Critical Care Quick Glance

Shishir Maithel, Jonathan Critchlow (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2006
McGraw-Hill Medical (Verlag)
978-0-07-146540-3 (ISBN)

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A pocket sized guide to Critical Care medicine that provides information for treating patients effectively and expediently. It includes a free PDA download to facilitate its usefulness at the point of care.

This concise, pocket sized guide to Critical Care medicine provides at-a-glance information for treating patients effectively and expediently. Includes a free PDA download to facilitate its usefulness at the point of care.

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide Assistant Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Section 1
Chapter 1 Ventricular Function and the Cardiac Output
Key equations
Factors that control the CO
Pressure & Volume relationships
Starling Curve
Cardiac Curve
DDx of LV dysfunction
Chapter 2 Shock
Definition
Types of shock
Response of organ systems in shock
Bedside exam
Tx
Chapter 3 Oxygenation and Ventilation
Key Equations
Oxygenation
Ventilation
Chapter 4 Mechanical Ventilation
Goals of Mechanical Ventilation
Basic Lung Volumes
Indications for Incubation
Closing Volume and Functional Residual Capacity
PaO2 and Mean Airway Pressure
Peak Inspiratory and Plateau Pressures
Positive End Expiratory Pressure
Auto PEEP
Models of Positive Pressure Ventilation
Relationship of Air Flow and Pressure Curves
Chapter 5 Pulmonary Artery (Swan Ganz) Catheters
Key Equations
Normal Pressures The Waveforms
Thermodilution Technique for Measuring CO
Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure
Clinical Application of the PA Catheter
Chapter 6 Frequently Used Medications, Blood Products, and Fluids
Receptors and Mechanism of Action
Pressors
Anti-hypertensives
Analgesics and Sedatives
Paralytics
Blood Products
Intravenous Fluids
Chapter 7 The Head Injured Patient: Management of Elevated Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
Key Equation
Diagnosing Elevated ICP
Common Systemic Alterations
Tx Algorithm
Chapter 8 Acid-Base Disorders
Key Equations
Interpreting the Arterial Blood Gas
Review of the Nephron
Metabolic Acidosis
Metabolic Alkalosis
Metabolic Acidosis
Respiratory Alkalosis
Chapter 9 Nutrition
Enteral Nutrition
Parenteral Nutrition
Assessing Nutrition
Chapter 10 Prophylaxis
DVT Prophylaxis
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis
Section 2Chapter 11Acute Myocardial Infarction
Definition
Pathophysiology
Symptoms and Signs
Dx
Management
Chapter 12 Congestive Heart Failure
Definition
Pathophysiology
Symptoms and Signs
Dx
Management
Chapter 13 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Exacerbation
Definition
Pathophysiology
Symptoms and Signs
Dx
Management
Chapter 14 Community & Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
Chapter 15 Acute Severe Pancreatitis
Chapter 16 Sepsis
Chapter 17 Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Chapter 18 Venous-Thromboembolism

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.2.2006
Reihe/Serie	LANGE Quick Glance
Zusatzinfo	40 Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	119 x 208 mm
Gewicht	231 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Intensivmedizin
ISBN-10	0-07-146540-5 / 0071465405
ISBN-13	978-0-07-146540-3 / 9780071465403
Zustand	Neuware