Critical Care Medicine at a Glance

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leach, Richard M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Dedication
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Units, symbols and abbreviations
  • How to use your textbook
  • Part 1: General
  • 1: Recognizing the unwell patient
  • Recognizing the acutely unwell patient
  • Assessment of the acutely ill patient
  • 2: Managing the critically ill patient
  • Organization
  • Admission and discharge guidelines
  • General supportive care
  • Severity of Illness Scoring Systems
  • Cost of critical care medicine
  • 3: Monitoring in critical care medicine
  • Haemodynamic monitoring
  • Respiratory monitoring
  • Organ and tissue oxygenation
  • 4: The electrocardiogram
  • Electrocardiogram features
  • Electrocardiogram interpretation
  • 5: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Advanced life support
  • Post-resuscitation care
  • Prognosis
  • 6: Oxygen transport
  • Oxygen delivery
  • The oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve
  • Oxygen consumption
  • Relationship between oxygen delivery and oxygen consumption
  • 7: Shock
  • Definition and causes
  • Clinical features
  • Investigations and monitoring
  • Assessment
  • Complications
  • Management
  • 8: Circulatory assessment
  • 9: Fluid management: pathophysiological factors
  • Fluid administration
  • Aims of fluid administration
  • Factors affecting fluid and electrolyte administration
  • 10: Fluid management: assessment and prescription
  • Assessment (algorithm 1)
  • Resuscitation (algorithm 2)
  • Routine maintenance (algorithm 3)
  • Replacement and/or redistribution (algorithm 4)
  • General fluid management
  • Types of fluid
  • 11: Fluid management: fluid choice
  • Fluid choice
  • 12: Inotropes and vasopressors
  • 13: Failure of oxygenation and respiratory failure
  • 14: Oxygenation and oxygen therapy
  • Oxygen therapy
  • Other techniques to improve oxygenation
  • 15: Airways obstruction and management
  • Upper airways obstruction
  • Airways management
  • 16: Non-invasive ventilation
  • Negative pressure ventilation
  • Positive pressure ventilation
  • Indication for NIV and CPAP
  • 17: Endotracheal intubation
  • Indications for ETI
  • Preparation for ETI (Figure 17a)
  • Intubation
  • Difficult intubation
  • Complications
  • Endotracheal tube care
  • 18: Mechanical ventilation
  • Indications for mechanical ventilation
  • Ventilator set-up
  • Ventilatory mode
  • Physiological responses to mechanical ventilation
  • Complications of mechanical ventilation
  • 19: Respiratory management, weaning and tracheostomy
  • Management of ventilated patients
  • Extubation and weaning
  • Tracheostomy (Figure 19c)
  • 20: Arterial blood gases and acid-base balance
  • Arterial blood gases (ABGs)
  • A simple method to analyse arterial blood gases
  • Acid-base balance
  • Control of acid-base balance
  • The relationship between pH, HCO3− and Pco2
  • 21: Analgesia, sedation and paralysis
  • Analgesics
  • Sedative-anxiolytics
  • Neuromuscular paralytic agents

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