From the reviews: "This book contains presentations ... of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine in Florence, Italy. ... Senior trainees and practitioners in critical care medicine are an appropriate audience ... . Chapters are clearly written and make good use of tables and line drawings ... good to excellent quality. ... contain ample reference lists citing primary literature and citations date to within one year of publication. ... presentations here complement a current textbook of critical care medicine in specific subject areas." (David J. Dries, Doody's Review Service, January, 2010)