The Icu Book -- Contents -- Section I VASCULAR ACCESS -- VASCULAR CATHETERS -- CENTRAL VENOUS ACCESS -- THE INDWELLING VASCULAR CATHETER -- Section II PREVENTIVE PRACTICES IN THE ICU -- OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES -- ALIMENTARY PROPHYLAXIS -- VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM -- Section III HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING -- ARTERIAL PRESSURE MONITORING -- THE PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER -- CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE -- SYSTEMIC OXYGENATION -- Section IV DISORDERS OF CIRCULATORY FLOW -- HEMORRHAGE AND HYPOVOLEMIA -- COLLOID & CRYSTALLOID RESUSCITATION -- ACUTE HEART FAILURE IN THE ICU -- INFLAMMATORY SHOCK SYNDROMES -- Section V CARDIAC EMERGENCIES -- TACHYARRHYTHMIAS -- ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES -- CARDIAC ARREST -- Section VI BLOOD COMPONENTS -- ANEMIA AND RED BLOOD CELL TRANSFUSIONS -- PLATELETS AND PLASMA -- Section VII ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE -- HYPOXEMIA AND HYPERCAPNIA -- OXIMETRY AND CAPNOMETRY -- OXYGEN THERAPY -- ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME -- ASTHMA AND COPD IN THE ICU -- Section VIII MECHANICAL VENTILATION -- POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION -- CONVENTIONAL MODES OF VENTILATION -- ALTERNATE MODES OF VENTILATION -- THE VENTILATORDEPENDENT PATIENT -- VENTILATORASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA -- DISCONTINUING MECHANICAL VENTILATION -- Section IX ACID-BASE DISORDERS -- ACID-BASE ANALYSIS -- ORGANIC ACIDOSES -- METABOLIC ALKALOSIS -- Section X RENAL AND ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS -- ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY -- OSMOTIC DISORDERS -- POTASSIUM -- MAGNESIUM -- CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS -- Section XI THE ABDOMEN & PELVIS -- PANCREATITIS & LIVER FAILURE -- ABDOMINAL INFECTIONS IN THE ICU -- URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN THE ICU -- Section XII DISORDERS OF BODY TEMPERATURE -- HYPERTHERMIA & HYPOTHERMIA -- FEVER IN THE ICU -- Section XIII NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS -- DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- DISORDERS OF MOVEMENT -- ACUTE STROKE -- Section XIV NUTRITION & METABOLISM.

NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS -- ENTERAL TUBE FEEDING -- PARENTERAL NUTRITION -- ADRENAL AND THYROID DYSFUNCTION -- Section XV CRITICAL CARE DRUG THERAPY -- ANALGESIA AND SEDATIONINTHE ICU -- ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY -- HEMODYNAMIC DRUGS -- Section XVI TOXICOLOGIC EMERGENCIES -- PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG OVERDOSES -- NONPHARMACEUTICAL TOXIDROMES -- Section XVII APPENDICES -- UNITS AND CONVERSIONS -- SELECTED REFERENCE RANGES -- ADDITIONAL FORMULAS -- Index.