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Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on August 29, 2007.

Print version c2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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