Critical care emergencies / edited by Lillian Liang Emlet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Emlet, Lillian Liang, editor.

Oxford Academic Medicine

Series:

What do I do now?. Emergency medicine

What do i do now? Emergency medicine

Standardized Title:

Critical care emergencies (Emlet)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medicine.

Critical care medicine.

Medical emergencies.

Emergencies.

Critical Care.

Emergency Treatment.

Emergency Medicine.

Medical Subjects:

Emergencies.

Critical Care.

Emergency Treatment.

Emergency Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 369 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Contents:

Cover

Series

Critical Care Emergencies

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Part 1: Airway

1. I can't breathe: Difficult intubations

2. Breathing from the neck: Tracheostomy emergencies

3. The challenge down under: Subglottic airway access issues

4. Physiologically difficult airways

5. Coughing up blood: Massive hemoptysis

Part 2: Breathing

6. Problems outside the lung: Pneumothorax and pleural effusions

7. Help me breathe: High-​flow nasal cannula versus noninvasive ventilation troubleshooting

8. Intubated and boarded in the ED: Ventilator 101

9. I still can't breathe: ARDS and advanced ventilation strategies

10. Upside-​down is best: Practical proning

11. It's getting harder to breathe: Refractory ARDS and VV-​ECMO

Part 3: Circulation

12. Hot and shocky: Distributive/​septic shock

13. The engine isn't working: Cardiogenic shock states

14. A pump replacement: The bleeding LVAD patient

15. The other heart failure: Pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction

16. Vasopressor cocktails (we all have drug shortages)

17. Cardiac arrest and ED ECLS/​ECPR

18. Too slow to go: Symptomatic bradycardia

19. Choked off: Tamponade

Part 4: Organ specific

20. Brain on fire: Status epilepticus

21. The pressure is too much: Traumatic brain injuries and intracranial hypertension

22. Brain plumbing problems: Ischemic versus hemorrhagic strokes

23. The worst headache of my life: Subarachnoid hemorrhage

24. I feel weak: Myasthenic or neuromuscular emergencies

25. Stop the bleed: Procedures for hemostatic control

26. I'm bleeding!: Hemorrhagic resuscitation

27. Reversal agents: Antidotes for anticoagulants

28. Blood from both ends: GI bleeding

29. I am yellow: Complications of cirrhosis

30. I can't pee: Acute renal failure

31. Electrolyte emergencies

32. Endocrine emergencies

33. Transplant troubles: Managing post-transplant complications

34. Cancer alphabet soup: Oncology complications

35. Hot as a hare: Critically ill toxidromes

36. Dying in the Emergency Department: Death trajectories and palliative care in the emergency department

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 19, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Critical care emergencies (Emlet) Critical care emergencies

ISBN:

9780190082611

0190082615

9780190082604

0190082607

9780190082598

0190082593

Publisher Number:

90102090972

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Restricted for use by site license.