth it! If you are hesitant, don't be. It is the best investment you can do. I love this book! I use it literally every day in my ICU, it covers a lot of stuff, short, to the point, everything you need to know. Easy read. I highly recommend it!!!

I used this book throughout my CTICU rotation. It was my first time in the ICU and whenever something I didn’t know I would look it up in the book and there was always a chapter discussing it.

I've only started reading this book, but I already love it. I am a current nurse about to transition into ICU nursing and wanted a leg up before making that switch. This book is clearly laid out, has easy to understand and read information, and is based on beat evidenced based practices. It's essentially a mini textbook, but it is exactly what I was looking for to understand ICU care for someone who isn't quite there yet.

This book is written in very simple and easy to understand style. If you have the larger ICU book by the same author, this could be a good summary and quick reference. Its not intended to be text book so its fairly condensed. A good book for 2nd year and third year residents doing their ICU rotation

PGY2 resident, mostly used it on my inpatient rotations. Found it to be very helpful and to the point. It is very well written and fits in my labcoat pocket very easily. One thing I didn't care for (but not hated) is the fact that they mention drug doses, routes and how to load/maintain a drug concentration which is now mostly taken care of by pharmacists. Definitely not a major issue...I just skipped those sections. Highly recommend it for residents.

As a general surgical resident, doing my ICU rotation in a very high risk hospital, managing SICU and CCU patients, even running 2 ECMOs, this book was a life saver. Information is succinct and pertinent. I felt like a total boss being able to explain why we did things that were otherwise just wrought tradition while putting in central lines and dosing sedatives. I strongly suggest this as a quick reference for the ICU.

This is definitely easier to read compared to the full book. It's a nice refresher on ICU topics. I think I am now ready to go read the full book again. I Will definitely be coming back to this as a resource