Critical Care Secrets
by Polly E. Parsons, Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, Lorenzo Berra
6th Edition
Publisher: Elsevier
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780323510646 |
| eText ISBN | 9780323527880 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publishing Year | 2018 |
| Edition | 6th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 704 |
Critical Care Secrets, 6th Edition, offers a clinical reference for daily practice and examination preparation. The volume addresses core intensive care disciplines, ranging from foundational sciences such as physiology, immunology, and inflammation to routine bedside interventions.
Key areas of focus include mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, fluid therapy, and pain control. The text also reviews the management of life-threatening conditions, including sepsis and septic shock, with practical diagnostic and therapeutic considerations.
Presented in the familiar Secrets Series question-and-answer format, this portable resource incorporates Key Points boxes and a Top 100 Secrets section to support rapid clinical review.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Glycemic Control in the ICU
Chapter 2: Early Mobility
Chapter 3: Sedation, Analgesia, Delirium
Chapter 4: Pain Management in the ICU
Chapter 5: Ethics and Palliative Care
Chapter 6: Fluid Therapy
Chapter 7: Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
Chapter 8: Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 9: Noninvasive Respiratory Support
Chapter 10: Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Extubation
Chapter 11: Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in the ICU
Chapter 12: Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, and Blood Gas Analysis
Chapter 13: Hemodynamic Monitoring
Chapter 14: Neuromonitoring
Chapter 15: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Chapter 16: Arterial and Central Venous Catheters
Chapter 17: Critical Care Ultrasound
Chapter 18: Ventricular Assist Device
Chapter 19: Percutaneous Assist Devices
Chapter 20: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
Chapter 21: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Chapter 22: Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management
Chapter 23: Tracheotomy and Upper Airway Obstruction
Chapter 24: Chest Tubes and Pneumothorax
Chapter 25: Bronchoscopy
Chapter 26: Pacemakers and Defibrillators
Chapter 27: Acute Pneumonia
Chapter 28: Asthma
Chapter 29: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 30: Acute Respiratory Failure/ARDS
Chapter 31: Hemoptysis
Chapter 32: Venous Thromboembolism and Fat Embolism
Chapter 33: Heart Failure and Valvular Heart Disease
Chapter 34: Acute Myocardial Infarction
Chapter 35: Cardiac Arrhythmia
Chapter 36: Aortic Dissection
Chapter 37: Pericardial Disease (Pericardial Tamponade and Pericarditis)
Chapter 38: Sepsis and Septic Shock
Chapter 39: Endocarditis
Chapter 40: Meningitis and Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 41: Disseminated Fungal Infections
Chapter 42: Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
Chapter 43: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Chapter 44: H1N1/Influenza
Chapter 45: Immunocompromised Host
Chapter 46: Hypertensive Crises
Chapter 47: Acute Kidney Injury
Chapter 48: Renal Replacement Therapy and Rhabdomyolysis
Chapter 49: Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
Chapter 50: Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
Chapter 51: Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patient
Chapter 52: Acute Pancreatitis
Chapter 53: Hepatitis and Cirrhosis
Chapter 54: Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
Chapter 55: Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 56: Thyroid Disease in the ICU
Chapter 57: Blood Products and Coagulation
Chapter 58: Thrombocytopenia and Platelets
Chapter 59: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Chapter 60: Coma
Chapter 61: Brain Death
Chapter 62: Status Epilepticus
Chapter 63: Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Chapter 64: Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis
Chapter 65: Alcohol Withdrawal
Chapter 66: Burns and Frostbite
Chapter 67: Thoracic Trauma (Flail Chest and Pulmonary & Myocardial Contusion)
Chapter 68: Acute Abdomen and Peritonitis
Chapter 69: Organ Donation
Chapter 70: Disaster Medicine, Bioterrorism and Ebola
Chapter 71: Allergy and Anaphylaxis
Chapter 72: Hypothermia
Chapter 73: Heat Stroke
Chapter 74: General Approach to Poisonings
Chapter 75: Analgesics and Antidepressants
Chapter 76: Toxic Alcohol Poisoning
Chapter 77: Cardiovascular Medications
Chapter 78: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Chapter 79: Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
Chapter 80: Care of the Obese patient
Chapter 81: Oncologic Emergencies
Chapter 82: Post-Intensive Care Syndrome & Chronic Critical Illness
Chapter 83: ICU Survivors
Chapter 84: Sepsis: Emerging Therapies
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