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Philadelphia, PA. : Elsevier, 5th edition
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9780323446761
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Here's the most clinically oriented critical care text focusing on the adult patient. In full-color and superbly illustrated with clinical photographs, imaging studies, and management algorithms, and with a broad multidisciplinary focus, this text will help you enhance your skills at any level of training.Stands alone as a clinically oriented comprehensive reference.Completely updated and authorship expanded to reflect the evolution in critical care practice.In color for the first time, with new color schematics and treatment algorithms for greater ease of ref
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CONTENTS:
Section 1: Critical care procedures, monitoring, and pharmacology
Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Airway management in the critically ill patient
Assessment of cardiac filling and blood flow
Arterial, central venous, and pulmonary artery catheters
Cardiac pacing
Pericardial tamponade: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and catheter-based therapies
Intraaortic balloon counterpulsation & percutaneous ventricular assist devices
Echocardiography
General principles of mechanical ventilation
Ventilatory management of obstructive airway disease
Mechanical ventilation of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Bronchoscopy and lung biopsy in the critically ill
Noninvasive respiratory monitoring
Tracheostomy
Chest tube thoracostomy
Intracranial monitoring
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Bedside ultrasound in the critically ill patient
Continuous renal replacement therapy
Use of sedatives, analgesics, and neuromuscular blockers
Principles of drug dosing in critically ill
Section 2: Critical care cardiovascular disease
Shock: classification, pathophysiology and approach to management
Cardiogenic shock
Severe sepsis and septic shock
Cardiac tamponade
Traumatic shock: nonsurgical management
Severe heart failure
Anaphylaxis and anaphylactic shock
Acute coronary syndromes and acute myocardial infarction
Valvular heart disease
Cardiac arrhythmias
Hypertensive crises
Acute aortic dissection
General principles of postoperative ICU care
Postoperative management of the cardiac surgery patient
Section 3: Critical care pulmonary disease
Acute respiratory failure
Life-threatening asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Hypoventilation and respiratory muscle dysfunction
Pneumonia: considerations for the critically ill patient
Weaning from mechanical ventilation
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension
Massive hemoptysis
Pneumothorax and barotrauma
Toxic gas, fume, and smoke inhalation; Section 4: Critical care infectious disease
Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit
Antimicrobial therapy
Antifungal and antiviral therapy
Critically ill immunosuppressed host
Specific infections with critical care implications
Section 5: Renal disease and metabolic disorders in the critically ill
Acute kidney injury
Chronic renal failure
Acid-base, electrolyte, and metabolic abnormalities
Acute diabetic emergencies, glycemic control, and hypoglycemia
Adrenal insufficiency in the critically ill patient
Thyroid disorders
Section 6: Neurologic disease in the critically ill
Coma
Neurologic criteria for death in adults
Stroke
Seizures in the critically ill
Head injury
Section 7: Physical and toxic injury in the critically ill
Critical care management of the severely burned patient
Poisonings
Hypothermia, hyperthermia, and rhabdomyolysis
Section 8: Administrative, ethical, and psychological issues in the care of the critically ill
Performance improvement in critical care
Ethical considerations in managing critically ill patients
Administration and education in the intensive care unit
Section 9: Other critical care disorders and issues in the critically ill
Diagnosis and management of liver failure in the adult
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Acute pancreatitis
Hemorrhagic and thrombotic disorders
Use of blood components in the intensive care unit
Intensive care of the cancer patient
Critical care medicine in pregnancy
Nutrition support.
https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C20150022675
CONTENTS:
Section 1: Critical care procedures, monitoring, and pharmacology
Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Airway management in the critically ill patient
Assessment of cardiac filling and blood flow
Arterial, central venous, and pulmonary artery catheters
Cardiac pacing
Pericardial tamponade: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and catheter-based therapies
Intraaortic balloon counterpulsation & percutaneous ventricular assist devices
Echocardiography
General principles of mechanical ventilation
Ventilatory management of obstructive airway disease
Mechanical ventilation of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Bronchoscopy and lung biopsy in the critically ill
Noninvasive respiratory monitoring
Tracheostomy
Chest tube thoracostomy
Intracranial monitoring
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Bedside ultrasound in the critically ill patient
Continuous renal replacement therapy
Use of sedatives, analgesics, and neuromuscular blockers
Principles of drug dosing in critically ill
Section 2: Critical care cardiovascular disease
Shock: classification, pathophysiology and approach to management
Cardiogenic shock
Severe sepsis and septic shock
Cardiac tamponade
Traumatic shock: nonsurgical management
Severe heart failure
Anaphylaxis and anaphylactic shock
Acute coronary syndromes and acute myocardial infarction
Valvular heart disease
Cardiac arrhythmias
Hypertensive crises
Acute aortic dissection
General principles of postoperative ICU care
Postoperative management of the cardiac surgery patient
Section 3: Critical care pulmonary disease
Acute respiratory failure
Life-threatening asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Hypoventilation and respiratory muscle dysfunction
Pneumonia: considerations for the critically ill patient
Weaning from mechanical ventilation
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension
Massive hemoptysis
Pneumothorax and barotrauma
Toxic gas, fume, and smoke inhalation; Section 4: Critical care infectious disease
Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit
Antimicrobial therapy
Antifungal and antiviral therapy
Critically ill immunosuppressed host
Specific infections with critical care implications
Section 5: Renal disease and metabolic disorders in the critically ill
Acute kidney injury
Chronic renal failure
Acid-base, electrolyte, and metabolic abnormalities
Acute diabetic emergencies, glycemic control, and hypoglycemia
Adrenal insufficiency in the critically ill patient
Thyroid disorders
Section 6: Neurologic disease in the critically ill
Coma
Neurologic criteria for death in adults
Stroke
Seizures in the critically ill
Head injury
Section 7: Physical and toxic injury in the critically ill
Critical care management of the severely burned patient
Poisonings
Hypothermia, hyperthermia, and rhabdomyolysis
Section 8: Administrative, ethical, and psychological issues in the care of the critically ill
Performance improvement in critical care
Ethical considerations in managing critically ill patients
Administration and education in the intensive care unit
Section 9: Other critical care disorders and issues in the critically ill
Diagnosis and management of liver failure in the adult
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Acute pancreatitis
Hemorrhagic and thrombotic disorders
Use of blood components in the intensive care unit
Intensive care of the cancer patient
Critical care medicine in pregnancy
Nutrition support.