Critical Care Medicine

Section I: Perioperative Assessment and ICU OrganizationChapter 1. Risk Assessment/Preanesthetic EvaluationChapter 2: ICU Organization, Team Membership, and ICU ManagementChapter 3: Acute-Care Medicine in Community HospitalsChapter 4: Ethical and End-of-Life Issues Section II: Perioperative Interventions and PathophysiologyChapter 5: Evidence-Based MedicineChapter 6: Genomics in Perioperative Critical CareChapter 7: Research in Critical Care MedicineChapter 8: Medical Informatics in the Intensive Care UnitChapter 9: Management of the Airway and Tracheal IntubationChapter 10: Procedures in the ICUChapter 11: Vascular Assessment in the Critically Ill PatientChapter 12: Fluid Management in the Critically Ill PatientChapter 13: Use of Sedative, Analgesic, and NMB Agents in the ICUChapter 14: Postoperative Care of the Surgical PatientChapter 15: Nutrition Support in the Critically Ill PatientChapter 16: Application of Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic PrinciplesChapter 17: General Approach to the Patient in ShockChapter 18: Acid-Base Disturbance and Electrolyte Abnormalitites Section III: Neurologic Critical CareChapter 19: Principles of CerebroprotectionChapter 20: Management of Patients With Head and Spinal Cord InjuriesChapter 21: Coma and Altered States of ConsciousnessChapter 22: Postoperative Care of the Neurosurgical PatientChapter 23: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage or Cerebrovascular AccidentChapter 24: Management of Brain-Dead and Nonheart-Beating Organ Donors Section IV: Cardiovascular Critical CareChapter 25: Cardiogenic ShockChapter 26: Perioperative Myocardial IschemiaChapter 27: Acute Therapy in Patients With Cardiac ArrhythmiasChapter 28: Care of the Hypertensive Patient in the ICUChapter 29: Perioperative Management of the Cardiac Surgical PatientChapter 30: Current Concepts in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Section V: Pulmonary Critical CareChapter 31: Preoperative Evaluation of Pulmonary Diseases and FunctionChapter 32: PneumoniaChapter 33: Obstructive and Restrictive DiseasesChapter 34: Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeChapter 35: Perioperative Care of Thoracic Surgical PatientsChapter 36: Respiratory CareChapter 37: Basic Principles and New Modes of Mechanical VentilationChapter 38: Weaning from Mechanical Ventilatory Support Section VI: Gastrointestinal Critical CareChapter 39: Acute Abdominal Conditions in the Patient in the ICUChapter 40: Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in the Critically Ill Patient to ProphylaxisChapter 41: Fulminant Hepatic Failure Section VII: Renal Critical CareChapter 42: Perioperative Hemostasis and CoagulotherapyChapter 43: Renal Replacement Therapy Section VIII: Hematologic Critical CareChapter 44:Thromboembolic DisordersChapter 45: Perioperative Hemostasis and CoagulopathyChapter 46: Transfusion Medicine for the Intensivist Section IX: Infection and ImmunologyChapter 47: Evaluation of the Febrile PatientChapter 48: Multiple Organ Dysfunction SyndromeChapter 49: The Patient With Sepsis o