Critical Care Secrets

This best-selling volume in The Secrets Series® is back in an exciting, fully updated 4th Edition! You’ll find all of the features you rely on the Secrets for—such as a question-and-answer format • bulleted lists • mnemonics • “Key Points” boxes • and tips from the authors.

Features

* Equips you with the evidence-based guidance you need to provide optima care for the critically ill.
* Expedites reference and review with a question-and-answer format, bulleted lists, mnemonics, and practical tips from the authors.
* Features a two-color page layout, “Key Points” boxes, and lists of useful web sites to enhance your reference power.
* Presents a chapter containing “Top Secrets”, providing you with an overview of essential material for last-minute study or self-assessment

What's New

* Provides coverage of the principles of gas and fluid flow • pulmonary mechanics • and electronic circuitry.
* Discusses protocols and guidelines.
* Offers effective solutions to patients’ medical and ethical problems from a wide range of specialists such as pulmonologists • surgeons • anesthesiologists • psychiatrists • pharmacists • and infectious disease experts.
* Includes access to STUDENT CONSULT at no additional charge, enabling you to consult the book online, anywhere you go • perform quick searches

Contents

I. BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
General Approach to the Critically Ill Patient Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Pulse Oximetry and Capnography Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases Fluid Therapy Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients Noninvasive Ventilation Mechanical Ventilation Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation
II. PROCEDURES
Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management Tracheotomy and Upper Airway Obstruction Chest Tubes Bronchoscopy Pacemakers and Defibrillators Circulatory Assist Devices
III. PULMONARY MEDICINE
Acute Pneumonia Asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Cor Pulmonale Acute Respiratory Failure Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Aspiration Hemoptysis Venous Thromboembolism and Fat Embolism
IV. CARDIOLOGY
Chest Pain Acute Myocardial Infarction and Pressors Dysrhythmias and Tachyarrhythmias Aortic Dissection Valvular Heart Disease Pericardial Disease (Pericarditis and Pericardial Tamponade)
V. INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Sepsis, Severe Sepsis Syndrome, and Septic Shock Endocarditis Meningitis Disseminated Fungal Infections Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Catheter-related Infections and Associated Bacteremia Bioterrorism Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
VI. RENAL DISEASE
Hypertension Acute Renal Failure Renal Replacement Therapy and Rhabdomyolysis Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
VII. GASTROENTEROLOGY
Upper & Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patient Acute Pancreatitis Hepatitis and Cirrhosis Peritonitis and Lavage
VIII. ENDOCRINOLOGY
Diabetic Ketoacidosis Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive Care Unit Thyroid Disease in the Intensive Care Unit
IX. HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
Blood Products and Coagulation Thrombocytopenia and Platelets Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Sickle Cell Disease Oncologic Emergencies (including Hypercalcemia)
X. RHEUMATOLOGY
Rheumatologic Diseases in the ICU
XI. NEUROLOGY
Coma Brain Death Status Epilepticus Stroke and Cerebral Aneurysms Landry-Guillain-Barré Syndrome Myasthenia Gravis Alcohol Withdrawal Head Trauma
XII. SURGERY AND TRAUMA
Burns The Acute Abdomen Pneumothorax Flail Chest and Pulmonary Contusion Myocardial Contusion
XIII. PERIOPERATIVE CARE
Liver and Heart Transplantation
XIV. SEDATION and PAIN MANAGEMENT
Use of Paralytic Agents in the Intensive Care Unit Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit Sedation, Analgesia, and Delirium
XV. EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Tetanus Anaphylaxis Hypothermia Heat Stroke
XVI. TOXICOLOGY
General Approach to Poisonings Aspirin Intoxication Acetaminophen Overdose
XVII. OBSTETRICS
Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
XVIII. PSYCHIATRY
Delirium Anxiety and Agitation in the ICU Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
XIX. ETHICS
Ethics Withdrawal of Treatment
XX. ADMINISTRATION
ICU Administration Quality Assurance in the ICU Scoring Systems for Comparison of Disease Severity in ICU Patients Evidence-based Critical Care