Critical Care

Contributors Series Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations About the Companion Website Part 1: BASIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES Section Editor: John M. Oropello 1. Airway Management 2. Sedation and Analgesia 3. Vascular Access 4. Bedside Ultrasound 5. Bronchoscopy 6. Bedside Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy 7. Nutritional Support and Total Parenteral Nutrition 8. Glycemic Control 9. Prevention of Complications 10. Palliative Care Part 2: CARDIOVASCULAR CRITICAL CARE Section Editor: Umesh K. Gidwani 11. Hemodynamic Monitoring 12. Vasoactive Drugs 13. Mechanical Circulatory Support 14. Acute Hypertensive and Aortic Syndromes 15. Cardiac Arrhythmias 16. Acute Coronary Syndromes 17. Heart Failure Management 18. Shock Syndromes 19. Cardiac Arrest Part 3: PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE Section Editor: Hasan Khouli 20. Respiratory Monitoring 21. Mechanical Ventilatory Support 22. Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation 23. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 24. Bronchospasm and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 25. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation Part 4: NEUROLOGIC CRITICAL CARE Section Editor: Stephan A. Mayer 26. Delirium 27. Stroke 28. Neurotrauma 29. Status Epilepticus 30. Intracranial Pressure and Neuromonitoring 31. Coma and Brain Death 32. Toxicology and Drug Reactions Part 5: SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE Section Editor: Adel Basilly-Marcus 33. Gastrointestinal Bleeding 34. Acute Abdomen and Abdominal Sepsis 35. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome 36. Acute Mesenteric Ischemia 37. Surgical Trauma 38. Burns 39. Acute Hepatic Failure 40. Abdominal Organ Transplantation 41. Obstetric Emergencies Part 6: INFECTIOUS DISEASES Section Editor: Janet M. Shapiro 42. The Febrile Patient 43. Sepsis 44. Infections Acquired in the Intensive Care Unit 45. Antimicrobial Therapy 46. Pneumonia 47. Central Nervous System Infections 48. Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Part 7: RENAL DISORDERS Section Editor: Paru Patrawalla 49. Fluid Resuscitation 50. Acute Kidney Injury 51. Dialysis 52. Electrolyte Disorders 53. Acid-Base Disorders Part 8: HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY Section Editor: Hooman Poor 54. Blood Products and Transfusions 55. Anticoagulation-Related Bleeding 56. Coagulopathy and Thrombocytopenia 57. Venous Thromboembolism and Pulmonary Embolism 58. Oncologic Emergencies Index