Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care

What Is Evidence-Based Medicine, and How Does It Apply to Critical Care?.- 1. What Is Evidence-Based Medicine, and How Does It Apply to Critical Care?.- House Officers' Housekeeping Guidelines.- 2. House Officers' Housekeeping Guidelines.- 1. The Respiratory System.- 3. Airway Management: Endotracheal Intubation.- 4. Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation.- 5. Mechanical Ventilation 101.- 6. Weaning/Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation.- 7. Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.- 8. Acute Severe Asthma.- 9. Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia.- 10. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.- 11. Aspiration Syndromes.- 12. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- 13. Thromboembolism in the Intensive Care Unit.- 14. Bronchoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit.- 15. Chest Physical Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit.- 16. Chest Radiography in the Intensive Care Unit Patient.- 2. The Cardiovascular System.- 17. Fluid and Pressor Resuscitation: The Management of Oliguria, Hypotension, and Prerenal States.- 18. Hemodynamic Monitoring: Pulmonary Artery and Arterial Catheterization.- 19. Supraventricular and Ventricular Arrhythmias.- 20. Hypertensive Emergencies.- 21. Management of the Patient With Unstable Angina/Non Q-Wave-Myocardial Infarction.- 22. Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction.- 23. Management of Cardiac Failure in the Intensive Care Unit.- 24. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- 3. The Gastrointestinal Tract.- 25. Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis.- 26. Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- 27. Pancreatitis.- 28. Liver Failure and Jaundice in the Intensive Care Unit.- 4. Renal and Metabolic Issues.- 29. Acid-Base Disturbances.- 30. Electrolyte Disturbances.- 31. Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hyperosmolar Nonketotic States, and Stress-Induced Hyperglycemia.- 32.Acute Renal Failure.- 33. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Renal Failure.- 34. Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive Care Unit.- 35. Thyroid Diseases in the Critically 111.- 5. Neurology.- 36. Acute Cerebrovascular Disease and the Management of Raised Intracranial Pressure.- 37. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- 38. Neurological and Neuromuscular Complications of Systemic Critical Illness.- 39. Management of Traumatic Brain Injury.- 40. Seizures and Status Epilepticus.- 41. Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis.- 6. Infection.- 42. Management of Septic Patients.- 43. Assessment of New Fever in the Non-neutropenic Intensive Care Unit Patient.- 44. Nosocomial Infections in the Intensive Care Unit.- 45. Infections in the Immunocompromised Host.- 7. Miscellaneous Intensive Care Unit Topics.- 46. Intensive Care Unit Admission and Discharge Criteria.- 47. Severity of Illness Scoring Systems.- 48. Sedation, Analgesia, and Paralysis in the Intensive Care Unit.- 49. Nutrition.- 50. Hematology in the Intensive Care Unit.- 51. Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome.- 52. Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome.- 53. Assessment of Tissue Oxygenation.- 54. Brain Death and Management of the Heart-Beating, Brain-Dead Organ Donor.- 55. Accidental Hypothermia.- 56. Central Venous Catheterization.- 57. Obstetrical Problems Requiring Intensive Care Unit Management.- 58. Toxicology.- 59. End-of-Life Issues.- 60. Marik's Evidence-Based Commonsense Critical Care Rules.