Principles of Critical Care Companion Handbook

Jesse B. Hall, MD Professor of Medicine, and of Anesthesia and Critical Care Chief, Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago Dr. Hall is a recognized leader in the discipline and runs one of the top departments in the country. Both Drs. Hall and Schmidt are active presenters at national meetings and known internationally through their software company MedSym. Gregory A. Schmidt, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Pritzker School of Medicine Dr. Hall is a recognized leader in the discipline and runs one of the top departments in the country. Both Drs. Hall and Schmidt are active presenters at national meetings and known internationally through their software company MedSym.

I. Normal Blood Gas and Respiratory Gas Exchange Values. II. Respiratory Parameters. III. Respiratory Gas Transport. IV. Circulatory Parameters and Calculations. V. The Internal Milieu. VI. The Central Nervous System. Severity-of-Illness Scoring Systems. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Vascular Cannulation. Fluid Therapy and Blood Products. Vasoactive Drugs. Minimizing Complications of Critical Care. Nutrition in the Intensive Care Unit. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome. Pain Control, Sedation, and Use of Muscle Relaxants. Overview of Respiratory Failure. Airway Management and Tracheostomy. Monitoring of the Respiratory System. Mechanical Ventilators. Noninvasive Ventilation. Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury. Acute-on-Chronic Respiratory Failure. Status Asthmaticus. Neuromuscular Disease Leading to Respiratory Failure. Massive Hemoptysis and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage. Pleural Diseases and Chest Tubes. Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation. Shock. Hypovolemic Shock. Septic Shock. Ischemic Heart Disease and Thrombolytic Therapy. Ventricular Dysfunction in Critical Illness. Rhythm Disturbances, Pacing, and Cardioversion. Acute Right Heart Syndromes and Pulmonary Embolism. Pericardial Disease. Valvular Heart Disease. Hypertensive Crisis. Aortic Dissection. Pulmonary Artery Catherization and Interpretation. Echocardiography. Approach to Sepsis of Unknown Origin. AIDS in the Intensive Care Unit. Infectious Complications of Intravascular Devices. Pneumonia. Endocarditis and Other Intravascular Infections in the Critically Ill. Infections of the Central Nervous System. Infections of the Head and Neck. The Acute Abdomen and Intraabdominal Sepsis. Urinary Tract Infections. Miscellaneous Infections. Cerebrovascular Disease. Status Epilepticus. Coma, Persistent Vegetative State, and Brain Death. Bleeding Disorders. Acute Leukemia. Oncologic Emergencies. Toxicities of Chemotherapy. Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation and Graft-Versus-Host Disease. Acute Renal Failure. Dialysis in the Intensive Care Unit. Severe Electrolyte Disturbances. Acid Base Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit. Endocrine Emergencies. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage. Acute and Chronic Hepatic Disease. Acute Pancreatitis. Priorities in Multisystem Trauma. Torso Trauma. Head Injury and Intracranial Hypertension. Management of Burns. Immunotherapy and Organ Transplantation. Toxicology. Critical Care Pharmacology. Rheumatologic Emergencies. Critical Illness in Pregnancy. Hypothermia and Hyperthermia. Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapy.