Principles of critical care /
editors, Jesse B. Hall, Gregory A. Schmidt, Lawrence D.H. Wood ; Cora D. Taylor, editorial assistant.
- 3rd edition.
- 1 electronic text (xxvii, 1778 pages : illustrations).
- McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine. Clinical library .
- McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine. Clinical library. .
Print version c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0619/2004061086-t.html Pt. 1. An overview of the approach to and organization of critical care -- pt. 2. General management of the patient -- pt. 3. Cardiovascular disorders -- pt. 4. Pulmonary disorders -- pt. 5. Infectious disorders -- pt. 6. Neurologic disorders -- pt. 7. Hematologic and oncologic disorders -- pt. 8. Renal and metabolic disorders -- pt. 9. Gastrointestinal disorders -- pt. 10. The surgical patient -- pt. 11. Special problems in critical care. An approach to critical care ; Assessing cost effectiveness in the intensive care unit ; Improving the quality of care in the intensive care unit ; Infection control and surveillance in the intensive care unit ; Legal issues in critical care ; Assessment of severity of illness ; Transportation of the critically ill patient ; Telemedicine ; Preparedness for catastrophe ; Preventing morbidity in the ICU ; Nutrition in the critically ill ; Intravascular devices ; Clinical use of the pulmonary artery catheter ; Pain control, sedation, and use of muscle relaxants ; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation ; Therapeutic hypothermia ; Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining therapy and administering of palliative care ; Chronic critical illness ; Long-term outcomes of critical illness ; The pathophysiology of the circulation in critical illness ; Shock ; Ventricular dysfunction in critical illness ; Diagnostic and management strategies for acute heart failure in the intensive care unit ; Cardiac arrhythmias, pacing, cardioversion, and defibrillation in the critical care setting ; Myocardial ischemia ; Acute right heart syndromes ; Pulmonary embolic disorders: thrombus, air, and fat ; Pericardial disease ; Valvular heart disease ; Aortic dissection ; The pathophysiology and differential diagnosis of acute respiratory failure ; Ventilator waveforms: clinical interpretation ; Noninvasive ventilation ; Upper airway obstruction ; Airway management ; Management of the ventilated patient ; Ventilator-induced lung injury ; Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome ; Acute-on-chronic respiratory failure ; Status asthmaticus ; Massive hemoptysis ; Restrictive disease of the respiratory system and the abdominal compartment syndrome ; Ventilator-associated pneumonia ; Liberation from mechanical ventilation ; Principles of antimicrobial therapy and the clinical pharmacology of antimicrobial drugs ; Sepsis with acute organ dysfunction ; Approach to infection in patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy for malignancy ; AIDS in the intensive care unit ; Endocarditis and otheriIntravascular infections ; Infectious complications of intravascular access devices ; Pneumonia ; Bacterial infections of the central nervous system ; Encephalomyelitis ; Life-threatening infections of the head, neck, and upper respiratory tract ; Soft tissue infections ; Urinary tract infections ; Gastrointestinal infections ; Severe malaria ; Tetanus ; Viral hemorrhagic fevers ; Biowarfare agents ; Delirium in the intensive care unit ; Cerebrovascular disease ; Seizures in the intensive care unit ; Intracranial pressure: monitoring and management ; Neuromuscular diseases leading to respiratory failure ; Coma, persistent vegetative state, and brain death ; Anemia and blood transfusion ; Bleeding disorders ; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic uremia syndromes, and the approach to thrombotic microangiopathies ; Acute leukemia ; Oncologic emergencies ; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and graft-versus-host disease ; Toxicities of chemotherapy ; Acute renal failure ; Electrolyte disorders in critical care ; Acid-base balance ; Diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic coma, and hypoglycemia ; Adrenocortical insufficiency ; Thyroid disease ; Gut and hepatobiliary dysfunction ; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage ; Fulminant hepatic failure ; Management of the patient with cirrhosis ; Acute pancreatitis in the critically ill ; Mesenteric ischemia ; Special considerations in the surgical patient ; Preoperative assessment of the high-risk surgical patient ; The acute abdomen and intra-abdominal sepsis ; The transplant patient ; Care of the multiorgan donor ; Priorities in multisystem trauma ; Head injury and intracranial hypertension ; Spine injuries ; Torso trauma ; Pelvic ring injuries and extremity trauma ; Electrical trauma ; Burns: resuscitation phase (0 to 36 hours) ; Burns: postresuscitation phase (days 2 to 6) ; Burns: inflammation-infection phase (day 7 to wound closure) ; Interventional radiology ; Toxicology in adults ; Critical care pharmacology ; Rheumatology in the ICU ; Critical illness in pregnancy ; Anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions ; Dermatologic conditions ; Sickle cell disease ; The obesity epidemic and critical care ; Hypothermia ; Hyperthermia ; Diving medicine and near drowning.
Contributor biographical information
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh051/2004061086.html
0071416404 (print)
Critical care medicine.
Critical Care.
Intensive Care Units.
Electronic books.
Internet resources.
RC86.7 / .P752 2005
WX 218 P9573
Print version c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0619/2004061086-t.html Pt. 1. An overview of the approach to and organization of critical care -- pt. 2. General management of the patient -- pt. 3. Cardiovascular disorders -- pt. 4. Pulmonary disorders -- pt. 5. Infectious disorders -- pt. 6. Neurologic disorders -- pt. 7. Hematologic and oncologic disorders -- pt. 8. Renal and metabolic disorders -- pt. 9. Gastrointestinal disorders -- pt. 10. The surgical patient -- pt. 11. Special problems in critical care. An approach to critical care ; Assessing cost effectiveness in the intensive care unit ; Improving the quality of care in the intensive care unit ; Infection control and surveillance in the intensive care unit ; Legal issues in critical care ; Assessment of severity of illness ; Transportation of the critically ill patient ; Telemedicine ; Preparedness for catastrophe ; Preventing morbidity in the ICU ; Nutrition in the critically ill ; Intravascular devices ; Clinical use of the pulmonary artery catheter ; Pain control, sedation, and use of muscle relaxants ; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation ; Therapeutic hypothermia ; Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining therapy and administering of palliative care ; Chronic critical illness ; Long-term outcomes of critical illness ; The pathophysiology of the circulation in critical illness ; Shock ; Ventricular dysfunction in critical illness ; Diagnostic and management strategies for acute heart failure in the intensive care unit ; Cardiac arrhythmias, pacing, cardioversion, and defibrillation in the critical care setting ; Myocardial ischemia ; Acute right heart syndromes ; Pulmonary embolic disorders: thrombus, air, and fat ; Pericardial disease ; Valvular heart disease ; Aortic dissection ; The pathophysiology and differential diagnosis of acute respiratory failure ; Ventilator waveforms: clinical interpretation ; Noninvasive ventilation ; Upper airway obstruction ; Airway management ; Management of the ventilated patient ; Ventilator-induced lung injury ; Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome ; Acute-on-chronic respiratory failure ; Status asthmaticus ; Massive hemoptysis ; Restrictive disease of the respiratory system and the abdominal compartment syndrome ; Ventilator-associated pneumonia ; Liberation from mechanical ventilation ; Principles of antimicrobial therapy and the clinical pharmacology of antimicrobial drugs ; Sepsis with acute organ dysfunction ; Approach to infection in patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy for malignancy ; AIDS in the intensive care unit ; Endocarditis and otheriIntravascular infections ; Infectious complications of intravascular access devices ; Pneumonia ; Bacterial infections of the central nervous system ; Encephalomyelitis ; Life-threatening infections of the head, neck, and upper respiratory tract ; Soft tissue infections ; Urinary tract infections ; Gastrointestinal infections ; Severe malaria ; Tetanus ; Viral hemorrhagic fevers ; Biowarfare agents ; Delirium in the intensive care unit ; Cerebrovascular disease ; Seizures in the intensive care unit ; Intracranial pressure: monitoring and management ; Neuromuscular diseases leading to respiratory failure ; Coma, persistent vegetative state, and brain death ; Anemia and blood transfusion ; Bleeding disorders ; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic uremia syndromes, and the approach to thrombotic microangiopathies ; Acute leukemia ; Oncologic emergencies ; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and graft-versus-host disease ; Toxicities of chemotherapy ; Acute renal failure ; Electrolyte disorders in critical care ; Acid-base balance ; Diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic coma, and hypoglycemia ; Adrenocortical insufficiency ; Thyroid disease ; Gut and hepatobiliary dysfunction ; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage ; Fulminant hepatic failure ; Management of the patient with cirrhosis ; Acute pancreatitis in the critically ill ; Mesenteric ischemia ; Special considerations in the surgical patient ; Preoperative assessment of the high-risk surgical patient ; The acute abdomen and intra-abdominal sepsis ; The transplant patient ; Care of the multiorgan donor ; Priorities in multisystem trauma ; Head injury and intracranial hypertension ; Spine injuries ; Torso trauma ; Pelvic ring injuries and extremity trauma ; Electrical trauma ; Burns: resuscitation phase (0 to 36 hours) ; Burns: postresuscitation phase (days 2 to 6) ; Burns: inflammation-infection phase (day 7 to wound closure) ; Interventional radiology ; Toxicology in adults ; Critical care pharmacology ; Rheumatology in the ICU ; Critical illness in pregnancy ; Anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions ; Dermatologic conditions ; Sickle cell disease ; The obesity epidemic and critical care ; Hypothermia ; Hyperthermia ; Diving medicine and near drowning.
Contributor biographical information
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh051/2004061086.html
0071416404 (print)
Critical care medicine.
Critical Care.
Intensive Care Units.
Electronic books.
Internet resources.
RC86.7 / .P752 2005
WX 218 P9573