Critical care medicine : the essentials /

Critical care medicine : the essentials /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marini, John J.
Other Authors: Wheeler, Arthur P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wollters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2010]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Critical care medicine > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Surgical intensive care > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Critical Care > methods.
Emergencies.
Critical care medicine.
Surgical intensive care.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Hemodynamics
  • Hemodynamic monitoring
  • Support of the failing circulation
  • Arrhythmias, pacing, and cardioversion
  • Respiratory monitoring
  • Airway intubation
  • Indications and options for mechanical ventilation
  • Practical problems and complications of mechanical ventilation
  • Positive end-expiratory and continuous positive airway pressure
  • Weaning and discontinuation of mechanical ventilation
  • Intensive care unit imaging
  • Acid-base disorders
  • Fluid and electrolyte disorders
  • Blood conservation and transfusion
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Nutritional assessment and support
  • Analgesia, sedation, and therapeutic paralysis
  • General supportive care
  • Quality improvement and cost control
  • Cardiopulmonary arrest
  • Acute coronary syndromes
  • Hypertensive emergencies
  • Venous thromboembolism
  • Oxygenation failure, ARDS, and acute lung injury
  • Ventilatory failure
  • ICU infections
  • Severe sepsis
  • Thermal disorders
  • Acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy
  • Clotting and bleeding disorders and anticoagulation therapy
  • Hepatic failure
  • Endocrine emergencies
  • Drug overdose and poisoning
  • Neurological emergencies
  • Chest trauma
  • Acute abdomen
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Burns and inhalational injury.