Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Preface

 

 

Contributors

 

PART I

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

 

1

Hemodynamic Monitoring   Erik Kistler and Luca Bigatello

 

2

Respiratory Monitoring   Ettore Crimi and Dean Hess

 

3

Use of Ultrasound in the ICU   Robin Guillory and Marc de Moya

 

4

Airway Management   Jonathan Charmin, Robert Goulet, and Richard Pino

 

5

Principles of Mechanical Ventilation   Claudia Crimi and Dean Hess

 

6

Hemodynamic Management   Jonathan Fox end Edward Bittner

 

7

Sedation and Analgesia   Houman Amirfarzan, Ulrich Schmidt, and Luca Bigatello

 

8

Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid–Base Management   Cosmin Gauran and David Steele

 

9

Critical Care of the Trauma Patient   Jeffrey Ustin and Hasan Alam

 

10

Critical Care of the Neurologic Patient   Kevin Sheth and Lee Schwamm

 

11

Nutrition   Elizabeth Sailhamer and Hasan Alam

 

12

Infectious Disease—General Considerations   Laura Leduc and Judith Hellman

 

13

Quality Improvement and Prophylaxis   Karsten Bartels and Ulrich Schmidt

 

14

Ethical and Legal Issues in ICU Practice   Rae Allain and Sharon Brackett

 

15

Evidence-Based Practice and Basic Statistics in Critical Care   Ala Nozari, H. Thomas Stelfox, and Edward Bittner

 

16

Transport of the ICU Patient   Emily Apssll and Michael Fitzsimons

 

PART II

SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS

 

17

Coronary Artery Disease   Corry “JebKucik and Michael Fitzsimons

 

18

Valvular Heart Disease   Jonathan Bloom and Theodore Alston

 

19

Cardiac Dysrhythmias   Cosmin Gauran and Jagmeet Singh

 

20

The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome   Kathrin Allan and Luca Bigatello

 

21

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma   Robert Owens and Fiona Gibbons

 

22

Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis   B. Taylor Thompson

 

23

Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation   Bishr Haydar and Jean Kwo

 

24

Acute Kidney Injury   Beverly Newhouse

 

25

Liver Dysfunction   Daniel Johnson and William Benedetto

 

26

Coagulopathy and Hypercoagulability   Lorenzo Berra and Rae Allain

 

27

Acute Gastrointestinal Diseases   Eugene Fukudome and Jean Kwo

 

28

Endocrine Disorders and Glucose Management   Steven Russell and B. Taylor Thompson

 

29

Infectious Diseases—Specific Considerations   Aranya Bagchi and Judith Hellman

 

30

Nonantibiotic Therapies for Sepsis   Anahat Dhillon and Edward Bittner

 

31

Stroke, Seizures, and Encephalopathy   Dorothea Strozyk and Lee Schwamm

 

32

Acute Weakness   David Greer and Edward George

 

33

Drug Overdose, Poisoning, and Adverse Drug Reaction   Susan Wilcox and Richard Pino

 

34

Adult and Pediatric Resuscitation   Arthur Tokarczyk and Richard Pino

 

35

Transfusion Medicine   Jeffrey Ustin and Hasan Alam

 

36

Neurological Trauma   Sherry Chou and Marc de Moya

 

37

The Burned Patient   Nicolas Melo and Rob Sheridan

 

38

Disaster Preparedness in the ICU   Todd Seigel and Edward George

 

39

ICU Care After Vascular Surgery   Ross Blank and Rae Allain

 

40

ICU Care After Thoracic Surgery   Kathrin Allen, Henning Gaissert, and Luca Bigatello

 

41

ICU Care Following Liver, Kidney, and Lung Transplantation   Jason Wertheim and William Benedetto

 

42

ICU Care of the Obese Patient   Jeremy Goldfarb and Jean Kwo

 

43

The Intensivist Outside the ICU   Edward George and Edward Bittner

 

44

Obstetric Critical Care   Amy Ortman and Richard Pino

 

Appendix A

Supplemental Drug Information   Alan DiBiasio, Robert Hallisey, Jr., and Kathryn Kalafatas Davis

 

 

Index