Critical care medicine : principles of diagnosis and management in the adult / Joseph E. Parrillo MD and R. Phillip Dellinger MD, MSc, MCCM

Revised edition of Critical care medicine : principles of diagnosis and management in the adult / [edited by] Joseph E. Parrillo, R. Phillip Dellinger. 4th ed. ©2014.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

"Now completely revised to bring you up to date with the latest advances in the field, Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult, 5th Edition, delivers expert, practical guidance on virtually any clinical scenario you may encounter in the ICU. Designed for intensivists, critical care and pulmonology residents, fellows, practicing physicians, and nurse practitioners, this highly regarded text is clinically focused and easy to reference"--Publisher's description

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