BookAryeh Shander, Howard L. Corwin, editors.
Summary: This volume provides a comprehensive overview of hematologic issues that clinicians regularly encounter in the critical care environment. The text features hematologic scenarios that affect the adult ICU patient, outlines pathogenesis and challenges associated with the hematologic disorder, and offers treatment modalities. Hematologic issues covered include anemia, hemostatic abnormalities, and risks of transfusion. The book also details challenges in specific ICU populations, such as patients afflicted with liver disease, brain injury, sepsis, cardiovascular disease, malignancy, and trauma. Written by experts in the field, Hematologic Challenges in the Critically Ill is a valuable resource for clinicians in the critical care environment who treat critically ill patients afflicted with hematologic complications.
Contents:
Anemia in the Critically Ill
Hemostatic Abnormalities in the Critically Ill
Advances in Hematologic Testing
Current and Emerging Technologies in Hematologic Testing
Hematologic Impact of Fluid Replacement
Advances in Trauma Resuscitation
Hematologic Issues in Sepsis
Hematologic Challenges in ICU Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Hematologic Challenges in ICU Patients with Liver Disease and Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Hematological Challenges in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Neurological Disease
Hematologic Challenges in the Critically Ill: Obstetrics
Hematologic Challenges in ICU Patients with Malignancy
Hematologic Challenges in ICU Patients on ECMO
Hematologic Challenges in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Solid Organ Transplants
Risks of Transfusion
Clinical Outcomes and Red Blood Cell Storage
Anticoagulants in the ICU
Hematologic Challenges in ICU Patients Needing Plasma Exchange
Intravenous Oxygen Therapeutics: A Revolution in Medicine yet to be Realized?
Role of Blood Bank, Transfusion Services and Pharmacy in ICU Patients with Hematologic Challenges
Patient Blood Management in Critically Ill.