BookPaul Ellis Marik.
Summary: This updated and revised edition of the classic bedside pocket reference remains the gold standard in critical care medicine. The new edition maintains Dr. Marik's trademark humor and engaging writing style, while adding numerous references to make this book the most current and thorough treatment of evidence-based critical care available. The handbook enables the clinician to find the evidence to support or refute an intervention and to help choose the most appropriate, cost-effective treatment. The analysis of treatment strategies is presented by organ system, and the handbook also covers miscellaneous ICU topics (such as sedation, toxicology, radiology, and sepsis) based on the most frequently found and difficult to solve problems in ICU patient management.
Contents:
Introduction to critical care medicine. Evidence-based critical care
Classic critical care papers
Critical care medicine 101
House officers' guideline 1: housekeeping
Admission - discharge criteria
House officers' guidelines 2: procedures
Chronic critical illness
Fluid resuscitation and volume assessment
Sedation and analgesia
Sepsis
Catheter-related bloodstream infection
Antibiotics
Fever
Respiratory. Mechanical ventilation 101
Non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation
Weaning (liberation)
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Community-acquired pneumonia
ARDS
Aspiration pneumonia and pneumonitis
Deep venous thrombosis - pulmonary embolism
COPD exacerbation
Acute server asthma
Pleural effusions and atelectasis
Cardiac. Hypertensive crises
Acute coronary syndromes
ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
Arrhythmias
Acute decompensated cardiac failure
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Gastrointestinal. Nutrition
Stress ulcer prophylaxis
Chronic liver failure
GI bleeding
Pancreatitis
Diarrhea and constipation
Metabolic. Stress hyperglycemia and glycemic control
Adrenal insufficiency and CIRCI
Hypo- and hypercalcemia
Electrolyte disturbances
Acid-base distrubances
Acute renal failure
Rhabdomyolysis
Central nervous system. Ischemic strokes and intracerebral hemorrhage
Delirium
Seizures and status epilepticus
Management of raised ICP
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Miscellaneous ICU topics. Anemia and RBC transfusion
Coagulopathy and FFP transfusions
Thrombocytopenia and platelet transfusion
Eclampsia
Management issues in the elderly
Management issues in the obese patient
Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome
Therapeutic hypothermia
Toxicology
Alcohol withdrawal syndromes
Serotonin syndrome
Radiology
PRES
End-of-life issues
What defines and intensive care unit? Implications for organizational structure
Intrahospital transport
Limiting errors and avoiding litigation
Avoiding therapeutic misadventures in the ICU
The "Devil's" medicine bag
Words of wisdom.