The ICU Book

This best-selling resource provides a general overview and basic information for all adult intensive care units. The material is presented in a brief and quick-access format which allows for topic and exam review. It provides enough detailed and specific information to address most all questions and problems that arise in the ICU. Emphasis on fundamental principles in the text should prove useful for patient care outside the ICU as well. New chapters in this edition include hyperthermia and hypothermia syndromes; infection control in the ICU; and severe airflow obstruction. Sections have been reorganized and consolidated when appropriate to reinforce concepts. Purchase of The ICU Book, Third Edition gives you free access to a Website featuring links from references to PubMed, updated regularly; and a directory of Websites handpicked by Dr. Marino.

Table of Contents

BASIC SCIENCE REVIEW

Circulatory Blood Flow
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport

PREVENTIVE PRACTICES IN THE CRITICALLY ILL

Infection Control in the ICU
Alimentary Prophylaxis
Venous Thromboembolism

VASCULAR ACCESS

Establishing Venous Access
The Indwelling Vascular Catheter

HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING

Blood Pressure Monitoring
The Pulmonary Artery Catheter
The CVP and Wedge Pressure
Assessment of Tissue Oxygenation

DISORDERS OF CIRCULATORY FLOW

Hemorrhage and Hypovolemia
Colloid and Crystalloid Resuscitation
Acute Heart Failure(s)
Cardiac Arrest
Hemodynamic Drugs

CRITICAL CARE CARDIOLOGY

Acute Coronary Syndromes
Tachydysrhythmias

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE

Hypoxia and Hypercapnia
Oximetry and Capnography
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Severe Airflow Obstruction

MECHANICAL VENTILATION

Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
Patterns of Assisted Ventilation
The Ventilator-Dependent Patient
Discontinuing Mechanical Ventilation
Noninvasive Ventilation

ACID-BASE DISORDERS

Acid-Base Interpretations
The Organic Acidoses
Metabolic Alkalosis

RENAL AND ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS

Oliguria and Acute Renal Failure
Disorders of Sodium and Water Balance
Potassium
Magnesium
Calcium and Phosphorous

TRANSFUSION PRACTICES IN CRITICAL CARE

Anemia and Red Cell Transfusions
Platelets in Critical Illness

DISORDERS OF BODY TEMPERATURE

Hyperthermia and Hypothermia Syndromes
Fever in the ICU

INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION IN THE ICU

Infection, Inflammation, and Multiorgan Injury
Pneumonia in the ICU
Sepsis from the Abdomen and Pelvis
The Immunocompromised Patient
Antimicrobial Agents

NUTRITION AND METABOLISM

Metabolic Substrate Requirements
Enteral Tube Feeding
Parenteral Nutrition
Adrenal and Thyroid Dysfunction

CRITICAL CARE NEUROLOGY

Analgesia and Sedation in the ICU
Disorders of Mentation
Disorders of Movement
Stroke and Related Disorders

TOXIC INGESTIONS

Pharmaceutical Toxins and Antidotes
Non-Pharmaceutical Toxic Ingestions

APPENDICES

Units of Measurement
Reference Tables
Clinical Scoring Systems
Drug Dosage in Renal Impairment