The intensive care unit manual

Approach to Acute Respiratory Failure -- Approach to Mechanical Ventilation -- Noninvasive Ventilation -- Liberation and Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Extubation -- Sedation and Analgesia during Mechanical Ventilation -- Use of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents -- Assessment and Monitoring of Hemodynamic Function -- Cardiogenic Shock and Other Pump Failure States -- Hemorrhagic Shock -- Septic Shock -- Vascular Access Issues and Procedures -- Approach to Supportive Care and Noninvasive Bedside Monitoring -- Management of the Critical Care Patient -- Health Care-Associated Infections -- Nutritional Therapy -- Nutrition-Related Access Procedures -- Pharmacokinetic Alterations in the Critically Ill -- Rational Use of Antimicrobials -- Rational Use of Blood Products -- Renal Replacement Therapy -- Rehabilitation Interventions and Recovery from Critical Illness -- Swallowing and Communication Disorders -- Care of the Patient Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection -- Care of the Cancer Patient with Neutropenia or Thrombocytopenia -- Care of the Challenge-to-Wean Patient -- Care of the Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease -- Care of the Patient with End-Stage Liver Disease -- Care of the Maternal-Fetal Unit -- Care of the Patient with Morbid Obesity -- Airways and Emergency Airway Management -- Alcohol Withdrawal: Diagnosis and Management -- Allergies to Antibiotics -- Arrhythmias (Bradycardias) -- Arrhythmias (Tachycardias) -- Barotrauma and Chest Tubes -- Change in Mental Status -- Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Diagnosis and Treatment -- Diarrhea Developing in the Intensive Care Unit Patient -- Electrolyte Disorders -- Ileus -- Increased Intracranial Pressure -- Pressure Ulcers: Prevention and Management -- Skin Rashes -- Sleep Disturbances in the Intensive Care Unit -- Thrombocytopenia -- Transfusion Reactions -- Ventilator Alarm Situations -- Weakness Developing in the Intensive Care Unit Patient -- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Therapeutic Hypothermia -- Chest Pain and Myocardial Ischemia -- Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections -- Acute Heart Failure Syndromes -- Hypertensive Crisis and Management of Hypertension -- Pericardial Tamponade -- Hypothermia and Hyperthermia -- Smoke Inhalation and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning -- Drug Overdoses and Toxic Ingestions.;Acute Pancreatitis -- Acute Liver Failure -- Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Colitis -- Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- Hemolytic Anemia -- Idiopathic and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenias -- Acute Central Nervous System Infections -- Community-Acquired Pneumonia -- Necrotizing Fasciitis and Related Soft Tissue Infections -- Acute Neuromuscular Weakness -- Brain Death and Management of Potential Organ Donors -- Neurologic Assessment and Prognosis after Cardiopulmonary Arrest -- Status Epilepticus -- Stroke -- Obstetric and Postobstetric Complications -- Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Alternative Modes of Ventilation in Acute Lung Injury -- Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Asthma -- Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism -- Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage -- Massive Hemoptysis -- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome and Other Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders -- Acute Kidney Injury and Rhabdomyolysis -- Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State, and Alcoholic Ketoacidosis -- Metabolic Acidoses and Alkaloses -- Disorders of Water Homeostasis: Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia -- Thyroid and Adrenal Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit -- Perioperative Approach to the High-Risk Surgical Patient -- Management of Postoperative and Other Acute Pain -- Cardiac Surgery -- Craniotomy -- Major Abdominal Surgery: Postoperative Considerations -- Major Tissue Flaps -- Major Vascular Procedures -- Perioperative Care of the Morbidly Obese Patient -- Thoracic Surgical Patient -- Approach to the Trauma Patient -- Critical Care for the Orthopedic Patient -- Abdominal Trauma -- Extremity and Major Vascular Trauma -- Head Trauma -- Thoracic Trauma -- Spinal Injury -- Ethical Principles, Communication, and End-of-Life Care -- Teamwork and Collaborative Practice in the Intensive Care Unit -- Family-Centered Care and Communication with Families of Intensive Care Unit Patients -- Providing Culturally Competent Care -- Sleep Deprivation and Sleepiness in Medical Housestaff and Appropriate Countermeasures -- Medical Errors and Patient Safety -- Medical Malpractice, Risk Management, and Chart Documentation -- Long-Term Acute Care in the Spectrum of Critical Care Medicine -- Rapid Response Systems: Rapid Response Teams and Medical Emergency Teams -- Telemedicine Applied to the Intensive Care Unit -- Transporting the Intensive Care Unit Patient.

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! Grasp the latest developments in critical care with extensive updates and revisions to several key chapters, as well as brand-new chapters on Alcohol Withdrawal Syndromes; Acute Heart Failure Syndromes; Noninvasive Ventilation; and more ICU conditions. Understand and apply the most important ICU practices, including management of acute respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and the care of patients with special needs, AIDS, end-stage renal disease, or end-stage liver disease.