Reducing mortality in critically ill patients / Giovanni Landoni, Martina Baiardo Redaelli, Chiara Sartini, Alberto Zangrillo, Rinaldo Bellomo, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Landoni, Giovanni, editor.

Redaelli, Martina Baiardo, editor.

Sartini, Chiara, editor.

Zangrillo, Alberto, editor.

Bellomo, R. (Rinaldo), 1956- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critically ill--Care.

Critically ill.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The 2nd edition of this book describes the recent techniques, strategies, and drugs that have been demonstrated by multicenter randomized trials to influence survival in critically ill, defined as those who have acute failure of at least one organ, due to either a pathological condition or a medical intervention, and require intensive care treatment. Each chapter focuses on a specific procedure, device, or drug. The scope is accordingly wide, with coverage of topics as diverse as noninvasive mechanical ventilation, protective ventilation, prone positioning, intravenous salbutamol in ARDS, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, mild hypothermia after cardiac arrest, daily interruption of sedatives, tranexamic acid, diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin, albumin, growth hormone, glutamine supplementation, tight glucose control, supranormal oxygen delivery, and hydroxyethyl starch in sepsis. The topics selection was performed with the help of hundreds of specialists from dozens of countries; they expressed via web if they agreed or not with these topics and if they used them in their daily clinical practice. The clear text is supported by "how to do" sections and "key point" boxes that provide easily accessible practical information. Written by acknowledged international experts, Reducing Mortality in Critically Ill Patients is of interest for a wide variety of specialists, including intensivists, emergency doctors, and anesthesiologists.

Contents:

The process of consensus building

Non-invasive ventilation

High Flow Nasal Cannulae

Restrictive inspiratory oxygen fraction

Mechanical ventilation

Early tracheostomy

Pharmacological Managment of cardiac arrest

Non pharmacological Managment of cardiac arrest

Avoidance of deep sedation

Hydrocortisone in sepsis; Goal directed therapy

Levosimendan in cardiogenic shock and low cardiac output syndrome

Drugs in myocardial infarction

Tranexamic acid in trauma patients

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic discontinuation

Selective decontamination of digestive tract

Nutrition

ECMO

Ultrasound

Alternative medicine

Interventions increasing mortality

Conflicting

Latest evidences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 18, 2021).

ISBN:

9783030719173

3030719170

OCLC:

1256541950

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.