Description
This best-selling resource provides a general overview and basic information for all adult intensive care units. The material is presented in a brief and quick-access format which allows for topic and exam review. It provides enough detailed and specific information to address most all questions and problems that arise in the ICU. Emphasis on fundamental principles in the text should prove useful for patient care outside the ICU as well.
New chapters in this edition include hyperthermia and hypothermia syndromes; infection control in the ICU; and severe airflow obstruction. Sections have been reorganized and consolidated when appropriate to reinforce concepts.
Purchase The ICU Book, Third Edition and visit TheICUBook.com, which gives you free access to links from references to PubMed, updated regularly; and a directory of Websites handpicked by Dr. Marino.
Features
--Newly renamed and refocused chapters on hot topics: acute coronary syndromes, severe airflow obstruction, and anemia and red cell transfusions
--Vascular access and pharmaceutical sections reorganized and consolidated
--New, modern artwork throughout
--Single-authored text prevents overlap and contradicting recommendations
--Portable and succinct for quick and easy use
--Critical points/controversies are boldfaced throughout the text
--Provides practical advantages and disadvantages to most procedures, drugs, and treatments
--Purchase of this edition includes free access to a Website featuring links from references to PubMed, updated regularly; and a directory of Websites handpicked by Dr. Marino.
About the Author(s)
- Paul L Marino MD, PhD, FCCM
- Director of Critical Care, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI; Associate Professor, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI
- Kenneth M Sutin MD, FCCM
- Department of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center; Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Specs
- Edition: Third
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9780781748025
- Trim Size: 6.125 x 9.125
- Pages: 1088
- Pub Date: Sep 27, 2006
- Weight: 3.0
Associated Specialties
Table of contents
BASIC SCIENCE REVIEW
Circulatory Blood Flow
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport
PREVENTIVE PRACTICES IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
Infection Control in the ICU
Alimentary Prophylaxis
Venous Thromboembolism
VASCULAR ACCESS
Establishing Venous Access
The Indwelling Vascular Catheter
HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING
Blood Pressure Monitoring
The Pulmonary Artery Catheter
The CVP and Wedge Pressure
Assessment of Tissue Oxygenation
DISORDERS OF CIRCULATORY FLOW
Hemorrhage and Hypovolemia
Colloid and Crystalloid Resuscitation
Acute Heart Failure(s)
Cardiac Arrest
Hemodynamic Drugs
CRITICAL CARE CARDIOLOGY
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Tachydysrhythmias
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Hypoxia and Hypercapnia
Oximetry and Capnography
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Severe Airflow Obstruction
MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
Patterns of Assisted Ventilation
The Ventilator-Dependent Patient
Discontinuing Mechanical Ventilation
Noninvasive Ventilation
ACID-BASE DISORDERS
Acid-Base Interpretations
The Organic Acidoses
Metabolic Alkalosis
RENAL AND ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS
Oliguria and Acute Renal Failure
Disorders of Sodium and Water Balance
Potassium
Magnesium
Calcium and Phosphorous
TRANSFUSION PRACTICES IN CRITICAL CARE
Anemia and Red Cell Transfusions
Platelets in Critical Illness
DISORDERS OF BODY TEMPERATURE
Hyperthermia and Hypothermia Syndromes
Fever in the ICU
INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION IN THE ICU
Infection, Inflammation, and Multiorgan Injury
Pneumonia in the ICU
Sepsis from the Abdomen and Pelvis
The Immunocompromised Patient
Antimicrobial Agents
NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
Metabolic Substrate Requirements
Enteral Tube Feeding
Parenteral Nutrition
Adrenal and Thyroid Dysfunction
CRITICAL CARE NEUROLOGY
Analgesia and Sedation in the ICU
Disorders of Mentation
Disorders of Movement
Stroke and Related Disorders
TOXIC INGESTIONS
Pharmaceutical Toxins and Antidotes
Non-Pharmaceutical Toxic Ingestions
APPENDICES
Units of Measurement
Reference Tables
Clinical Scoring Systems
Drug Dosage in Renal Impairment
