Practical Issues in Anesthesia and Intensive Care

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Intensive Care for Elderly Patients: Clinical, Ethical and Economic Considerations....Pages 1-11
Is It Still Worth Treating At-Risk Patients with Perioperative Goal-Directed Haemodynamic Therapy?....Pages 13-24
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Fluid Replacement: A Dog That Bites Its Own Tail?....Pages 25-34
Acute Liver Failure in Intensive Care....Pages 35-58
Diuretics in Intensive Care: Positive and Negative Aspects....Pages 59-72
Perioperative and Intensive Care Management of Haemorrhage: The Opinion of the Haemathologist....Pages 73-91
Hypercapnic Acidosis in Protective Mechanical Ventilation (a Tolerated Compromise or Another Means of Protection?)....Pages 93-106
Are We Sure We Are Using Drugs Correctly in Critical Patients?....Pages 107-119
The Problem of Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Gastric Acid Suppression in Intensive Care....Pages 121-133
Renal, Cardiac and Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Supraventricular Tachycardia: A Typical Holistic Vision by an Intensive Care Physician....Pages 135-144
VAP (Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia)....Pages 145-158
Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Acute Severe Asthma....Pages 159-172