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Fourth Edition
By
Polly Parsons, MD, Professor Department of Medicine; Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Unit, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT
Jeanine Wiener-Kronish, MD, Henry Isaiah Dorr Professor of Research and Teaching in Anaesthetics and Anaesthesia, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care; Anesthetist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Contents
I. BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
General Approach to the Critically Ill Patient
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Pulse
Oximetry and Capnography
Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring
Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases
Fluid Therapy
Nutrition in
Critically Ill Patients
Noninvasive Ventilation
Mechanical Ventilation
Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation
II.
PROCEDURES
Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management
Tracheotomy and Upper Airway Obstruction
Chest Tubes
Bronchoscopy
Pacemakers
and Defibrillators
Circulatory Assist Devices
III. PULMONARY MEDICINE
Acute Pneumonia
Asthma
Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Cor Pulmonale
Acute Respiratory Failure
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Aspiration
Hemoptysis
Venous
Thromboembolism and Fat Embolism
IV. CARDIOLOGY
Chest Pain
Acute Myocardial Infarction and Pressors
Dysrhythmias
and Tachyarrhythmias
Aortic Dissection
Valvular Heart Disease
Pericardial Disease (Pericarditis and Pericardial Tamponade)
V.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Sepsis, Severe Sepsis Syndrome, and Septic Shock
Endocarditis
Meningitis
Disseminated Fungal
Infections
Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
Catheter-related Infections and Associated Bacteremia
Bioterrorism
Skin and Soft
Tissue Infections
VI. RENAL DISEASE
Hypertension
Acute Renal Failure
Renal Replacement Therapy
and Rhabdomyolysis
Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
VII. GASTROENTEROLOGY
Upper & Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patient
Acute Pancreatitis
Hepatitis and Cirrhosis
Peritonitis and Lavage
VIII.
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome
Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive
Care Unit
Thyroid Disease in the Intensive Care Unit
IX. HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
Blood Products and
Coagulation
Thrombocytopenia and Platelets
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Sickle Cell Disease
Oncologic Emergencies
(including Hypercalcemia)
X. RHEUMATOLOGY
Rheumatologic Diseases in the ICU
XI.
NEUROLOGY
Coma
Brain Death
Status Epilepticus
Stroke and Cerebral Aneurysms
Landry-Guillain-Barr Syndrome
Myasthenia
Gravis
Alcohol Withdrawal
Head Trauma
XII. SURGERY AND TRAUMA
Burns
The Acute Abdomen
Pneumothorax
Flail
Chest and Pulmonary Contusion
Myocardial Contusion
XIII. PERIOPERATIVE CARE
Liver and Heart Transplantation
XIV.
SEDATION and PAIN MANAGEMENT
Use of Paralytic Agents in the Intensive Care Unit
Pain Management in the Intensive Care
Unit
Sedation, Analgesia, and Delirium
XV. EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Tetanus
Anaphylaxis
Hypothermia
Heat
Stroke
XVI. TOXICOLOGY
General Approach to Poisonings
Aspirin Intoxication
Acetaminophen Overdose
XVII.
OBSTETRICS
Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
XVIII. PSYCHIATRY
Delirium
Anxiety
and Agitation in the ICU
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
XIX. ETHICS
Ethics
Withdrawal of Treatment
XX. ADMINISTRATION
ICU Administration
Quality Assurance in the ICU
Scoring Systems for Comparison of
Disease Severity in ICU Patients
Evidence-based Critical Care
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 550 pages, publication date: JUL-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3206-9
ISBN-10: 1-4160-3206-1
Imprint: MOSBY
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