CRITICAL CARE -- CONTENTS -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- SECTION I: Introduction/General Concepts -- Chapter 1: National Health Systems and the Place of Intensive Care Medicine: Which Model? -- Chapter 2: Life and Death in the ICU: Ethical Considerations -- Chapter 3: Understanding Reactions of Patients and Families -- Chapter 4: Breaking Bad News to Patients -- Chapter 5: Informed Consent -- Chapter 6: Judicial Involvement in End-of-Life Decisions -- Chapter 7: Collaborative Care: Physician and Nursing Interactions and the Foundation of a Successful Unit -- Chapter 8: Clinical Decision Making -- Chapter 9: How to Read a Medical Journal and Understand Basic Statistics -- Chapter 10: Quality Assurance, Safety, and Outcomes -- Chapter 11: External Compliance Organizations and Measures -- Chapter 12: The Virtual ICU and Telemedicine: Computers, Electronics, and Data Management -- Chapter 13: Universal Precautions: Protecting the Practitioner -- Chapter 14: Intrahospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients -- Chapter 15: Interhospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients -- SECTION II: Monitoring -- Chapter 16: Invasive Pressure Monitoring: General Principles -- Chapter 17: Noninvasive Cardiovascular Monitoring -- Chapter 18: Hemodynamic Monitoring: Arterial and Pulmonary Artery Catheters -- Chapter 19: Monitoring Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation -- Chapter 20: Bedside Assessment and Monitoring of Pulmonary Function and Power of Breathing in the Critically Ill -- Chapter 21: Pulse Oximetry and Plethysmography -- Chapter 22: Capnography -- Chapter 23: Echocardiography -- Chapter 24: Temperature Monitoring -- Chapter 25: Blood Volume Measurements in Critical Care -- Chapter 26: Venous Oximetry -- Chapter 27: Neurologic Monitoring.

Chapter 28: Radiographic Imaging and Bedside Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 29: Neuroimaging of the Critical Care Patient -- Chapter 30: Intensive Care Unit Point-of-Care Testing -- SECTION III: Techniques, Procedures, and Treatments -- Chapter 31: Clean and Aseptic Techniques at the Bedside -- Chapter 32: Vascular Cannulation -- Chapter 33: Temporary Cardiac Pacemakers -- Chapter 34: Important Intensive Care Procedures -- Chapter 35: Interventional Radiology in the Critical Care Unit -- Chapter 36: Feeding Tube Placement -- Chapter 37: Flexible Bronchoscopy -- Chapter 38: Airway Management -- Chapter 39: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy -- Chapter 40: Anesthesia in the ICU -- SECTION IV: Essential Physiologic Concerns -- Chapter 41: Fluids and Electrolytes -- Chapter 42: Blood Gas Analysis and Acid-Base Disorders -- Chapter 43: Central Nervous System -- Chapter 44: The Lung Structure and Function -- Chapter 45: Cardiovascular System -- Chapter 46: Fundamentals of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- Chapter 47: Renal Physiology and its Systemic Impact -- Chapter 48: Gastrointestinal Physiology -- Chapter 49: Coagulation -- Chapter 50: Allergy and Immunology -- SECTION V: Modulating the Response to Injury -- Chapter 51: Molecular Biology: Genomics and Proteonomics -- Chapter 52: Gene Therapy in Critical Illness: Past Applications and Future Potential -- Chapter 53: The Host Response to Injury and Critical Illness -- Chapter 54: Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome -- SECTION VI: Shock States -- Chapter 55: Shock: General -- Chapter 56: Cardiogenic Shock -- Chapter 57: Sepsis and Septic Shock -- Chapter 58: Hemorrhagic Shock -- Chapter 59: Neurogenic Shock -- Chapter 60: Anaphylactic Shock -- Chapter 61: Splanchnic Flow and Resuscitation.

SECTION VII: Pharmacology, Nutrition, Toxicology, and the Environment -- Chapter 62: Pharmacologic Principles -- Chapter 63: Sedation and Neuromuscular Blockade -- Chapter 64: Nutritional Issues -- Chapter 65: Practical Aspects of Nutritional Support -- Chapter 66: Toxicology -- Chapter 67: Substance Abuse and Withdrawal: Alcohol, Cocaine, Opioids and Other Drugs -- Chapter 68: Envenomation -- SECTION VIII: The Surgical Patient -- Chapter 69: Perioperative Pulmonary Function Testing and Consultation -- Chapter 70: Preoperative Evaluation of the High-Risk Surgical Patient -- Chapter 71: Anesthesia: Physiology and Postanesthesia Problems -- Chapter 72: Initial Management of the Trauma Patient -- Chapter 73: Secondary and Tertiary Triage of the Trauma Patient -- Chapter 74: Surgical and Post-Surgical Bleeding -- Chapter 75: Abdominal Trauma: Nonoperative Management and Postoperative Considerations -- Chapter 76: Evaluating the Acute Abdomen -- Chapter 77: The Difficult Post-Operative Abdomen -- Chapter 78: Critical Care of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Patients -- Chapter 79: Critical Care of the Thoracic Surgical Patient -- Chapter 80: Postoperative Management of Adult Cardiovascular Surgery Patients -- Chapter 81: Management of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Patient -- Chapter 82: Vascular Surgery in the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 83: Neurologic Injury: Prevention and Initial Care -- Chapter 84: CNS Vascular Disease -- Chapter 85: Orthopedic Critical Care -- Chapter 86: Urologic Surgery and Trauma -- Chapter 87: Facial Trauma -- Chapter 88: Burn Injury: Thermal and Electrical -- Chapter 89: Temperature-Related Injuries -- SECTION IX: Organ Transplantation -- Chapter 90: Transplantation: An Overview of Problems and Concerns -- Chapter 91: Heart Transplantation -- Chapter 92: Lung Transplantation.

Chapter 93: Liver Transplant -- Chapter 94: Pancreatic Transplantation -- Chapter 95: Renal Transplantation -- Chapter 96: Critical Care Aspects of Stem Cell Transplantation -- SECTION X: Special Patient Population -- Chapter 97: The Obstetric Patient: General -- Chapter 98: Cardiac Disease and Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy -- Chapter 99: Hemorrhagic and Liver Disorders of Pregnancy -- Chapter 100: Acute Abdomen and Trauma during Pregnancy -- Chapter 101: Fetal Monitoring Concerns -- Chapter 102: The Obese Surgical Patient in the Critical Care Unit -- Chapter 103: The Geriatric Patient -- SECTION XI: Special Patient Population -- Chapter 104: The Role of Antibiotics in the Management of Serious Hospital-Acquired Infections -- Chapter 105: An Approach to the Febrile ICU Patient -- Chapter 106: Surgical Infections -- Chapter 107: Skin Wounds and Musculoskeletal Infection -- Chapter 108: Neurologic Infections -- Chapter 109: Infections of the Head and Neck -- Chapter 110: Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections -- Chapter 111: Respiratory Infections in the ICU -- Chapter 112: Adult Gastrointestinal Infections in the ICU -- Chapter 113: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in the ICU: Implications for Clinical Practice -- Chapter 114: Fungal and Viral Infections -- Chapter 115: Infections in the Immunocompromised Host -- Chapter 116: Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 117: Unusual Infections -- SECTION XII: Cardiovascular Disease and Dysfunction -- Chapter 118: Evaluation of Chest Pain and Acute Coronary Syndrome in the ICU -- Chapter 119: Non ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: Contemporary Management Strategies -- Chapter 120: ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Contemporary Management Strategies.

Chapter 121: Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure -- Chapter 122: Cardiac Mechanical Assist Devices -- Chapter 123: Valvular Heart Disease -- Chapter 124: Cardiac Dysrhythmias -- Chapter 125: Pericardial Disease -- Chapter 126: Acute Hypertension Management in the ICU -- SECTION XIII: Respiratory Disorders -- Chapter 127: Heart-Lung Interactions -- Chapter 128: Anatomy of Mechanical Ventilation -- Chapter 129: Noninvasive Ventilatory Support Modes -- Chapter 130: Invasive Ventilatory Support Modes -- Chapter 133: High-Frequency Ventilation: Lessons Learned and Future Directions -- Chapter 134: Oxygen Therapy and Basic Respiratory Care -- Chapter 135: Indications for and Management of Tracheostomy -- Chapter 136: Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Chapter 137: Extracorporeal Circulation for Respiratory or Cardiac Failure -- Chapter 138: Drowning -- Chapter 139: Aspiration -- Chapter 140: Severe Asthma Exacerbation -- Chapter 141: Acute Respiratory Failure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Chapter 142: Pulmonary Embolism -- Chapter 143: Other Embolic Syndromes (Air, Fat, Amniotic Fluid) -- Chapter 144: Pleural Disease in the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 145: Massive Hemoptysis -- SECTION XIV: Neurologic Disease and Dysfunction -- Chapter 146: Elevated Intracranial Pressure -- Chapter 147: Altered Consciousness and Coma in the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 148: Seizures and Status Epilepticus -- Chapter 149: Neuromuscular Disorders -- Chapter 150: Behavioral Disturbances in the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 151: ICU Discharge Criteria and Rehabilitation Potential for Severe Brain Injury Patients -- SECTION XV: Gastrointestinal Disease and Dysfunction -- Chapter 152: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Chapter 153: Approach to Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding.