Critical care secrets - Parsons, Polly E., 1954-; Wiener-Kronish, Jeanine P., 1951- (Philadelphia : Hanley and Belfus ; St. Louis : Mosby-Year Book, 1992)
Contents I. Basic Life Support 1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation /Charles B. Cairns, Steven R. Lowenstein 2. Pulmonary and Tissue Gas Exchange /Nancy L. Szaflarski 3. Noninvasive Monitoring /Nancy L. Szaflarski 4. Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring /Mark W. Bowyer 5. Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases /E. Michael Canham 6. Fluid Therapy /Mark W. Bowyer 7. Enteral Nutrition in the Critically Ill Patient /Anthony C. Campagna 8. Parenteral Nutrition in the Critically Ill Patient /Anthony C. Campagna 9. Mechanical Ventilation /Carolyn H. Welsh 10. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation /Enrique Fernandez 11. Tracheotomy /John E. Heffner 12. Intrahospital Transport /James B. Haenel, Frederick A. Moore II. Procedures 13. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization /Susan Lehr 14. Thoracentesis /Christopher Tyler 15. Chest Tubes /Richard A. Peters 16. Bronchoscopy /Christopher Tyler 17. Pacemakers /Mari McQuitty III. Pulmonary Medicine 18. Acute Pneumonia /Marvin I. Schwarz 19. Lung Abscess and Necrotizing Pneumonia /Thomas A. Neff 20. Empyema /Thomas A. Neff 21. Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients /Elizabeth L. Aronsen 22. Asthma /Robert A. Bethel 23. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease /Enrique Fernandez 24. Cor Pulmonale /Enrique Fernandez 25. Acute Respiratory Failure /Martin Zamora 26. Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome /Polly E. Parsons 27. Aspiration /Robert M. Cook, York E. Miller 28. Hemoptysis /Michael E. Hanley 29. Pulmonary Embolism /Polly E. Parsons, Thomas A. Neff IV. Cardiology 30. Chest Pain /Carter Willis 31. Myocardial Infarction /Carter Willis 32. Acute Dysrhythmias /Carter Willis 33. Aortic Dissection /David E. Schwartz 34. Valvular Heart Disease /David E. Schwartz 35. Pericardial Disease (Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade) /David E. Schwartz 36. Echocardiography in Intensive Care /Olivia Vynn Adair V. Infectious Disease 37. Sepsis /Richard T. Ellison, III 38. Endocarditis /Ira M. Dauber 39. Meningitis /Randall Reves 40. Urinary Tract Infections /Raymond N. Blum 41. Candidiasis /Susan R. Mason 42. Catheter-related Infections and Associated Bacteremia /Carlos E. Girod 43. Toxic Shock Syndrome /Mary Bessesen 44. AIDS in the Intensive Care Unit /David M. Guidot VI. Renal Disease 45. Hypertension /Jeffrey Schelling, Stuart Linas 46. Acute Renal Failure /Joseph Shapiro 47. Dialysis /Arlene Chapman 48. Peritoneal Dialysis /Hildegarde M. Schell 49. Continuous Arteriovenous Hemofiltration /Connie Glavis 50. Rhabdomyolysis /Richard Hock 51. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia /Alan S. Hanson, Stuart Linas 52. Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia /Stuart Senkfor, Tomas Berl VII. Gastroenterology 53. Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Hemorrhage /John Schaefer 54. Acute Pancreatitis /John Schaefer 55. Hepatitis and Cirrhosis /Mark W. Bowyer 56. Peritonitis /Mark W. Bowyer VIII. Endocrinology 57. Diabetic Ketoacidosis /Philip S. Mehler 58. Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma /Philip S. Mehler 59. Adrenal Insufficiency /Daniel Bessesen 60. Thyroid Disease in the Critical Care Setting /Michael T. McDermott 61. Hypercalcemia /Fred D. Hofeldt IX. Hematology/Oncology 62. Blood Products and Coagulation /Mark W. Bowyer 63. Thrombocytopenia and Platelets /Mark W. Bowyer 64. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation /Madeline White 65. Sickle Cell Disease /Kathryn Hassell 66. Oncologic Emergencies /Susan L. Kelley X. Neurology 67. Coma /Brian J. Kelly 68. Brain Death /Dorre Nicholau 69. Status Epilepticus /Brian J. Kelly 70. Cerebral Aneurysms /Dorre Nicholau 71. Cerebral Vascular Accidents /Dorre Nicholau 72. Landry-Guillain-Barre Syndrome /Brian J. Kelly 73. Myasthenia Gravis /Brian J. Kelly 74. Delirium Tremens /Brian J. Kelly 75. Spinal Cord Compression /Lynn M. Schnapp 76. Head Trauma /Dorre Nicholau XI. Pharmacology 77. Diuretics /Lynn M. Schnapp 78. Inotropic and Vasopressor Drugs /Thomas J. Stelzner 79. Digoxin /Lynn M. Schnapp XII. Surgery 80. Burns /Mark W. Bowyer 81. The Acute Abdomen /Christina Finlayson, Charles M. Abernathy 82. Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage /Diane M. Hartman, Ernest E. Moore 83. Wound Infection and Dehiscence /Charles M. Abernathy, Thomas Rehring 84. Arterial Emboli /Thomas A. Whitehill 85. Deep Venous Thrombosis of the Upper Extremity /Thomas A. Whitehill 86. Pneumothorax /Michael E. Hanley 87. Flail Chest and Pulmonary Contusion /Frederick A. Moore, James B. Haenel 88. Fat Embolism Syndrome /Mark W. Geraci 89. Myocardial Contusion /Eugene E. Wolfel 90. Heart Transplants /Robert M. Claytor, III 91. Postoperative Care of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient /Jeffrey S. Cross, Michael R. Johnston 92. Liver Transplantation /Teresa DeLong XIII. Anesthesia 93. Use of Paralytic Agents in the ICU /Jean-Francois Pittet 94. Pain Management in the ICU /Jean-Francois Pittet 95. Upper Airway Obstruction /Jean-Francois Pittet 96. Monitoring in the Operating Room /Jean-Francois Pittet 97. Complications of General Anesthesia /Jean-Francois Pittet 98. Malignant Hyperthermia /Jean-Francois Pittet XIV. Radiology 99. Portable Radiography /Marsha J. Heinig 100. CT Scanning in the ICU Setting /Marsha J. Heinig 101. Ultrasonography /Julia A. Drose, Suzanne Z. Barkin XV. Emergency Medicine 102. Tetanus /Peter T. Pons 103. Anaphylaxis /Vincent Markovchick 104. Hypothermia /John A. Marx 105. Heat Stroke /Stephen V. Cantrill XVI. Obstetrics 106. Acute Obstetric Complications /Polly E. Parsons, Sue Anne Murahata 107. Eclampsia /Sue Anne Murahata XVII. Psychiatry 108. Management of the Dangerous Patient in the ICU /Edmund Casper, Jonathan Ritvo 109. Delirium /Marshall Thomas 110. Anxiety and Agitation in the ICU /Marshall R. Thomas 111. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome /James L. Jacobson XVIII. Ethics 112. Ethics /Georgia H. Couderc, Julie A. Dearwater 113. When May Critical Care Be Terminated? /J. S. Kobayashi XIV. Toxicology 114. General Approach to Poisonings /Ken Kulig 115. Aspirin Intoxication /Ken Kulig 116. Acetaminophen Overdose /Ken Kulig 117. Antidepressant Poisoning /Ken Kulig Index
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Critical Care -- Examinations, questions, etc