Critical care medicine : principles of diagnosis and management in the adult / Joseph E. Parrillo MD and R. Phillip Dellinger MD, MSc, MCCM.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parrillo, Joseph E., editor.

Dellinger, R. Phillip, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical care medicine.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ( pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA.: Elsevier, [2019]

System Details:

data file

Summary:

"Now completely revised to bring you up to date with the latest advances in the field, Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult, 5th Edition, delivers expert, practical guidance on virtually any clinical scenario you may encounter in the ICU. Designed for intensivists, critical care and pulmonology residents, fellows, practicing physicians, and nurse practitioners, this highly regarded text is clinically focused and easy to reference"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Section 1: Critical care procedures, monitoring, and pharmacology

Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Airway management in the critically ill patient

Assessment of cardiac filling and blood flow

Arterial, central venous, and pulmonary artery catheters

Cardiac pacing

Pericardial tamponade: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and catheter-based therapies

Intraaortic balloon counterpulsation & percutaneous ventricular assist devices

Echocardiography

General principles of mechanical ventilation

Ventilatory management of obstructive airway disease

Mechanical ventilation of acute respiratory distress syndrome

Bronchoscopy and lung biopsy in the critically ill

Noninvasive respiratory monitoring

Tracheostomy

Chest tube thoracostomy

Intracranial monitoring

Gastrointestinal endoscopy

Bedside ultrasound in the critically ill patient

Continuous renal replacement therapy

Use of sedatives, analgesics, and neuromuscular blockers

Principles of drug dosing in critically ill

Section 2: Critical care cardiovascular disease

Shock: classification, pathophysiology and approach to management

Cardiogenic shock

Severe sepsis and septic shock

Cardiac tamponade

Traumatic shock: nonsurgical management

Severe heart failure

Anaphylaxis and anaphylactic shock

Acute coronary syndromes and acute myocardial infarction

Valvular heart disease

Cardiac arrhythmias

Hypertensive crises

Acute aortic dissection

General principles of postoperative ICU care

Postoperative management of the cardiac surgery patient

Section 3: Critical care pulmonary disease

Acute respiratory failure

Life-threatening asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Hypoventilation and respiratory muscle dysfunction

Pneumonia: considerations for the critically ill patient

Weaning from mechanical ventilation

Pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary hypertension

Massive hemoptysis

Pneumothorax and barotrauma

Toxic gas, fume, and smoke inhalation

Section 4: Critical care infectious disease

Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit

Antimicrobial therapy

Antifungal and antiviral therapy

Critically ill immunosuppressed host

Specific infections with critical care implications

Section 5: Renal disease and metabolic disorders in the critically ill

Acute kidney injury

Chronic renal failure

Acid-base, electrolyte, and metabolic abnormalities

Acute diabetic emergencies, glycemic control, and hypoglycemia

Adrenal insufficiency in the critically ill patient

Thyroid disorders

Section 6: Neurologic disease in the critically ill

Coma

Neurologic criteria for death in adults

Stroke

Seizures in the critically ill

Head injury

Section 7: Physical and toxic injury in the critically ill

Critical care management of the severely burned patient

Poisonings

Hypothermia, hyperthermia, and rhabdomyolysis

Section 8: Administrative, ethical, and psychological issues in the care of the critically ill

Performance improvement in critical care

Ethical considerations in managing critically ill patients

Administration and education in the intensive care unit

Section 9: Other critical care disorders and issues in the critically ill

Diagnosis and management of liver failure in the adult

Gastrointestinal bleeding

Acute pancreatitis

Hemorrhagic and thrombotic disorders

Use of blood components in the intensive care unit

Intensive care of the cancer patient

Critical care medicine in pregnancy

Nutrition support.

Notes:

Revised edition of Critical care medicine : principles of diagnosis and management in the adult / [edited by] Joseph E. Parrillo, R. Phillip Dellinger. 4th ed. ©2014.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed February 12, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Critical care medicine.

ISBN:

9780323446761

0323446760

OCLC:

1084749942

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.