Civetta, Taylor, & Kirby's Critical Care

Description:

Covering every problem encountered in today’s intensive care unit, this leading critical care textbook presents the knowledge and expertise of more than 350 global experts in this fast-changing field. Beginning with the social aspects of medicine, it then discusses monitoring and organ system pathobiology followed by specific diseases states/syndromes.  Each chapter begins with immediate concerns and proceeds to broader-based discussions of relevant pathophysiologic and clinical issues.

Table of Contents:

Section 1: Introduction and General Concepts

Chapter 1: Policy, Politics, and the Intensive Care Unit

Chapter 2: Life and Death in the ICU: Ethical Considerations

Chapter 3: Understanding Reactions of Patients and Families and Sharing Difficult News

Chapter 4: Judicial Involvement in End-of-Life Decisions and Informed Consent

Chapter 5: Collaborative Care: Physician and Nursing Interactions and the Foundation of a Successful Unit

Chapter 6: Clinical Decision-Making

Chapter 7: How to Read a Medical Journal and Understand Basic Statistics

Chapter 8: Quality Assurance, Safety, Outcomes, and External Compliance

Chapter 9: The Virtual ICU and Telemedicine: Computers, Electronics, and Data Management

Chapter 10: Protecting the Health Care Practitioner

Chapter 11: Transferring Critically Ill Patients

Chapter 12: Post-ICU Syndrome and the Post-ICU Clinic

Section 2: Physiology of Critical Illness

Chapter 13: Central Nervous System Physiology in Critical Illness

Chapter 14: Lung Structure and Function

Chapter 15: Cardiovascular Physiology

Chapter 16: Renal Physiology and Its Systemic Impact

Chapter 17: Gastrointestinal Physiology

Chapter 18: Allergy and Immunology

Section 3: Monitoring

Chapter 19: Invasive Pressure Monitoring: General Principles

Chapter 20: Noninvasive Cardiovascular Monitoring

Chapter 21: Hemodynamic Monitoring: Arterial and Pulmonary Artery Catheters

Chapter 22: Monitoring Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation

Chapter 23: Pulse Oximetry, Plethysmography, Capnography, and Respiratory Monitoring

Chapter 24: Venous Oximetry

Chapter 25: Echocardiography

Chapter 26: Temperature Monitoring

Chapter 27: Blood Volume Measurement

Chapter 28: Neurologic Monitoring

Chapter 29: Radiographic Imaging and Bedside Ultrasound

Chapter 30: Neuroimaging

Chapter 31: Point-of-Care Testing

Section 4: Techniques, Procedures, and Treatments

Chapter 32: Clean and Aseptic Techniques at the Bedside

Chapter 33: Vascular Cannulation

Chapter 34: Temporary Cardiac Pacemakers

Chapter 35: Important Intensive Care Procedures

Chapter 36: Interventional Radiology

Chapter 37: Feeding Tube Placement

Chapter 38: Flexible Bronchoscopy

Chapter 39: Airway Management

Chapter 40: Indications for and Management of Tracheostomy

Chapter 41: Hyperbaric Oxygen and Critical Care

Chapter 42: Anesthesia

Section 5: Shock and Multisystem Failure

Chapter 43: The Host Response to Injury and Critical Illness

Chapter 44: Shock: General

Chapter 45: Cardiogenic Shock

Chapter 46: Sepsis and Septic Shock

Chapter 47: Hemorrhagic Shock

Chapter 48: Neurogenic Shock

Chapter 49: Anaphylactic Shock

Chapter 50: Splanchnic Flow and Resuscitation

Chapter 51: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the ICU

Chapter 52: Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

Section 6: The Surgical Patient

Chapter 53: Perioperative Pulmonary Function Testing and Consultation/Preoperative Evaluation of the High-Risk Surgical Patient

Chapter 54: Anesthesia: Physiology and Postanesthesia Problems

Chapter 55: Initial Management of the Critically Ill Trauma Patient

Chapter 56: Surgical and Postsurgical Bleeding

Chapter 57: Abdominal Trauma: Nonoperative Management and Postoperative Considerations

Chapter 58: Evaluating the Acute Abdomen or Difficult Postoperative Abdomen

Chapter 59: Critical Care Implications in Acute Care Surgery

Chapter 60: Critical Care of Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery Patients

Chapter 61: Critical Care of Thoracic Surgery Patients

Chapter 62: Postoperative Management of Adult Cardiovascular Surgery Patients

Chapter 63: Burn Injury: Thermal and Electrical

Chapter 64: Vascular Surgery

Chapter 65: Orthopedic Critical Care

Chapter 66: Urologic Surgery and Trauma

Chapter 67: Facial Trauma

Chapter 68: Temperature-Related Injuries

Chapter 69: The Morbidly Obese Patient in the Critical Care Unit

Chapter 70: The Geriatric Patient

Section 7: Organ Transplantation

Chapter 71: Lung and Heart Transplantation

Chapter 72: Liver Transplantation

Chapter 73: Pancreatic Transplantation

Chapter 74: Small Bowel Transplantation

Chapter 75: Renal Transplantation

Chapter 76: Critical Care Aspects of Stem Cell Transplantation

Section 8: The Obstetric Gynecologic Patient

Chapter 77: The Obstetric Patient

Chapter 78: Cardiac Disease and Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

Chapter 79: Hemorrhagic and Liver Disorders of Pregnancy

Chapter 80: Acute Abdomen and Trauma during Pregnancy

Chapter 81: Fetal Monitoring Concerns

Section 9: Infectious Disease

Chapter 82: The Febrile Patient

Chapter 83: Antibiotics in the Management of Serious Hospital-Acquired Infections

Chapter 84: Surgical Infections

Chapter 85: Skin Wounds and Musculoskeletal Infection

Chapter 86: Neurologic Infections

Chapter 87: Infections of the Head and Neck

Chapter 88: Hospital-Acquired Infections

Section 1 Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections

Section 2 Respiratory Infections

Section 3 Urinary Tract Infections

Section 4 Adult Gastrointestinal Infections

Chapter 89: Fungal and Viral Infections

Chapter 90: Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

Chapter 91: Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Intensive Care Unit

Chapter 92: Unusual Infections

Chapter 93: Emergent Pandemic Infections

Section 10: Cardiovascular Disease and Dysfunction

Chapter 94: Chest Pain and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome and ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Chapter 95: Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure

Chapter 96: Cardiac Mechanical Assist Devices

Chapter 97: Valvular Heart Disease

Chapter 98: Cardiac Dysrhythmias

Chapter 99: Pericardial Disease

Chapter 100: Acute Hypertension Management in the ICU

Section 11: Respiratory Disorders

Chapter 101: Heart–Lung Interactions

Chapter 102: Mechanical Ventilation

Chapter 103: Noninvasive Ventilatory Support Modes

Chapter 104: Invasive Ventilatory Support Modes

Chapter 105: Bedside Interpretation of Ventilatory Waveforms

Chapter 106: Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation

Chapter 107: High-Frequency Ventilation

Chapter 108: Oxygen Therapy, Respiratory Care, and Monitoring

Chapter 109: Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Chapter 110: Extracorporeal Circulation for Respiratory or Cardiac Failure

Chapter 111: Drowning

Chapter 112: Severe Asthma Exacerbation

Chapter 113: Acute Respiratory Failure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chapter 114: Pulmonary Embolism

Chapter 115: Pleural Disease in the Intensive Care Unit

Chapter 116: Interventional Bronchoscopy and Massive Hemoptysis

Section 12: Neurologic Disease and Dysfunction

Chapter 117: Neurologic Injury: Prevention and Initial Care

Chapter 118: Elevated Intracranial Pressure

Chapter 119: Brain Death and Management of the Potential Organ Donor

Chapter 120: Altered Consciousness and Coma in the Intensive Care Unit

Chapter 121: Status Epilepticus

Chapter 122: Neuromuscular Disorders

Chapter 123: Delirium and Behavioral Disturbances

Chapter 124: Central Nervous System Vascular Disease

Section 13: Gastrointestinal Disease and Dysfunction

Chapter 125: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Chapter 126: Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Chapter 127: Liver Failure: Acute and Acute-on-Chronic

Chapter 128: Pancreatic Disease

Chapter 129: Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Toxic Megacolon

Chapter 130: Esophageal Disorders

Chapter 131: Mesenteric Ischemia

Section 14: Renal Disease and Dysfunction

Chapter 132: Acute Renal Injury

Chapter 133: Renal Replacement Therapy

Chapter 134: Fluid and Electrolytes

Chapter 135: Blood Gas Analysis and Acid–Base Disorders

Section 15: Endocrine Disease and Dysfunction

Chapter 136: Endocrinopathy in the ICU

Chapter 137: Disordered Glucose Metabolism

Chapter 138: The Adrenal Gland in Critical Illness

Chapter 139: Pheochromocytoma

Chapter 140: Thyroid Disorders

Section 16: Skin, Muscle, and Bone Disease and Dysfunction

Chapter 141: Autoimmune and Connective Tissue Disorders

Chapter 142: Dermatologic Conditions

Section 17: Hematologic and Oncologic Disease and Dysfunction

Chapter 143: Coagulation Issues

Chapter 144: Transfusion Therapy: When to Use It and How to Minimize It

Chapter 145: Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy

Chapter 146: Hematologic Conditions

Chapter 147: Oncologic Emergencies

Section 18: Pharmacology, Nutrition, Toxicology, and the Environment

Chapter 148: Pharmacologic Principles

Chapter 149: Sedation and Neuromuscular Blockade

Chapter 150: Nutritional Issues and Practical Aspects of Nutritional Support

Chapter 151: Toxicology

Chapter 152: Substance Abuse and Withdrawal: Alcohol, Cocaine, Opioids, and Other Drugs

Chapter 153: Envenomation

Chapter 154: Molecular and Metabolic Perspectives on Genetics in the ICU

Section 19: Disaster Management

Chapter 155: Mass Casualty Incidents: Organizational and Triage Management Issues

Chapter 156: Bioterrorism and High-Consequence Biologic Threats

Chapter 157: Disaster Response

Appendices: Critical Care Catalog

A Prefixes and Conversions

B Dubois Body Surface Area Nomogram

C Fluids and Electrolytes

D Acid–Base Balance

E Formulas

F Pharmacology

G Dermatomes and Rule of Nines

H Severity Scoring Systems, Organ Injury Scaling and Trauma Scoring Systems 1846

I Analgesia–Sedation Scores and Tools

J Antibiotics

Index