Critical Care: Just the Facts

Jesse B. Hall, MD Professor of Medicine, and of Anesthesia and Critical Care Chief, Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago Dr. Hall is a recognized leader in the discipline and runs one of the top departments in the country. Both Drs. Hall and Schmidt are active presenters at national meetings and known internationally through their software company MedSym. Gregory A. Schmidt, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Pritzker School of Medicine Dr. Hall is a recognized leader in the discipline and runs one of the top departments in the country. Both Drs. Hall and Schmidt are active presenters at national meetings and known internationally through their software company MedSym.

• 1Assessment of the Critically Ill Patient2Airway Management3Resuscitation4Fluid Therapy5Pain Management 6Sedation Management in the ICU7Neuromuscular Blockade8Monitoring the Cardiovascular System9Monitoring the Respiratory System10Assessment of Severity of Illness 11Pulmonary Artery Catheter12Nutrition in the Critically Ill13An Approach to Shock14Ventricular Dysfunction in Critical Illness15Rhythm Disturbances in the ICU16Noninvasive Assessment of Cardiac Output17Interpretation of Hemodynamic Waveforms18Myocardial Ischemia19Echocardiography in the Critically Ill Patient20Acute Right Heart Syndromes21Pulmonary Embolism: Thrombus, Fat, Air, and Amniotic Fluid22Pericardial Disease23Cardiovascular Diseases24Aortic Dissection25Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices26Hypertensive Encephalopathy and Hypertensive Emergencies27Pathophysiology of Acute Respiratory Faillure28Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation29Common Modes of Mechanical Ventilation 30Managing the Ventilated Patient31Responding to Crises in the Ventilated Patient32Using Respiractory Waveforms to Adjust Ventilator Settings33Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation34Ventilator-induced Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome35Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome36Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation37Acute-on-Chronic Respiratory Failure38Status Asthmaticus39Hemoptysis and Pulmonary Hemmorrhage40Restrictive Diseases of the Respiratory System41Sleep Disordered Breathing42Inhalation Injuries43Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock44Early Goal-Directed Therapy for Sepsis45Drotrecogin alfa (activated)46Approach to Sepsis of Unknown Etiology47Empiric Antibiotic Selection in the Critical Care Setting48Neutropenic Patients49AIDS in the ICU50Endocarditis51Infectious Complications of Intravenous Devices52Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia53Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia54Fungal Infections in the ICU55Central Nervous System Infections56Viral Encephalitis57Life-Threatening Infections of the Head and Neck58Soft Tissue Infections59Urinary System Infections60Gastrointestinal Infections61Severe Malaria62Tetanus63Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers64Anthrax and Smallpox65SARS66Influenza67Plague: The Black Death68Botulism69Cerebrovascular Accident70CNS Hemorrhage71Anoxic Encephalopathy72Therapeutic Hypothermia73Status Epilepticus74Acute Spinal Cord Compression75Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit76Neuromuscular Weakness in the ICU77Head Trauma78Coma and Persistent Vegetative State79Brain Death80Anemia, Transfusion, Massive Transfusion81Sickle Cell Disease82Bleeding Disorders in the ICU83Thrombolytic Therapy84Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura85Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation86Thrombocytopenia in Critically Ill Patients87Plasmapheresis in the ICU88Acute Leukemia89Superior Vena Cava Syndrome90Bone Marrow Transplantation91Toxicities of Chemotherapy92Radiation Pneumonitis93Acute Renal Failure94Renal Replacement Therapy in the ICU95Severe Electrolyte Disorders96Acid-Base Balance97Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adults98Intensive Insulin Therapy in the Critically Ill99Thyroid Disease100Adrenal Insufficiency101Rhabdomyolysis102Upper GI Hemorrhage103Lower GI Hemorrhage104Acute Hepatic Failure105Chronic Liver Disease106Bleeding Esophageal Varices and TIPS107Acute