Critical Care Secrets
7th Edition
Published on 1. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-443-11526-4 (ISBN)
Description
For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series (R) has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Critical Care Secrets, Seventh Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style-making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
The proven Secrets Series (R) format gives you the most return for your time - succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
Fully revised and updated throughout, covering all aspects of today's practice of critical care, including anatomy, physiology, immunology, and inflammation-fundamentally important topics for in-training and practicing professionals
New chapters on Antibiotic Stewardship and COVID-19
Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams
Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
Written and fully updated by clinical and thought leaders in critical care who have contributed chapters in their areas of expertise
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
The proven Secrets Series (R) format gives you the most return for your time - succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
Fully revised and updated throughout, covering all aspects of today's practice of critical care, including anatomy, physiology, immunology, and inflammation-fundamentally important topics for in-training and practicing professionals
New chapters on Antibiotic Stewardship and COVID-19
Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams
Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
Written and fully updated by clinical and thought leaders in critical care who have contributed chapters in their areas of expertise
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Reviews / Votes
Review of the previous edition:"Teachers and their students will find this book edifying and enjoyable. This edition has been appropriately enhanced from previous editions. For example, the considerations related to obesity are a welcome addition." --David J. Dries, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School)
More details
Series
Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-11526-4 (9780443115264)
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Previous edition
Polly E. Parsons | Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish | Lorenzo Berra
Critical Care Secrets
Book
04/2018
6th Edition
Elsevier
€47.50
Available immediately
Persons
Renee D. Stapleton is Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, USA
Author
Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, USA
Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Medical Director of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Content
SECTION 1 GENERAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT CARE
1. Glycemic Control in the Intensive Care Unit
2. Early Mobility
3. Sedation and Delirium
4. Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit
5. Ethics and Palliative Care
6. Fluid Therapy
7. Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
8. Mechanical Ventilation
9. Noninvasive Ventilation and High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen
10. Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation: Weaning and Extubation
11. Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit
SECTION 2 MONITORING
12. Pulse Oximetry Capnography and Blood Gas Analysis
13. Hemodynamic Monitoring
14. Neuromonitoring
SECTION 3 PROCEDURES
15. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
16. Central Lines Arterial Lines Line Infections
17. Critical Care Ultrasound
18. Durable Ventricular Assist Devices
19. Percutaneous Assist Devices
20. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
21. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
22. Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management
23. Tracheostomy and Upper Airway Obstruction
24. Chest Tubes/Catheters and Pneumothorax
25. Bronchoscopy
26. Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices CIEDs
SECTION 4 PULMONARY
27. Acute Pneumonia
28. Asthma
29. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
30. Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
31. Hemoptysis
32. Venous Thromboembolism and Fat Embolism
SECTION 5 CARDIOLOGY
33. Heart Failure and Valvular Heart Disease
34. Acute Myocardial Infarction
35. Dysrhythmias and Tachyarrhythmias
36. Aortic Dissection
37. Pericardial Disease Pericardial Tamponade and Pericarditis
SECTION 6 INFECTIOUS DISEASE
38. Sepsis and Septic Shock
39. Endocarditis
40. Meningitis and Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit
41. Disseminated Fungal Infections
42. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
43. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
44. Antimicrobial Stewardship
45. Management of Influenza Virus Infection in the ICU
46. Immunocompromised Host
47. COVID-19
SECTION 7 RENAL DISEASE
48. Hypertensive Crises
49. Acute Renal Failure
50. Renal Replacement Therapy and Rhabdomyolysis
51. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
52. Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
SECTION 8 GASTROENTEROLOGY
53. Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patient
54. Acute Pancreatitis
55. Hepatitis and Cirrhosis
SECTION 9 ENDOCRINOLOGY
56. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
57. Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive Care Unit
58. Thyroid Disease in the Intensive Care Unit
SECTION 10 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
59. Blood Products and Coagulation
60. Thrombocytopenia and Platelets
61. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
SECTION 11 NEUROLOGY
62. Coma
63. Brain Death
64. Status Epilepticus
65. Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
66. Guillain-Barre Syndrome GBS and Myasthenia Gravis MG
67. Alcohol Withdrawal
SECTION 12 SURGERY AND TRAUMA
68. Burns and Frostbite
69. Thoracic Trauma Flail Chest and Pulmonary and Myocardial Contusion
70. Acute Abdomen and Peritonitis
71 .Organ Donation
SECTION 13 EMERGENCY MEDICINE
72. Disaster Medicine Bioterrorism and Pandemics
73. Allergy and Anaphylaxis
74. Hypothermia
75. Heat Stroke
SECTION 14 TOXICOLOGY
76. General Approach To Poisonings
77. Analgesics and Antidepressants
78. Toxic Alcohol Poisoning
79. Cardiovascular Medications
80. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
SECTION 15 UNIQUE PATIENT POPULATIONS
81. Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
82. Care of the Patient With Obesity
83. Oncologic Emergencies
84. Post-Intensive Care Syndrome and Chronic Critical Illness
85. Intensive Care Unit Survivors
SECTION 16 EMERGING THERAPIES
86. Sepsis Emerging Therapies
1. Glycemic Control in the Intensive Care Unit
2. Early Mobility
3. Sedation and Delirium
4. Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit
5. Ethics and Palliative Care
6. Fluid Therapy
7. Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
8. Mechanical Ventilation
9. Noninvasive Ventilation and High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen
10. Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation: Weaning and Extubation
11. Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit
SECTION 2 MONITORING
12. Pulse Oximetry Capnography and Blood Gas Analysis
13. Hemodynamic Monitoring
14. Neuromonitoring
SECTION 3 PROCEDURES
15. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
16. Central Lines Arterial Lines Line Infections
17. Critical Care Ultrasound
18. Durable Ventricular Assist Devices
19. Percutaneous Assist Devices
20. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
21. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
22. Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management
23. Tracheostomy and Upper Airway Obstruction
24. Chest Tubes/Catheters and Pneumothorax
25. Bronchoscopy
26. Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices CIEDs
SECTION 4 PULMONARY
27. Acute Pneumonia
28. Asthma
29. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
30. Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
31. Hemoptysis
32. Venous Thromboembolism and Fat Embolism
SECTION 5 CARDIOLOGY
33. Heart Failure and Valvular Heart Disease
34. Acute Myocardial Infarction
35. Dysrhythmias and Tachyarrhythmias
36. Aortic Dissection
37. Pericardial Disease Pericardial Tamponade and Pericarditis
SECTION 6 INFECTIOUS DISEASE
38. Sepsis and Septic Shock
39. Endocarditis
40. Meningitis and Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit
41. Disseminated Fungal Infections
42. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
43. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
44. Antimicrobial Stewardship
45. Management of Influenza Virus Infection in the ICU
46. Immunocompromised Host
47. COVID-19
SECTION 7 RENAL DISEASE
48. Hypertensive Crises
49. Acute Renal Failure
50. Renal Replacement Therapy and Rhabdomyolysis
51. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
52. Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
SECTION 8 GASTROENTEROLOGY
53. Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patient
54. Acute Pancreatitis
55. Hepatitis and Cirrhosis
SECTION 9 ENDOCRINOLOGY
56. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
57. Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive Care Unit
58. Thyroid Disease in the Intensive Care Unit
SECTION 10 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
59. Blood Products and Coagulation
60. Thrombocytopenia and Platelets
61. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
SECTION 11 NEUROLOGY
62. Coma
63. Brain Death
64. Status Epilepticus
65. Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
66. Guillain-Barre Syndrome GBS and Myasthenia Gravis MG
67. Alcohol Withdrawal
SECTION 12 SURGERY AND TRAUMA
68. Burns and Frostbite
69. Thoracic Trauma Flail Chest and Pulmonary and Myocardial Contusion
70. Acute Abdomen and Peritonitis
71 .Organ Donation
SECTION 13 EMERGENCY MEDICINE
72. Disaster Medicine Bioterrorism and Pandemics
73. Allergy and Anaphylaxis
74. Hypothermia
75. Heat Stroke
SECTION 14 TOXICOLOGY
76. General Approach To Poisonings
77. Analgesics and Antidepressants
78. Toxic Alcohol Poisoning
79. Cardiovascular Medications
80. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
SECTION 15 UNIQUE PATIENT POPULATIONS
81. Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
82. Care of the Patient With Obesity
83. Oncologic Emergencies
84. Post-Intensive Care Syndrome and Chronic Critical Illness
85. Intensive Care Unit Survivors
SECTION 16 EMERGING THERAPIES
86. Sepsis Emerging Therapies