Current critical care diagnosis & treatment /

Current critical care diagnosis & treatment /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Norwalk, Conn. : Appleton & Lange, c1994.
Description:xiii, 787 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Critical care medicine.
Emergency medicine.
Critical Care.
Emergencies.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2377740
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Varying Form of Title:Current critical care diagnosis and treatment
Other authors / contributors:Bongard, Fred S.
Sue, Darryl Y.
ISBN:083851443X
Notes:"A Lange medical book."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Authors
  • 1.. Philosophy & Principles of Critical Care
  • General Principles of Critical Care
  • Role of the Medical Director of the Critical Care Unit
  • Critical Care Scoring
  • Current Controversies & Unresolved Issues
  • 2.. Fluids, Electrolytes, & Acid-Base
  • Disorders of Fluid Volume
  • Disorders of Potassium Balance
  • Disorders of Phosphorus Balance
  • Disorders of Magnesium Balance
  • Disorders of Calcium Balance
  • Acid-Base Homeostasis & Disorders
  • 3.. Transfusion Therapy
  • Blood Components
  • Blood Component Administration
  • Complications of Transfusion
  • Current Controversies & Unresolved Issues
  • 4.. Pharmacotherapy
  • Pharmacokinetic Parameters
  • Pharmacokinetic Considerations
  • 5.. Intensive Care Anesthesia & Analgesia
  • Physiologic Effects of Anesthesia in the Critically Ill
  • Airway Management
  • Pain Management in the ICU
  • Muscle Relaxants in Intensive Care
  • Sedative-Hypnotics for the Critically Ill
  • Malignant Hyperthermia
  • 6.. Nutrition
  • Nutrition & Malnutrition in the Critically Ill Patient
  • Nutritional Therapy
  • Nutritional Support in Specific Diseases
  • New Treatment Strategies for the Malnourished Critically Ill Patient
  • 7.. Imaging Procedures
  • Techniques for Imaging of the Chest
  • Imaging of Support & Monitoring Devices in the ICU
  • Imaging in Pulmonary Diseases
  • Imaging in Pleural Disorders
  • Imaging of the Abdomen & Pelvis
  • Imaging of Acute Gallbladder & Biliary Tract Disorders
  • Imaging in Emergent & Urgent Genitourinary Conditions
  • 8.. Intensive Care Monitoring
  • Electrocardiography
  • Blood Pressure Monitoring
  • Central Venous Pressure
  • Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
  • Cardiac Output
  • Pulse Oximetry
  • Airway CO[subscript 2] Monitoring
  • Transcutaneous Blood Gases
  • Respiratory Mechanics
  • Monitoring of Oxygen Transport
  • 9.. Transport
  • Interhospital Transport
  • Equipment & Monitoring
  • Education & Training
  • Reimbursement Standards & Costs
  • Current Controversies & Unresolved Issues
  • 10.. Ethical & Legal Considerations
  • Ethical Principles
  • Conflicts Between Ethical Principles
  • Ethical Decision-Making
  • Advance Directives
  • Medicolegal Aspects of Decision-Making
  • Withholding & Withdrawing Life Support
  • Organ Donation
  • Role of the Health Care Professional
  • Web Sites for Health Care Ethics Information & Policies
  • 11.. Shock & Resuscitation
  • Hypovolemic Shock
  • Distributive Shock
  • Cardiac Shock
  • 12.. Respiratory Failure
  • Pathophysiology of Respiratory Failure
  • Treatment of Acute Respiratory Failure
  • Acute Respiratory Failure from Specific Disorders
  • 13.. Renal Failure
  • Nondialytic Therapy for Acute Renal Failure
  • Dialytic Therapy for the Critically Ill Patient
  • Critical Illness in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure
  • 14.. Gastrointestinal Failure in the ICU
  • Pancreatitis
  • Bowel Obstruction
  • Obstruction of the Large Bowel
  • Adynamic (Paralytic) Ileus
  • Pancreatic Insufficiency
  • Diarrhea
  • 15.. Infections in the Critically Ill
  • Sepsis
  • Community-Acquired Pneumonia
  • Urosepsis
  • Infective Endocarditis
  • Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
  • Intra-Abdominal Infections
  • Infections in Special Hosts
  • Principles of Antibiotic Use in the Intensive Care Unit
  • Evaluation of the Intensive Care Unit Patient with New Fever
  • Nosocomial Pneumonia
  • Urinary Catheter-Associated Infections
  • Intravenous Catheter-Associated Infections
  • Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea
  • Hematogenously Disseminated Candidiasis
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit
  • Botulism
  • Tetanus
  • 16.. Surgical Infections
  • Surgical Site Infections
  • Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
  • Peritonitis & Intra-Abdominal Abscess
  • Catheter-Related Infection
  • Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
  • 17.. Bleeding & Hemostasis
  • Inherited Coagulation Disorders
  • Acquired Coagulation Disorders
  • Inherited Platelet Dysfunction
  • Acquired Platelet Dysfunction
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • 18.. Psychiatric Problems
  • Delirium
  • Anxiety & Fear
  • Staff Issues
  • 19.. Care of the Elderly Patient
  • Physiologic Changes with Age
  • Management of the Elderly Patient in the ICU
  • Special Considerations
  • 20.. Critical Care of the Oncology Patient
  • Central Nervous System Disorders
  • Metabolic Disorders
  • Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
  • 21.. Cardiac Problems in Critical Care
  • Atrial Arrhythmias
  • Ventricular Arrhythmias
  • Heart Block
  • Cardiac Problems During Pregnancy
  • Toxic Effects of Cardiac Drugs
  • 22.. Coronary Heart Disease
  • Physiologic Considerations
  • Myocardial Ischemia
  • Unstable Angina and Non-St Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction with St Segment Elevation
  • 23.. Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Aneurysms, Dissections, & Transections of the Great Vessels
  • Postoperative Arrhythmias
  • Bleeding, Coagulopathy, & Blood Product Utilization
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Hypothermia, Circulatory Arrest, & Ventricular Assistance
  • Postoperative Low-Output States
  • 24.. Pulmonary Disease
  • Status Asthmaticus
  • Life-Threatening Hemoptysis
  • Deep Venous Thrombosis & Pulmonary Thromboembolism
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Angioedema
  • 25.. Endocrine Problems in the Critically Ill Patient
  • Thyroid Storm
  • Myxedema Coma
  • Acute Adrenal Insufficiency
  • Sick Euthyroid Syndrome
  • 26.. Diabetes Mellitus & the Critically Ill Patient
  • Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma
  • Hyperglycemia
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Other complications of Diabetes Mellitus
  • 27.. HIV Infection in the Critically Ill Patient
  • Severe Complications of Antiretroviral Therapy
  • Pulmonary Complications of HIV Infection
  • Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
  • Pulmonary Infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
  • Fungal Pneumonia
  • Viral Pneumonia
  • Kaposi's Sarcoma
  • Cardiac Disease in HIV-Infected Patients
  • Acute Renal Failure in HIV-Infected Patients
  • Sepsis in HIV-Infected Patients
  • Hepatic & Biliary Disease in HIV-Infected Patients
  • Central Nervous System Disorders in HIV-Infected Patients
  • Crytococcal Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients
  • 28.. Dermatologic Problems in the Intensive Care Unit
  • Drug Reactions
  • Purpura
  • Life-Threatening Dermatoses
  • Cutaneous Manifestations of Infection
  • 29.. Critical Care of Vascular Disease & Emergencies
  • Vascular Emergencies in the ICU
  • Critical Care of the Vascular Surgery Patient
  • 30.. Critical Care of Neurologic Disease
  • Encephalopathy & Coma
  • Seizures
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • 31.. Neurosurgical Critical Care
  • Head Injuries
  • Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  • Tumors of the Central Nervous System
  • Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries
  • 32.. Acute Abdomen
  • Specific Pathologic Entities
  • Current Controversies & Unresolved Issues
  • 33.. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
  • Patient Assessment
  • Upper Intestinal Tract Bleeding
  • Esophageal & Gastric Varices
  • Peptic Ulcer Disease
  • Gastritis
  • Unusual Lesions
  • Lower Intestinal Tract Bleeding
  • 34.. Hepatobiliary Disease
  • Acute Hepatic Failure
  • Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Portal Hypertension
  • Ascites
  • Hepatorenal Syndrome
  • Preoperative Assessment & Perioperative Management of Patients with Cirrhosis
  • Liver Resection in Patients with Cirrhosis
  • 35.. Organ Transplantation
  • Postoperative Complications in Transplantation
  • Immunology of Organ Transplantation
  • Specific Transplant Operations
  • Organ Donation
  • 36.. Burns
  • Thermal Burn Injury
  • Initial Care of the Burn Patient
  • Principles of Burn Treatment
  • Care of the Burn Wound
  • Postresuscitation Period
  • Nutrition
  • Chemical Burn Injury
  • Electrical Burn Injury
  • 37.. Poisonings & Ingestions
  • Evaluation of Poisoning in the ICU
  • Treatment of Poisoning in the ICU
  • Management of Specific Poisonings
  • 38.. Care of Patients with Environmental Injuries
  • Heat Stroke
  • Hypothermia
  • Frostbite
  • Near Drowning
  • Envenomation
  • Electric Shock & Lightning Injury
  • Radiation Injury
  • 39.. Critical Care Issues in Pregnancy
  • Physiologic Adaptation to Pregnancy
  • General Considerations in the Care of the Pregnant Patient in the ICU
  • Management of Critical Complications of Pregnancy
  • 40.. Antithrombotic Therapy
  • Physical Measures
  • Antiplatelet Agents
  • Anticoagulants
  • New Anticoagulants
  • Oral Anticoagulants
  • Thrombolytic Therapy
  • Antithrombotic Therapy in Pregnancy
  • Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
  • Future Directions
  • Index
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