The intensive care manual / [edited by] Michael J. Apostolakos, Peter J. Papadakos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Apostolakos, Michael J.

Papadakos, Peter J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical care medicine--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Critical care medicine.

Critical Care--methods.

Emergencies.

Medical Subjects:

Critical Care--methods.

Emergencies.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xiii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, [2001]

Summary:

With up-to-date guidance that is easy to find and practical, this original sourcebook helps ICU staff solve problems of critically ill patients quickly and effectively. Filled with convenient summary approaches, diagnostics, treatments, and needed lab standards and algorithms, The Intensive Care Manual simplifies finding ICU answers on

Contents:

1 The Critically Ill Patient: Overview of Respiratory Failure and Oxygen Delivery / Michael J. Apostolakos 1

2 Approach to Intravascular Access and Hemodynamic Monitoring / James E. Szalados 15

3 Approach to Shock / Peter J. Papadakos 55

4 Approach to Mechanical Ventilation / Anthony P. Pietropaoli 71

5 Approach to Renal Failure / Andrew B. Leibowitz 103

6 Approach to Infectious Disease / Douglas Salvador, Robert F. Betts 119

7 Approach to Nutritional Support / Pamela R. Roberts 169

8 Approach to Cardiac Arrhythmias / Andrew Corsello, Joseph M. Delehanty, David Huang 185

9 Approach to Acute Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis and Management / Seth M. Jacobson, Joseph M. Delehanty 213

10 Approach to Endocrine Disease / David Kaufman 227

11 Approach to Gastrointestinal Problems in the Intensive Care Unit / James R. Burton, Jr., Thomas A. Shaw-Stiffel 243

12 Approach to Hematologic Disorders / Janice L. Zimmerman 299

13 Approach to Coma / Curtis Benesch 321

14 Approach to Sedation and Airway Management in the ICU / Peter J. Papadakos 349.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0070066965

OCLC:

44969191