Principles of critical care [electronic resource] / editors, Jesse B. Hall, Gregory A. Schmidt, John P. Kress.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

CHAPTER 65:  Pneumonia -- CHAPTER 66:  Infectious Complications of Intravascular Access Devices Used in Critical Care -- CHAPTER 67:  Endocarditis and Other Intravascular Infections -- CHAPTER 68:  Approach to Infection in Patients Receiving Cytotoxic Chemotherapy for Malignancy -- CHAPTER 69:  Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and AIDS in the Intensive Care Unit -- CHAPTER 70:  Fungal Infections -- CHAPTER 71:  Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System -- CHAPTER 72:  Encephalomyelitis -- CHAPTER 73:  Life-Threatening Infections of the Head, Neck, and Upper Respiratory Tract -- CHAPTER 74:  Soft Tissue Infections -- CHAPTER 75:  Urinary Tract Infections -- CHAPTER 76:  Gastrointestinal Infections and Clostridium Difficile -- CHAPTER 77:  Management of the Critically Ill Traveler -- CHAPTER 78:  Severe Malaria -- CHAPTER 79:  Tetanus -- CHAPTER 80:  Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers -- CHAPTER 81:  Biological Warfare -- PART 6:Neurologic Disorders -- CHAPTER 82:  Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit -- CHAPTER 83:  ICU-Acquired Weakness -- CHAPTER 84:  Cerebrovascular Disease -- CHAPTER 85:  Seizures in the Intensive Care Unit -- CHAPTER 86:  Intracranial Pressure: Monitoring and Management -- CHAPTER 87:  Neuromuscular Diseases Leading to Respiratory Failure -- CHAPTER 88:  Coma, Persistent Vegetative State, and Brain Death -- PART 7:Hematologic and Oncologic Disorders -- CHAPTER 89:  Anemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients -- CHAPTER 90:  Bleeding Disorders -- CHAPTER 91:  TTP, HUS, and Other Thrombotic Microangiopathies -- CHAPTER 92:  Acute Leukemia -- CHAPTER 93:  Oncologic Emergencies -- CHAPTER 94:  Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Graft-Versus-Host Disease -- CHAPTER 95:  Toxicities of Chemotherapy -- CHAPTER 96:  Sickle Cell Disease -- PART 8:Renal and Metabolic Disorders -- CHAPTER 97:  Acute Kidney Injury -- CHAPTER 98:  Renal Replacement Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit -- CHAPTER 99:  Electrolyte Disorders in Critical Care -- CHAPTER 100:  Acid-Base Balance -- CHAPTER 101:  Hyperglycemic Crisis and Hypoglycemia -- CHAPTER 102:  Critical Illness–Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency -- CHAPTER 103:  Thyroid Disease -- PART 9:Gastrointestinal Disorders -- CHAPTER 104:  Jaundice, Diarrhea, Obstruction, and Pseudoobstruction -- CHAPTER 105:  Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage -- CHAPTER 106:  Acute Liver Failure -- CHAPTER 107:  Management of the Patient With Cirrhosis -- CHAPTER 108:  Acute Pancreatitis -- CHAPTER 109:  Mesenteric Ischemia -- PART 10:The Surgical Patient -- CHAPTER 110:  Special Considerations in the Surgical Patient -- CHAPTER 111:  Preoperative Assessment of the High-Risk Surgical Patient -- CHAPTER 112:  Principles of Postoperative Critical Care -- CHAPTER 113:  The Acute Abdomen and Intra-abdominal Sepsis -- CHAPTER 114:  Abdominal Compartment Syndrome -- CHAPTER 115:  The Transplant Patient -- CHAPTER 116:  Care of the Multiorgan Donor -- CHAPTER 117:  Priorities in Multisystem Trauma -- CHAPTER 118:  Head Injury -- CHAPTER 119:  Spinal Injuries -- CHAPTER 120:  Torso Trauma -- CHAPTER 121:  Pelvic Ring Injuries and Extremity Trauma -- CHAPTER 122:  Electrical Trauma -- CHAPTER 123:  Critical Care of the Burn Patient -- PART 11:Special Problems in Critical Care -- CHAPTER 124:  Toxicology in Adults -- CHAPTER 125:  Critical Care Pharmacology -- CHAPTER 126:  Rheumatology in the ICU -- CHAPTER 127:  Critical Illness in Pregnancy -- CHAPTER 128:  Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions -- CHAPTER 129:  Dermatologic Conditions -- CHAPTER 130:  The Obesity Epidemic and Critical Care -- CHAPTER 131:  Hypothermia -- CHAPTER 132:  Diving Medicine and Drowning.

PART 1:An Overview of the Approach to and Organization of Critical Care -- CHAPTER 1:  An Approach to Critical Care -- CHAPTER 2:  Measuring Quality -- CHAPTER 3:  Intensive Care Unit Staffing -- CHAPTER 4:  Infection Prevention and Surveillance in the Intensive Care Unit -- CHAPTER 5:  Preventing Morbidity in the ICU -- CHAPTER 6:  Assessing Cost-Effectiveness in the Intensive Care Unit -- CHAPTER 7:  Interpreting and Applying Evidence in Critical Care Medicine -- CHAPTER 8:  Principles of Medical Informatics and Clinical Informatics in the ICU -- CHAPTER 9:  Preparedness for Catastrophe -- CHAPTER 10:  Telemedicine and Regionalization -- CHAPTER 11:  Transportation of the Critically Ill Patient -- CHAPTER 12:  Rapid Response Teams -- CHAPTER 13:  Assessment of Severity of Illness -- CHAPTER 14:  Chronic Critical Illness -- CHAPTER 15:  Long-Term Outcomes After Critical Illness -- CHAPTER 16:  Care of the Caregiver in the ICU and After Critical Illness -- CHAPTER 17:  Caring for the Family -- CHAPTER 18:  Providing Palliative Care and Withholding or Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapy -- CHAPTER 19:  Legal Issues in Critical Care -- PART 2:General Management of the Patient -- CHAPTER 20:  Nutrition Therapy in the Critically Ill -- CHAPTER 21:  Glycemic Control -- CHAPTER 22:  Pain Control, Sedation, and Use of Muscle Relaxants -- CHAPTER 23:  Sleep -- CHAPTER 24:  Physical Therapy -- CHAPTER 25:  Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- CHAPTER 26:  Therapeutic Hypothermia -- CHAPTER 27:  Intravascular Devices in the ICU -- CHAPTER 28:  Interpretation of Hemodynamic Waveforms -- CHAPTER 29:  ICU Ultrasonography -- CHAPTER 30:  Interventional Radiology -- PART 3:Cardiovascular Disorders -- CHAPTER 31:  The Pathophysiology of the Circulation in Critical Illness -- CHAPTER 32:  Assessing the Circulation: Oximetry, Indicator Dilution, and Pulse Contour Analysis -- CHAPTER 33:  Shock -- CHAPTER 34:  Judging the Adequacy of Fluid Resuscitation -- CHAPTER 35:  Ventricular Dysfunction in Critical Illness -- CHAPTER 36:  Cardiac Arrhythmias, Pacing, Cardioversion, and Defibrillation in the Critical Care Setting -- CHAPTER 37:  Myocardial Ischemia -- CHAPTER 38:  Acute Right Heart Syndromes -- CHAPTER 39:  Pulmonary Embolic Disorders: Thrombus, Air, and Fat -- CHAPTER 40:  Pericardial Disease -- CHAPTER 41:  Valvular Heart Disease -- CHAPTER 42:  Aortic Dissection -- PART 4:Pulmonary Disorders -- CHAPTER 43:  The Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Failure -- CHAPTER 44:  Noninvasive Ventilation -- CHAPTER 45:  Airway Management -- CHAPTER 46:  Tracheostomy -- CHAPTER 47:  Upper Airway Obstruction -- CHAPTER 48:  Ventilator Waveforms: Clinical Interpretation -- CHAPTER 49:  Management of the Ventilated Patient -- CHAPTER 50:  Novel Modes of Mechanical Ventilation -- CHAPTER 51:  Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury -- CHAPTER 52:  Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- CHAPTER 53:  Extracorporeal Lung Support -- CHAPTER 54:  Acute-on -- Chronic Respiratory Failure -- CHAPTER 55:  Status Asthmaticus -- CHAPTER 56:  Thoracostomy -- CHAPTER 57:  Massive Hemoptysis -- CHAPTER 58:  Restrictive Disease of the Respiratory System -- CHAPTER 59:  Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia -- CHAPTER 60:  Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation -- PART 5:Infectious Disorders -- CHAPTER 61:  Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy and the Clinical Pharmacology of Antimicrobial Drugs -- CHAPTER 62:  Sepsis and Immunoparalysis -- CHAPTER 63:  Persistent Fever -- CHAPTER 64:  Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock.

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