Critical Care [electronic resource] / John M Oropello, Stephen M Pastores, Vladimir Kvetan.

"A Lange medical book."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Chapter 67: Controversies: Ventilator Management in ARDS: One Size Fits All? -- Chapter 68: Controversies: Corticosteroids for ARDS: Friend or Foe? -- Chapter 69: Thrombolytic Therapy for Submassive Pulmonary Embolism -- Chapter 70: Controversies: Enteral Nutrition—Pyloric Versus Postpyloric -- Chapter 71: Controversies: Continuous Versus Intermittent Renal Replacement in the Critically Ill Patient -- Chapter 72: Clinical Controversies: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Does It Exist? -- Chapter 73: Controversies: ScvO2 Versus Lactate Clearance to Guide Resuscitation in Septic Shock? -- Chapter 74: Controversies: Is Glucose Control Relevant? -- Section III: Management -- Chapter 75: Simulation and Education in the ICU -- Chapter 76: ICU Bed Utilization -- Chapter 77: The ICU in the Global Hospital Environment -- Chapter 78: Alternative Staffing Models in the ICU -- Chapter 79: Governance -- Chapter 80: Managing the ICU from Afar: Telemedicine -- Chapter 81: Ethics and Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 82: Intensive Talk: Delivering Bad News and Setting Goals of Care -- Chapter 83: Can Intensivist Performance Be Measured? -- Chapter 84: Complications: Never Never or Never Ever -- Chapter 85: Controversies: Noninvasive Ventilation at the End-of-Life—Useful or Not? -- Section IV: Post-ICU Critical Care -- Chapter 86: Post-Intensive Care Syndrome -- Chapter 87: Outcomes Research and Reporting -- Section V: Genomics of Critical Care -- Chapter 88: Critical Care Medicine in the Era of Omics -- Section VI: Critical Care Procedures -- Chapter 89: Arterial Line Monitoring and Placement -- Chapter 90: Bronchoscopy -- Chapter 91: Cardiac Output Measurement -- Chapter 92: Cardioversion and Defibrillation -- Chapter 93: Central Venous Access -- Chapter 94: Chest Tube Insertion -- Chapter 95: Critical Care Echocardiography -- Chapter 96: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation -- Chapter 97: Airway Management in the Critically Ill Patient -- Chapter 98: Endoscopic Placement of Feeding Tubes -- Chapter 99: Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration -- Chapter 100: High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation -- Chapter 101: Intracranial Pressure Monitoring -- Chapter 102: Lumbar Puncture -- Chapter 103: Temporary Pacemaker Insertion and Management of CV Implantable Electrical Devices in the ICU -- Chapter 104: Paracentesis -- Chapter 105: Percutaneous Tracheostomy -- Chapter 106: Pericardiocentesis -- Chapter 107: Pulmonary Artery Catheterization -- Chapter 108: Thoracentesis -- Chapter 109: Controversies: Early Tracheotomy -- Section VII: Appendices -- Chapter 110: Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Surgery -- Chapter 111: Units and Conversions -- Chapter 112: Medication Dosing During Renal Replacement Therapy -- Chapter 113: Drugs in Pregnancy -- Chapter 114: Formulas -- Chapter 115: Algorithms for Resuscitation -- Chapter 116: Bedside Statistical Tools.

Section I: Pre-ICU Critical Care -- Chapter 1: Triage and Transport in the Field for the Critically Ill Patient -- Chapter 2: Resuscitation and Stabilization -- Chapter 3: Targeted Temperature Management After Cardiac Arrest -- Chapter 4: Military-Related Injuries -- Chapter 5: Regionalization -- Chapter 6: Pre-ICU Syndromes -- Chapter 7: Biomarkers in Decision Making -- Chapter 8: Controversies in Therapeutic Hypothermia -- Section II: ICU Critical Care -- Chapter 9: Bedside Technology -- Chapter 10: Physical Examination in the ICU -- Chapter 11: Imaging of the Critically Ill Patient: Radiology -- Chapter 12: Imaging of the Critically Ill Patient: Bedside Ultrasound -- Chapter 13: Patient Safety in the ICU -- Chapter 14: ICU-Acquired Weakness and Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 15: Pharmacology in Critical Illness -- Chapter 16: Analgesia, Sedation, and Neuromuscular Blockade -- Chapter 17: Airway Management/The Difficult Airway -- Chapter 18: Ventilator Technology and Management -- Chapter 19: The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Chapter 20: Venous Thromboembolism -- Chapter 21: Shock: Diagnosis and Management -- Chapter 22: CPR and ACLS Updates -- Chapter 23: Arrhythmia Diagnosis and Management -- Chapter 24: Acute Cardiac Ischemia -- Chapter 25: Heart Failure Syndromes in the Critical Care Setting -- Chapter 26: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the ICU -- Chapter 27: Electrolyte Disorders in Critically Ill Patients -- Chapter 28: Acid-Base Disorders -- Chapter 29: Nutrition Support -- Chapter 30: Acute Kidney Injury and Failure -- Chapter 31: Renal Replacement Therapy -- Chapter 32: Hematologic Dysfunction in the ICU -- Chapter 33: Transfusion Medicine in Critical Care -- Chapter 34: Anticoagulation -- Chapter 35: Acute Abdominal Dysfunction -- Chapter 36: Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (Upper and Lower) -- Chapter 37: Liver Failure: Acute and Chronic -- Chapter 38: Fever in the ICU -- Chapter 39: Community-Acquired Infections in the ICU -- Chapter 40: Health Care–Associated Infections -- Chapter 41: HIV Infection in Critically Ill Patients -- Chapter 42: Sepsis, Septic Shock, and Multiple Organ Failure -- Chapter 43: Antimicrobials in the ICU -- Chapter 44: Endocrine Dysfunction Leading to Critical Illness -- Chapter 45: Oncologic Emergencies -- Chapter 46: Rheumatologic and Inflammatory Conditions in the ICU -- Chapter 47: Skin Complications -- Chapter 48A: Principles of Neurosciences Critical Care -- Chapter 48B: Critical Care of Cerebrovascular Disease -- Chapter 49: Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 50: Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury -- Chapter 51: General Postoperative Management -- Chapter 52: Posttransplantation Care -- Chapter 53: Posttrauma Care -- Chapter 54: Postcardiothoracic Surgery Care -- Chapter 55: Postoperative Management After Specialty Surgery -- Chapter 56: Postoperative Vascular Surgery Care -- Chapter 57A: Smoke Exposure Models in COPD -- Chapter 57B: Toxic Pulmonary Inhalation -- Chapter 58: Overdose, Poisoning, and Withdrawal -- Chapter 59: Environmental Injuries and Toxic Exposures -- Chapter 60: Critical Care Issues in Pregnancy -- Chapter 61: Critical Care of Burn Patients -- Chapter 62: Critical Care of Disaster Victims -- Chapter 63: Controversies: Scoring Systems in Critical Care -- Chapter 64: Controversies: Patient-Controlled Sedation—Ready for Prime Time? -- Chapter 65: Controversies: Ventilator Weaning—Which Strategy is Better? RT-RN Versus Physician Driven -- Chapter 66: Controversies: Invasive Versus Noninvasive Strategy for Diagnosing Respiratory Failure.

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