TY - BOOK AU - Marini,John J. AU - Wheeler,Arthur P. TI - Critical care medicine : the essentials SN - 9780781798396 U1 - 616.028 PY - 2010/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Wollters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Critical care medicine KW - Surgical intensive care KW - Critical Care KW - Emergencies KW - Intensive Care N1 - Hemodynamics -- Hemodynamic monitoring -- Support of the failing circulation -- Arrhythmias, pacing, and cardioversion -- Respiratory monitoring -- Airway intubation -- Indications and options for mechanical ventilation -- Practical problems and complications of mechanical ventilation -- Positive end-expiratory and continuous positive airway pressure -- Weaning and discontinuation of mechanical ventilation -- Intensive care unit imaging -- Acid-base disorders -- Fluid and electrolyte disorders -- Blood conservation and transfusion -- Pharmacotherapy -- Nutritional assessment and support -- Analgesia, sedation, and therapeutic paralysis -- General supportive care -- Quality improvement and cost control -- Cardiopulmonary arrest -- Acute coronary syndromes -- Hypertensive emergencies -- Venous thromboembolism -- Oxygenation failure, ARDS, and acute lung injury -- Ventilatory failure -- ICU infections -- Severe sepsis -- Thermal disorders -- Acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy -- Clotting and bleeding disorders and anticoagulation therapy -- Hepatic failure -- Endocrine emergencies -- Drug overdose and poisoning -- Neurological emergencies -- Chest trauma -- Acute abdomen -- Gastrointestinal bleeding -- Burns and inhalational injury UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009030607-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009030607-t.html ER -