Postoperative Care of the Critically Ill Patient

Immediate Needs of the Postoperative Patient; Selection of Appropriate Monitoring Techniques; The Perioperative Stress Response and its Relationship to Perioperative Endocrine and Electrolyte Disorders; Pain Management and Sedation in the ICU; Acute Electrolyte Imbalances in the Critically III Postoperative Patient; Fluid Therapy in the Early Postoperative Period; Electrocardiographic Monitoring in critical Care; Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction in the Postoperative Setting of Noncardiac Surgery; Acute Airway Problems; Post-operative Ventilatory Support; The Postoperative Patient and Sepsis; Oxygen Delivery and Utilization; Post-Traumatic Head Injury; The Obtunded Patient; Acute Renal Insufficiency; Post-operative Coagulopathies; Deep Vein Thrombosis - Pulmonary Embolism; Use of Neuromuscular Blockade in the ICU (Appropriate Use of Muscle Relaxants).