The Pharmacist's Expanded Role in Critical Care Medicine

Yasir Alzaidi, PharmD, BCCCP

Critical Care Pharmacist

Co-Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

Department of Pharmacy

Al Hada Armed Forces Hospital

Taif, Saudi Arabia.

Mohamed Abdelzaher Gebily, MD

Consultant Intensivist

Director of Intensive Care Unit

Al Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

Former Director of ECMO program, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Former Director of Critical Care Medicine Residency Program, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Lecturer of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

Approach to Clinical Reasoning in Critical Care.- Approach to ECG Interpretation in Critical Care.- Chest Radiography in Critical Care.- Mechanical Ventilation.- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.- Acute Asthma Exacerbation in the Intensive Care Unit.- Acute Pulmonary Embolism.- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.- Acute Coronary Syndrome.- Acute Decompensated Heart Failure.- Right Ventricular Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension.- Cardiac Arrhythmias.- Shock.- Cardiac Arrest.- Traumatic Brain Injury.- Acute Ischemic Stroke.- Status Epilepticus and Refractory Status Epilepticus.- Delirium in the ICU: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management.- Acute Pancreatitis.- Acute Liver Failure.- Decompensated Cirrhosis.- Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Adults.- Abdominal Compartment Syndrome.- Critical Care of the Abdominal Surgery Patient.- Acute Kidney Injury.- Acid-Base Disorders.- Renal Replacement Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit.- Common Infections in the Intensive Care Unit.- Severe Infections Early After Solid Organ Transplantation.- Pulmonary Infections in People with HIV.- Invasive Fungal Infections in the Intensive Care Unit.- Hypertensive Emergencies.- Diabetes Emergencies.- Oncologic Emergencies.- Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome.- Management of Drug Overdose and Intoxications in the ICU.- The Management of Critical Illness in Obstetric Patients.- Critical Care of the Burn Patient.- Management of the Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in the Intensive Care Unit.- Pharmacotherapy of Trauma and the Role of the Pharmacist.- Prescription for Prevention: A Focus on Preventing Complications in the ICU.-Comprehensive Fluid Therapy in Critical Care: Guidelines and Best Practices for Fluid Stewardship.- Approach to Thrombocytopenia in the ICU.- Sustainable Pharmacy Practice in the ICU.- Pain and Sedation: Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment in the Intensive Care Unit.- Neuromuscular Blockade in Critically Ill Adults.- Rapid Sequence Intubation.- Anticoagulation in the Intensive Care Unit.- Vasopressor Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit.- Antimicrobial Management in the Intensive Care Unit.- Glycemic Control in the Intensive Care Unit.- Fluid Resuscitation in the Intensive Care Unit.- Rational Use of Blood Products in the Intensive Care Unit.- Clinical Nutrition in Critical Illness.