The Intensive Care Manual

Michael J. Apostolakos, MD is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Adult Critical Care at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York. Peter J. Papadakos, MD, co-editor, is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery as well as Director in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York. He is also Professor of Respiratory Care at State University of New York at Genesee Community College.

Chapter 1: Approach to the Critically Ill Patient: Overiview of Respiratory Failure. Chapter 2: Approach to Intravascular Access and Hemodynamic Monitoring. Chapter 3: Approach to Shock. Chapter 4: Approach to Mechanical Ventilation. Chapter 5: Approach to Renal Failure. Chapter 6: Approach to Infectious Diseases. Chapter 7: Approach to Nutritional Support. Chapter 8: Approach to Cardiac Arrhythmias. Chapter 9: Approach to Acute Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis and Management. Chapter 10: Approach to Endocrine Disease. Chapter 11: Approach to Gastrointestinal Problems in the Intensive Care Unit. Chapter 12: Approach to Hematologic Disorders. Chapter 13: Approach to Coma. Chapter 14: Approach to Sedation and Airway Management in the ICU.