Bookeditor, Jennifer Pai Lee.
Summary: "Offering essential, evidence-based practice guidelines specifically for the critical care setting, ICU Quick Drug Guide contains up-to-date information in a quick-access format. This portable handbook provides fast, accurate drug therapy information needed at the point of care, including expert advice throughout to help clinicians determine optimal pharmacological therapy"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Acute coronary syndromes
Acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF)
Adult advanced cardiovascular life support
Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
Hypertensive crisis
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS)
Other endocrine emergencies
Gastroenterology
Severe acute pancreatitis and liver failure
Abdominal infections
Other infections
Sepsis and septic shock
Acute ischemic stroke (AIS)
Other neurocritical care
Status epilepticus
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (group pulmonary hypertension)
Acute alcohol and drug poisoning
Anaphylaxis
Drug-induced hyperthermia
Fluids and electrolyte disorders
Pain, agitation, delirium, and neuromuscular blockade in the intensive care unit (ICU)
Rapid sequence induction
Venous thromboembolism (VTE).