Paul N. Lanken MD, Manaker MD, Fccm Kohl MD, C. William Hanson MD

Intensive Care Unit Manual E-Book (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Intensive Care Unit Manual is a practical, hands-on, how-to manual that covers the full spectrum of conditions encountered in the ICU, guiding you step-by-step from your initial approach to the patient through diagnosis and treatment. Compact, affordable, and comprehensive, the ICU Manual puts all the critical care information you need right at your fingertips!

• Stay at the forefront of critical care with a practice-oriented, relevant, and well-illustrated account of the pathophysiology of critical disease, presented in a highly readable format.
• Gain valuable insight into the recognition, evaluation, and management of critical conditions such as respiratory, hemodynamic, and infectious diseases; management of ICU patients with special clinical conditions; cardiovascular, hematologic, and neurological disorders; poisoning and overdoses; trauma and burns; and much more!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier HealthScience EN
• Seitenzahl: 1088
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781455737857
• Artikelnr.: 40143869

Inhaltsangabe

Section I. Basic Pathophysiologic Principles and Their Application in the Intensive Care Unit

1. Approach to Acute Respiratory Failure

2. Approach to Mechanical Ventilation

3. Noninvasive Ventilation

4. Liberation and Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Extubation

5. Sedation and Analgesia during Mechanical Ventilation

6. Use of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents

7. Assessment and Monitoring of Hemodynamic Function

8. Cardiogenic Shock and Other Pump Failure States

9. Hemorrhagic Shock

10. Septic Shock

11. Vascular Access Issues and Procedures

Section II. Supportive Care for Intensive Care Unit Patients

12. Approach to Supportive Care and Noninvasive Bedside Monitoring

13. Management of the Critical Care Patient

14. Health Care- Associated Infections

15. Nutritional Therapy

16. Nutrition-Related Access Procedures

17. Pharmacokinetic Alterations in the Critically Ill

18. Rational Use of Antimicrobials

19. Rational Use of Blood Products

Section III. Specialized Care for Intensive Care Unit Patients

20. Renal Replacement Therapy

21. Rehabilitation Interventions and Recovery from Critical Illness

22. Swallowing and Communication Disorders

23. Care of the Patient Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

24. Care of the Cancer Patient with Neutropenia or Thrombocytopenia

25. Care of the Challenge-to-Wean Patient

26. Care of the Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease

27. Care of the Patient with End-Stage Liver Disease

28. Care of the Maternal-Fetal Unit

29. Care of the Patient with Morbid Obesity

Section IV. Problems Arising in the Intensive Care Unit Setting: Evaluation and Management

30. Airways and Emergency Airway Management

31. Alcohol Withdrawal: Diagnosis and Management

32. Allergies to Antibiotics

33. Arrhythmias (Bradycardias)

34. Arrhythmias (Tachycardias)

35. Barotrauma and Chest Tubes

36. Change in Mental Status

37. Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Diagnosis and Treatment

38. Diarrhea Developing in the Intensive Care Unit Patient

39. Electrolyte Disorders

40. Ileus

41. Increased Intracranial Pressure

42. Pressure Ulcers: Prevention and Management

43. Skin Rashes

44. Sleep Disturbances in the Intensive Care Unit

45. Thrombocytopenia

46. Transfusion Reactions

47. Ventilator Alarm Situations

48. Weakness Developing in Intensive Care Unit Patient

Section V. Presenting Problems for Intensive Care Unit Admission



Cardiovascular



49. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Therapeutic Hypothermia

50. Chest Pain and Myocardial Ischemia

51. Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections

52. Acute Heart Failure Syndromes

53. Hypertensive Crisis and Management of Hypertension

54. Pericardial Tamponade



Environmental



55. Hypothermia and Hyperthermia

56. Smoke Inhalation and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

57. Drug Overdoses and Toxic Ingestions



Gastrointestinal



58. Acute Pancreatitis

59. Acute Liver Failure

60. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Colitis

61. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding



Hematologic



62. Hemolytic Anemia

63. Idiopathic and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenias



Infections



64. Acute Central Nervous System Infections

65. Community-Acquired Pneumonia

66. Necrotizing Fasciitis and Related Soft Tissue Infections



Neurologic



67. Acute Neuromuscular Weakness

68. Brain Death and Management of Poten