This best-selling resource provides a general overview and basic information for all adult intensive care units. The material is presented in a brief and quick-access format which allows for topic and exam review. It provides enough detailed and specific information to address most all questions and problems that arise in the ICU. Emphasis on fundamental principles in the text should prove useful for patient care outside the ICU as well.

New chapters in this edition include hyperthermia and hypothermia syndromes; noninvasive ventilation; and non-pharmaceutical toxic ingestions. Sections have been reorganized and consolidated when appropriate to reinforce concepts.

Features of The ICU Book, 3rd edition:

• New chapters on hyperthermia and hypothermia syndromes, noninvasive ventilation, and non-pharmaceutical toxic ingestions
• Newly renamed and refocused chapters on hot topics: acute coronary syndromes, severe airflow obstruction, and anemia and red cell transfusions
• Vascular access and pharmaceutical sections reorganized and consolidated
• New, modern artwork throughout
• Single-authored text prevents overlap and contradicting recommendations
• Portable and succinct for quick and easy use
• Critical points/controversies are boldfaced throughout the text
• Provides practical advantages and disadvantages to most procedures, drugs, and treatments

Contents

Basic Science Review

1. Circulatory blood flow
2. Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport

Preventive Practices in the Critically Ill

3. Infection control in the ICu
4. Alimentary prophylaxis
5. Venous thromboembolism

Vascular Access

6. Establishing venous access
7. The indwelling vascular catheter

Hemodynamic Monitoring

8. Arterial blood pressure
9. The pulmonary artery catheter
10. Central venous pressure and wedge pressure
11. Tissue oxygenation

Disorders of Circulatory Flow

12. Hemorrhage and hypovolemia
13. Colloid and crystalloid resuscitation
14. Acute heart failure syndromes
15. Cardiac arrest
16. Hemodynamic drug infusions

Critical Care Cardiology

17. Early management of acute coronary syndromes
18. Tachyarrhythmias

Acute Respiratory Failure

19. Hypoxemia and hypercapnia
20. Oximetry and capnography
21. Oxygen inhalation therapy
22. Acute respiratory distress syndrome
23. Severe airflow obstruction

Mechanical Ventilation

24. Principles of mechanical ventilation
25. Modes of assisted ventilation
26. The ventilator-dependent patient
27. Discontinuing mechanical ventilation

Acid-Base Disorders

28. Acid-base interpretations
29. Organic acidoses
30. Metabolic alkalosis

Renal and Electrolyte Disorders

31. Oliguria and acute renal failure
32. Hypertonic and hypotonic syndromes
33. Potassium
34. Magnesium
35. Calcium and phosphorus

Transfusion Practices in Critical Care

36. Anemia and red blood cell transfusions in the ICU
37. Platelets in critical illness

Disorders of Body Temperature

38. Hyperthermia and hypothermia syndromes
39. Fever in the ICU

Inflammation and Infection in the ICU

40. Infection, inflammation, and multiorgan injury
41. Pneumonia in the ICU
42. Sepsis from the abdomen and pelvis
43. The immunocompromised patient
44. Antimicrobial therapy

Nutrition and Metabolism

45. Metabolic substrate requirements
46. Enteral tube feeding
47. Parenteral nutrition
48. Adrenal and thyroid dysfunction

Critical Care Neurology

49. Analgesia and sedation
50. Disorders of mentation
51. Disorders of movement
52. Stroke and related disorders

Toxic Ingestions

53. Pharmaceutical toxins and antidotes

Appendices
Index

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