Critical Care Medicine - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition

Section 1: CRITICAL CARE PROCEDURES, MONITORING, AND PHARMACOLOGY
1. Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
2. Airway Management in the Critically Ill Adult
3. Assessment of Cardiac Filling and Blood Flow
4. Arterial, Central Venous, and Pulmonary Artery Catheters
5. Cardiac Pacing
6. Pericardial Tamponade: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Catheter-Based Therapies
7. Percutaneous Assist Devices
8. Echocardiography
9. General Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
10. Ventilatory Management of Obstructive Airway Disease
11. Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
12. Bronchoscopy and Lung Biopsy in Critically Ill Patients
13. Noninvasive Respiratory Monitoring
14. Bedside Tracheostomy in the Intensive Care Unit
15. Chest Tube Thoracostomy
16. Multimodality Intracranial Monitoring
17. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
18. Bedside Ultrasound in the Critically Ill Patient
19. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
20. Use of Sedatives, Analgesics, and Neuromuscular Blockers
21. The Effect of Critical Illness on Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

Section 2: CRITICAL CARE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
22. Shock: Classification, Pathophysiology and Approach to Management
23. Cardiogenic Shock
24. Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
25. Cardiac Tamponade
26. Traumatic Shock: Nonsurgical Management
27. Severe Heart Failure
28. Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactic Shock
29. Acute Coronary Syndromes and Acute Myocardial Infarction
30. Valvular Heart Disease
31. Cardiac Arrhythmias
32. Hypertensive Crises
33. Acute Aortic Dissection
34. General Principles of Postoperative ICU Care
35. Postoperative Management of the Cardiac Surgery Patient

Section 3: CRITICAL CARE PULMONARY DISEASE
36. Acute Respiratory Failure
37. Life-Threatening Asthma
38. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
39. Hypoventilation and Respiratory Muscle Dysfunction
40. Pneumonia: Considerations for the Critically Ill Patient
41. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
42. Pulmonary Embolism
43. Pulmonary Hypertension
44. Massive Hemoptysis
45. Pneumothorax and Barotrauma
46. Toxic Gas, Fume, and Smoke Inhalation

Section 4: CRITICAL CARE INFECTIOUS DISEASE
47. Nosocomial Infection in the Intensive Care Unit
48. Principles Governing Antimicrobial Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit
49. Antifungal and Antiviral Therapy
50. Critically Ill Immunosuppressed Host: Infectious Complications
51. Specific Infections with Critical Care Implications

Section 5: RENAL DISEASE AND METABOLIC DISORDERS IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
52. Acute Kidney Injury
53. Chronic Kidney Disease
54. Acid-Base, Electrolyte, and Metabolic Abnormalities
55. Acute Diabetic Emergencies, Glycemic Control, and Hypoglycemia
56. Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critically Ill Patient
57. Thyroid Disorders

Section 6: NEUROLOGIC DISEASE IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
58. Coma
59. Neurologic Criteria for Death in Adults
60. Stroke
61. Myasthenia Gravis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome
62. Seizures in the Critically Ill
63. Head Injury

Section 7: PHYSICAL AND TOXIC INJURY IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
64. Critical Care Management of the Severely Burned Patient
65. Poisonings
66. Hypothermia, Hyperthermia, and Rhabdomyolysis

Section 8: ADMINISTRATIVE, ETHICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE CARE OF THE CRITICALLY ILL
67. Performance Improvement and Severity Scores in Critical Care
68. Ethical Considerations in Managing Critically Ill Patients
69. Delirium, Sleep, and Mental Health Disturbances in Critical Illness
70. Intensive Care Unit Administration and Education

Section 9: OTHER CRITICAL CARE DISORDERS AND ISSUES IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
71. Diagnosis And Management of Liver Failure In the Adult
72. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
73. Acute Pancreatitis
74. Hemorrhagic and Thrombotic Disorders
75. Use of Blood Components in the Intensive Care Unit
76. Intensive Care of the Cancer Patient
77. Critical Care Medicine in Pregnancy
78. Nutrition Support

Joseph E. Parrillo, MD, FCCM, Chairman, Heart and Vascular Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Hackensack, New Jersey and R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University; Director, Critical Care, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ