Critical Care Medicine Manual

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Respiratory Monitoring....Pages 3-14
Management of Acute Hypoxia and Hypercarbia in the Patient with Advanced Obstructive Airway Disease....Pages 15-24
Humidification, Nebulization, and Bronchodilator Agents....Pages 25-34
Acute Respiratory Failure in the Critically Ill: “Shock Lung”....Pages 35-42
Mechanical Ventilators: Critical Assessment and Methods of Use....Pages 43-54
Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 55-60
Management of Flail Chest....Pages 61-68
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Fat Emboli....Pages 69-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Treatment of Shock and Trauma States: Use of Cardiorespiratory Patterns to Define Therapeutic Goals, Predict Survival, and Titrate Therapy....Pages 81-100
Prognostic Indices as a Basis for Assessing Severity of Shock....Pages 101-111
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation....Pages 112-120
Principles of Fluid Challenge for Routine Treatment of Shock....Pages 121-128
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Anaphylactic Shock....Pages 129-136
Indications for Use of Corticosteroid Agents in Treatment of Shock....Pages 137-139
Hemodynamic Defects Underlying Shock with Indications for Treatment: An Appraisal of Vasopressors and Vasodilators....Pages 140-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Brain Monitoring and Homeostasis in Comatose, Critically Ill Patients....Pages 155-179
Neurologic Monitoring....Pages 180-188
Opportunistic Infections in Critical Care Units....Pages 189-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
The Relationship of Pulmonary Edema to Hydrostatic and Colloid Osmotic Pressures in Man....Pages 195-203
Indications for and Use of Flow-directed Catheters for Diagnosis and Treatment....Pages 204-212
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Indications for the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction with Corticosteroids....Pages 213-219
Avoiding Emergencies in the Pregnant Patient with Heart Disease....Pages 220-224
Sudden Death and Acute Myocardial Infarction — What Are We Talking About?....Pages 225-227
Potentially Fatal Ventricular Arrhythmias....Pages 228-235
Techniques for Establishing Appropriate Dose Regimens of Digitalis....Pages 236-246
Tissue Blood Flow and Oxygen Transport in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 247-257
Influence of Pharmacologic Agents on Tissue Metabolism in Circulatory Shock....Pages 258-268
Cardiopulmonary Emergencies in the Newborn....Pages 269-283
Impedance Reduction in Therapy of Power Failure of the Heart....Pages 284-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Acute Life-threatening Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities....Pages 295-302
Metabolic Causes of Arrhythmias in the Critically Ill Patient....Pages 303-307
Nutrition of the Critically Ill and Traumatized Patient: Parenteral Alimentation....Pages 308-314
Metabolic Crises in the Neonate: Thermoregulation and Hypoglycemia....Pages 315-326
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
The “Stat” Laboratory....Pages 329-333
Bedside Automation for the Critically Ill Patient....Pages 334-341
Electrical Safety....Pages 342-345
The Ethics of Sustaining Life in the Infirm Aged and Critically Ill....Pages 346-349
Psychopharmacologic Management of Psychiatric Syndromes in the Critically Ill....Pages 350-358
Back Matter....Pages 359-370