Handbook of ICU Therapy

John Fuller is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, and Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, and St Joseph's Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada. Jeff Granton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, and Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, and St Joseph's Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada. Ian McConachie is Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, and St Joseph's Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada.

Preface; Part I. Basic Principles: 1. Oxygen delivery, cardiac function and monitoring Lois Champion; 2. Shock Philip Jones; 3. Oxygen therapy Ahmed F. Hegazy and Ian McConachie; 4. Central venous access Ken Blonde and Robert Arntfield; 5. Fluid therapy in ICU Janet Martin, John Fuller and Ian McConachie; 6. Anemia and blood transfusion Shane W. English and Lauralyn McIntyre; 7. Coagulation problems in the critically ill Alejandro Lazo-Langner; 8. Airway management in critically ill patients Titus C Yeung and Donald E. G. Griesdale; 9. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation Mark Soth and Thomas Piraino; 10. Nutrition Ilya Kagan and Pierre Singer; 11. Electrolyte and metabolic acid/base problems Harneet Kaur and Clay A. Block; 12. Principles of IPPV and care of the ventilated patient Mohit Bhutani and Ian McConachie; 13. Modes of ventilation and ventilator strategies Tania Ligori; 14. Discontinuing mechanical ventilation Ron Butler; 15. Vasoactive drugs Daniel H. Ovakim; 16. Optimizing antimicrobial therapy in the ICU Anand Kumar; 17. Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular block Brian Pollard; 18. Continuous renal replacement therapy A. Ebersohn and Rudi Brits; 19. Chronic critical illness David Leasa; 20. Recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient Rebecca P. Winsett, John Kellett and Christian P. Subbe; 21. ICU rehabilitation Linda Denehy and Sue Berney; 22. Palliative care, withholding and withdrawal of life support in the intensive care unit Lois Champion and Valerie Schulz; Part II. Specific Problems: 23. The injured patient in the ICU Neil Parry and W. Robert Leeper; 24. Neurotrauma Ari Ercole, Jessie R. Welbourne and Arun K. Gupta; 25. Acute coronary syndromes Kala Kathirgamanathan and Jaffer Syed; 26. Heart failure Christopher W. White, Darren H. Freed, Shelley R. Zieroth and Rohit K. Singal; 27. Arrythmias Umjeet Singh Jolly and Jamie Manlucu; 28. The patient with sepsis Jennifer Vergel Del Dios, Tom Varughese and Ravi Taneja; 29. Acute kidney injury R. T. Noel Gibney; 30. Acute lung injury and ARDS Raj Nichani, M. J. Naisbitt and Chris Clarke; 31. The patient with gastrointestinal problems Tina Mele; 32. The comatose patient: neurological aspects G. Bryan Young; 33. The obstetric patient in the ICU Carlos Kidel and Alan McGlennan; 34. The critically ill asthmatic Ian M. Ball; 35. Endocrine problems in critical illness Wael Haddara; 36. The cardiac surgery patient in the ICU Jeff Granton; 37. Care of the organ donor Mowaffaq Almikhlafi and Michael D. Sharpe; 38. The patient with cardiac arrest Osama Almuslim; Index.