Critical Care Medicine
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Elsevier Saunders
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780323089296
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Critical care procedures, monitoring, and pharmacology.; title: 1. Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; title: 2.  Airway management in the critically ill adult; title: 3. Assessment of cardiac filling and blood flow; title: 4. Arterial, central venous, and pulmonary artery catheters; title: 5. Cardiac pacing; title: 6. Pericardials tamponade : clinical presentation, diagnosis, and catheter-based therapies; title: 7. Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation; title: 8. Echocardiography; title: 9. General principles of mechanical ventilation; title: 10. Ventilatory management of obstructive airway disease; title: 11. Mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome; title: 12. Bronchoscopy and lung biopsy in critically ill patients; title: 13. Noninvasive respiratory monitoring; title: 14. Tracheostomy; title: 15. Chest tube thoracostomy; title: 16. Intracranial monitoring; title: 17. Gastrointestinal endoscopy; title: 18. Continuous renal replacement therapy; title: 19. Use of sedatives, analgesics, and neuromuscular blockers; title: 20. Principles of drug dosing in critically ill patients; title: Part 2 : Critical care cardiovascular disease.; title: 21. Circulatory shock; title: 22. Cardiogenic shock; title: 23. Septic shock; title: 24. Cardiac tamponade; title: 25. Severe sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction; title: 26. Hypovolemic shock; title: 27. Traumatic shock and tissue hypoperfusion: nonsurgical management; title: 28. Anaphylaxis and anaphylactic shock; title: 29. Severe heart failure; title: 30. Acute coronary syndromes and acute myocardial infarction; title: 31. Cardiac arrhythmias; title: 32. Valvular heart disease in critical care; title: 33. Acute aortic dissection; title: 34. Hypertensive crises; title: 35. General principles of postoperative intensive care unit care; title: 36. Postoperative management of the cardiac surgery patient; title: Part 3 : Critical care pulmonary disease.; title: 37. Acute respiratory failure; title: 38. Life-threatening asthma; title: 39. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; title: 40. Hypoventilation and respiratory muscle dysfunction; title: 41. Nonpulmonary causes of respiratory failure; title: 42. Pneumonia : considerations for the critically ill patient; title: 43. Weaning from mechanical ventilation; title: 44. Acute pulmonary embolism; title: 45. Pulmonary hypertension; title: 46. Massive hemoptysis; title: 47. Pneumothorax and barotrauma; title: 48. Toxic gas, fume, and smoke inhalation; title: 49. Immunologic lung disease in the critically ill; title: Part 4 : Critical care infectious disease.; title: 50. Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit; title: 51. Principles governing antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit; title: 52. Antifungal and antiviral therapy; title: 53. Critically ill immunosuppressed host; title: 54. Specific infections with critical care implications; title: Part 5 : Renal disease and metabolic disorders in the critically ill.; title: 55. Acute kidney injury; title: 56. Chronic kidney disease; title: 57. Acid-base, electrolyte, and metabolic abnormalities; title: 58. Acute diabetic emergencies, glycemic control, and hypoglycemia; title: 59. Adrenal insufficiency in the critically ill patient; title: 60. Thyroid disorders; title: Part 6 : Neurologic disease in the critically ill.; title: 61. Coma; title: 62. Neurologic criteria for death in adults; title: 63. Stroke; title: 64. Muscular paralysis : myasthenia gravis and Guillaine-Barre syndrome; title: 65. Seizures in the critically ill; title: 66. Head injury; title: Part 7 : Physical and toxic injury in the critically ill.; title: 67. Critical care management of the severely burned patient; title: 68. Poisonings; title: 69. Hypothermia, hyperthermia, and rhabdomyolysis; title: Part 8 : Administrative, ethical, and psychological issues in the care of the critically ill.; title: 70. Intensive care unit administration and performance improvement; title: 71. Ethical considerations in managing critically ill patients; title: 72. Delirium, sleep, and mental health disturbances in critical illness; title: 73. Severity of illness scoring systems; title: 74. Education and training in intensive care medicine; title: Part 9 : Other critical care disorders and issues in the critically ill.; title: 75. Diagnosis and management of liver failure in the adult; title: 76. Gastrointestinal bleeding; title: 77. Acute pancreatitis; title: 78. Hemorrhagic and thrombotic disorders; title: 79. Use of blood components in the intensive care unit; title: 80. Intensive care of the cancer patient; title: 81. Critical care medicine in pregnancy; title: 82. Nutrition support; title: 83. Bedside ultrasonography in the critical care patient