Critical Care Secrets

Renee D. Stapleton is Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, USA

Review of the previous edition:"Teachers and their students will find this book edifying and enjoyable. This edition has been appropriately enhanced from previous editions. For example, the considerations related to obesity are a welcome addition." --David J. Dries, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School)

• SECTION 1 GENERAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT CARE1. Glycemic Control in the Intensive Care Unit2. Early Mobility3. Sedation and Delirium4. Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit5. Ethics and Palliative Care6. Fluid Therapy7. Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients8. Mechanical Ventilation9. Noninvasive Ventilation and High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen10. Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation: Weaning and Extubation11. Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in the Intensive Care UnitSECTION 2 MONITORING12. Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, and Blood Gas Analysis13. Hemodynamic Monitoring14. NeuromonitoringSECTION 3 PROCEDURES15. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation16. Central Lines, Arterial Lines, Line Infections17. Critical Care Ultrasound18. Durable Ventricular Assist Devices19. Percutaneous Assist Devices20. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump21. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation22. Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management23. Tracheostomy and Upper Airway Obstruction24. Chest Tubes/Catheters and Pneumothorax25. Bronchoscopy26. Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs)SECTION 4 PULMONARY27. Acute Pneumonia28. Asthma29. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease30. Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome31. Hemoptysis32. Venous Thromboembolism and Fat EmbolismSECTION 5 CARDIOLOGY33. Heart Failure and Valvular Heart Disease34. Acute Myocardial Infarction35. Dysrhythmias and Tachyarrhythmias36. Aortic Dissection37. Pericardial Disease (Pericardial Tamponade and Pericarditis)SECTION 6 INFECTIOUS DISEASE38. Sepsis and Septic Shock39. Endocarditis40. Meningitis and Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit41. Disseminated Fungal Infections42. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria43. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections44. Antimicrobial Stewardship45. Management of Influenza Virus Infection in the ICU46. Immunocompromised Host47. COVID-19SECTION 7 RENAL DISEASE48. Hypertensive Crises49. Acute Renal Failure50. Renal Replacement Therapy and Rhabdomyolysis51. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia52. Hyponatremia and HypernatremiaSECTION 8 GASTROENTEROLOGY53. Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patient54. Acute Pancreatitis55. Hepatitis and CirrhosisSECTION 9 ENDOCRINOLOGY56. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State57. Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive Care Unit58. Thyroid Disease in the Intensive Care UnitSECTION 10 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY59. Blood Products and Coagulation60. Thrombocytopenia and Platelets61. Disseminated Intravascular CoagulationSECTION 11 NEUROLOGY62. Coma63. Brain Death64. Status Epilepticus65. Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage66. Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and Myasthenia Gravis (MG)67. Alcohol WithdrawalSECTION 12 SURGERY AND TRAUMA68. Burns and Frostbite69. Thoracic Trauma (Flail Chest, and Pulmonary and Myocardial Contusion)70. Acute Abdomen and Peritonitis71. Organ DonationSECTION 13 EMERGENCY MEDICINE72. Disaster Medicine, Bioterrorism, and Pandemics73. Allergy and Anaphylaxis74. Hypothermia75. Heat StrokeSECTION 14 TOXICOLOGY76. General Approach To Poisonings77. Analgesics and Antidepressants78. Toxic Alcohol Poisoning79. Cardiovascular Medications80. Neuroleptic Malignant SyndromeSECTION 15 UNIQUE PATIENT POPULATIONS81. Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient82. Care of the Patient With Obesity83. Oncologic Emergencies84. Post-Intensive Care Syndrome and Chronic Critical Illness85. Intensive Care Unit SurvivorsSECTION 16 EMERGING THERAPIES86. Sepsis: Emerging Therapies