Critical Care Handbook of the Massachussetts General Hospital

I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES 1: Hemodynamic Monitoring Erik Kistler & Luca Bigatello 2: Respiratory Monitoring Ettore Crimi & Dean Hess 3: Use of Ultrasound in the ICU Robin Guillory & Marc de Moya 4: Airway Management Jonathan Charnin, Robert Goulet & Richard Pino 5: Principles of Mechanical Ventilation Claudia Crimi & Dean Hess 6: Hemodynamic Management Jonathan Fox & Edward Bittner 7: Sedation & Analgesia Houman Amirfarzan, Ulrich Schmidt & Luca Bigatello 8: Fluids, Electrolytes & Acid-Base Management Cosmin Gauran & David Steele 9: Critical Care of the Trauma Patient Jeffrey Ustin & Hasan Alam 10: Critical Care of the Neurologic Patient Kevin Sheth & Lee Schwamm 11: Nutrition Elizabeth Sailhamer & Hasan Alam 12: Infectious Disease: General Considerations Laura Leduc & Judith Hellman 13: Quality Improvement & Prophylaxis Karsten Bartels & Ulrich Schmidt 14: Ethical & Legal Issues in ICU Practice Rae Allain & Sharon Brackett 15: Evidence-Based Practice & Basic Statistics in Critical Care Ala Nozari, H. Thomas Stelfox & Edward Bittner 16: Transport of the ICU Patient Emily Apsell & Michael Fitzsimons II: SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS 17: Coronary Artery Disease Corry 'Jeb' Kucik & Michael Fitzsimons 18: Valvular Heart Disease Jonathan Bloom & Theodore Alston 19: Cardiac Dysrhythmias Cosmin Gauran & Jagmeet Singh 20: The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Kathrin Allen & Luca Bigatello 21: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease & Asthma Robert Owens & Fiona Gibbons 22: Pulmonary Embolism & Deep Venous Thrombosis B. Taylor Thompson 23: Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation Bishr Haydar & Jean Kwo 24: Acute Kidney Injury Beverly Newhouse 25: Liver Dysfunction Daniel Johnson & William Benedetto 26: Coagulopathy & Hypercoagulability Lorenzo Berra & Rae Allain 27: Acute Gastrointestinal Diseases Eugene Fukudome & Jean Kwo 28: Endocrine Disorders & Glucose Management Steven Russell & Taylor Thompson 29: Infectious Diseases: Specific Considerations Aranya Bagchi & Judith Hellman 30: Non-Antibiotic Therapies for Sepsis Anahat Dhillon & Edward Bittner 31: Stroke, Seizures & Encephalopathy Dorothea Strozyk & Lee Schwamm 32: Acute Weakness David Greer & Edward George 33: Drug Overdose, Poisoning & Adverse Drug Reactions Susan Wilcox & Richard Pino 34: Adult & Pediatric Resuscitation Arthur Tokarczyk & Richard Pino 35: Transfusion Medicine Jeffrey Ustin & Hasan Alam 36: Neurological Trauma Sherry Chou & Marc de Moya 37: The Burned Patient Nicolas Melo & Rob Sheridan 38: Disaster Preparedness in the ICU Todd Seigel & Edward George 39: ICU Care After Vascular Surgery Ross Blank & Rae Allain 40: ICU Care After Thoracic Surgery Kathrin Allen, Henning Gaissert & Luca Bigatello 41: ICU Care Following Liver, Kidney & Lung Transplantation Jason Wertheim & William Benedetto 42: ICU Care of the Obese Patient Jeremy Goldfarb & Jean Kwo 43: The Intensivist Outside the ICU Edward George & Edward Bittner 44: Obstetric Critical Care Amy Ortman & Richard Pino APPENDIX A: Supplemental Drug Information