| Phys. Description |
xx, 587 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Secrets series |
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Secrets series.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Glycemic control on the intensive care unit -- Early mobility -- Sedation, analgesia, delirium -- Pain management in the intensive care unit -- Ethics and palliative care -- Fluid therapy -- Nutrition in critically ill patients -- Mechanical ventilation -- Noninvasive respiratory support -- Weaning from mechanical ventilation, and extubation -- Quality assurance and patient safety in the intensive care unit -- Pulse oximetry, capnography, and blood gas analysis -- Hemodynamic monitoring -- neuromonitoring -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Arterial and central venous catheters -- Critical care ultrasound -- Ventricular assist device -- Percutaneous assist devices -- Intra-aortic balloon pump -- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation -- Tracheal intubation and airway management -- Tracheostomy and upper airway obstruction -- Chest tubes and pneumothorax -- Bronchoscopy -- Pacemakers and defibrillators -- Acute pneumonia -- Asthma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Acute respiratory failure/acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Hemoptysis -- Venous thromboembolism and fat embolism -- Heart failure and valvular heart disease -- Acute myocardial infarction -- Cardiac arrhythmia -- Aortic dissection -- Pericardial disease (pericardial tamponade and pericarditis) -- Sepsis and septic shock -- Endocarditis -- Meningitis and encephalitis in the intensive care unit -- Disseminated fungal infections -- Multidrug-resistant bacteria -- Skin and soft tissue infections -- H1N1/influenza -- Immunocompromised host -- Hypertensive crises -- Acute kidney injury -- Renal replacement therapy and rhabdomyolysis -- Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia -- Hyponatremia and hypernatremia -- Upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding in the critically ill patient -- Acute pancreatitis -- Hepatitis and cirrhosis -- Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state -- Adrenal insufficiency in the intensive care unit -- Thyroid disease in the intesive care unit -- Blood products and coagulation -- Thrombocytopenia and platelets -- Disseminated intravascular coagulation -- Coma -- Brain death -- Status epilepticus -- Stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Guillain-Barre syndrome and myasthenia gravis -- Alcohol withdrawal -- Burns and frostbite -- Thoracic trauma (flail chest, andpulmonary and myocardial contusion) -- Acute abdomen and peritonitis -- Organ donation -- Disaster medicine, bioterrorism, and ebola -- Allergy and anaphylaxis -- Hypothermia -- Heat stroke -- Heneral approach to poisonings -- Analgesics and antidepressants -- Toxic alcohol poisoning -- Cardiovascular medications -- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -- Care of the critically ill pregnant patient -- Care of the obese patient -- Oncologic emergencies -- Post-intensive care syndrome and chronic critical illness -- Intensive care unit survivors -- Sepsis : emerging therapies. |
| Subject |
Critical Care.
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| Genre |
Examination Questions.
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| Other Number |
2017061385 |
| Alt Author |
Parsons, Polly E., 1954- editor.
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Wiener-Kronish, Jeanine P., 1951- editor.
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Stapleton, Renee Doney, editor.
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Berra, Lorenzo, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780323510646 (pbk.) |
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9780323527897 (ebook) |
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