Critical Care Study Guide Text and Review

Critical Care Study Guide Text and Review / edited by Gerard J. Criner, Gilbert E. D'Alonzo.

Critical care medicine is a dynamic and exciting arena where complex pathophysiologic states requiring extensive knowledge and clinical acumen are commonly found. Caring for critically ill patients requires an extensive knowledge of basic pathophysiology, as well as awareness of the appropriate diag...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Criner, Gerard J. (Editor), D'Alonzo, Gilbert E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
Edition:1st ed. 2002.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Emergency medicine.
Critical care medicine.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Airway Management
  • 2 Oxygenation Without Intubation
  • 3 Blood Gas Sampling
  • 4 Hemodynamic Monitoring
  • 5 Drainage Tube Management
  • 6 Implantable Devices for Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation
  • 7 Enteral Feeding Tubes
  • 8 Common Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit: Thoracentesis, Lumbar Puncture, Paracentesis, and Pericardiocentesis
  • 9 Noninvasive Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit
  • 10 Endoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit
  • 11 Radiologic Imaging in the Critically Ill Patient
  • 12 Neurologic Illness and Critical Care
  • 13 Respiratory Failure
  • 14 Heart Failure
  • 15 Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • 16 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  • 17 Hepatic Failure
  • 18 Pathophysiology of the Sepsis Syndromes
  • 19 Acute Renal Failure
  • 20 Bleeding Diathesis
  • 21 Nutrition Assessment and Nutrition Support in Intensive Care Unit Patients
  • 22 Oxygen Content, Delivery, and Uptake
  • 23 Circulatory Shock
  • 24 Neuromyopathies in the Critically Ill
  • 25 Disorders of Thermoregulation
  • 26 Infections in the Intensive Care Unit
  • 27 Critical Care Endocrinology
  • 28 Evaluation and Management of Toxicologic Emergencies
  • 29 Metabolic Disturbances of Acid—Base and Electrolytes
  • 30 Special Problems in the Critically Ill Trauma Patient
  • 31 Ethics in Critical Care
  • 32 Psychologic Dysfunction in the Intensive Care Unit Patient
  • 33 Host Defenses
  • 34 Mechanical Ventilation
  • 35 Noninvasive Ventilation
  • 36 Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
  • 37 Mechanical Hemodynamic Support
  • 38 Pharmacologic Hemodynamic Support of Shock States
  • 39 Antiarrhythmic Drug Management
  • 40 Dialysis
  • 41 Use of Blood Products
  • 42 Advanced Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • 43 Antimicrobials
  • 44 Use of Analgesics and Sedatives in Critical Care
  • 45 Prophylactic Regimens in the Intensive Care Unit
  • 46 Use of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the Intensive Care Unit
  • 47 Hypertensive Crisis
  • IV Appendices
  • Appendix A Commonly Used Parenteral Medications and Dosage Recommendations for Adult Therapeutics
  • Appendix B Commonly Used Calculations.

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