Description
Looking for a concise and authoritative resource to help you manage the types of complex cardiac, pulmonary, and neurological emergencies you encounter as a resident or attending emergency room physician? Look no further than Decision Making in Emergency Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Handbook. This portable guide to rational clinical decision-making in the challenging – and changing – world of emergency critical care provides in every chapter a streamlined review of a common problem in critical care medicine, along with evidence-based guidelines and summary tables of landmark literature.
Features
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Prepare for effective critical care practice in the emergency room’s often chaotic and resource-limited environment with expert guidance from fellows and attending physicians in the fields of emergency medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, and neurocritical care.
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Master critical care fundamentals as experts guide you through the initial resuscitation and the continued management of critical care patients during their first 24 hours of intensive care.
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Confidently make sustained, data-driven decisions for the critically ill patient using expert information on everything from hemodynamic monitoring and critical care ultrasonography to sepsis and septic shock to the ED-ICU transfer of care.
Your book purchase includes an eBook version created for Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, PC, & Mac. This eBook features:
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Complete content with enhanced navigation
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A powerful search tool that pulls results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web
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Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation
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Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text
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Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues
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Quick-reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use
Contents
Section 1 Introduction
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Emergency Critical Care – Robert Rodriguez
Section 2 Hemodynamic Monitoring
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Tissue Oxygenation and Cardiac Output – Catherine S. Reid, Geoffrey K. Lighthall
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Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring – Chad Myers
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Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring – Vidya Rao, John E. Arbo
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The Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Catheter – Carlos Brun, Geoffrey K. Lighthall
Section 3 Critical Care Ultrasonography
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Principles of Critical Care Ultrasonography – Philips Perera, Laleh Gharahbaghian, Thomas Mailhot, Sarah Williams, Diku P. Mandavia
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Pulmonary Ultrasonography – Feras Khan, Anne-Sophie Beraud
Section 4 Pulmonary Critical Care
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Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation – John-Emile Kenny, Stephan J. Ruoss
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Ventilation Strategies in COPD, Asthma, and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – Jey Chung, Paul Mohabir, Stephen J. Ruoss
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Acute Pulmonary Edema – Nina Patel, Margaret Neff
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High Risk Pulmonary Embolism – Tsuyoshi Mitari
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Darryl Abrams, Daniel Brodie
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Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Membrane Oxygenation – Vidya Rao, Darryl Abrams, Cara Agerstrand, Daniel Brodie
Section 5 Cardiac Critical Care
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Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock – Daniel Sedehi, Venu Menon
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Right Ventricular Failure – Joshua Sternbach, Francois Haddad, John E. Arbo, Anne-Sophie Beraud
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Hypertensive Crises – Anand Swaminathan, Michael P. Jones
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Controversies in Arrhythmia Management – Sam Senturia
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices – Joseph Hsu, Rachel Dotson
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Management of the Post-Cardiac Arrest Patient – Cappi Lay
Section 6 Neurological Critical Care
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Acute Ischemic Stroke – Mohamed Teleb, Paul Sing
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Subarachnoid and Intracerebral Hemorrhage – Airton Leonardo de Oliveira Manoel, David Turkel-Parrella, Cappi Lay, Albert Goffi, Joshua Stillman
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Seizure and Status Epilepticus – Brandon Foreman, Anil Mendiratta
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Myasthenic Crisis and Peripheral Neuromuscular Disorders – Christina Ulane
Section 7 Gastrointestinal and Hematological Critical Care
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage – Parvathi Myer, Shai Freidland
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Acute Liver Failure and Hepatic Encephalopathy – Robert Wong, Glen Lutchman
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Pancreatitis – Susan Quan, Walter Park
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Leukemia – Martina Trinkaus,
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Sickle Cell Disease – Richard Ward
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Platelet Disorders and Hemostatic Emergencies – Shawn Kaku, Catherine T. Jamin
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Transfusion Therapy – Michael P. Jones, John E. Arbo
Section 8 Sepsis and Septic Shock
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Sepsis – Michael Scott, Michael Winters
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Vasopressors and Inotropes – Matthew Strehlow
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Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy – Chanu Rhee, Michael Klompas
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Infections in the Immunocompromised Host – Maria Cristina Vazquez-Guillamet, Joshua Mooney, Joseph Hsu
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Burns and Soft Tissue Infections – Carla M. Carvalho, Paul Maggio
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Biomarkers in Sepsis – David M. Maslove
Section 9 Disorders of Acid-Base, Electrolytes, and Fluid Balance
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Acid-Base Disorders – Tara Scherer, Corey Slovis
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Electrolytes Disorders – Katy Deljoui, Michael McCurdy
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Rhabdomyolysis – Audrey Wagner, Deborah M. Stein
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Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy – Emilee Ruth Willhem-Leen, Glen Chertow
Section 10 Endocrine Critical Care
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Glycemic Control in the Critically Ill – Daniel Runde, Jarone Lee
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State – Catherine T. Jamin, Jeffrey Manko
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Adrenal Insufficiency – Thomas B. Perera
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Thyroid Storm and Myxedema Coma – James Lantry III, John E. Arbo Geoffrey K. Lighthall
Section 11 Toxicological Critical Care
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Cardiotoxins – Nicholas Connor, Silas W. Smith
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Pulmonary Toxins – Hong Kim, Rama B. Rao
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Toxicologic Hyperthermic Syndromes – Mai Takematsu, Rama B. Rao
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Metabolic Inhibitors – Lauren Shawn, Lewis S. Nelson
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Caustics – Payal Sud, Mark Su
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Anticoagulants – Betty Chen, Lewis S. Nelson
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Drugs of Abuse – Rana Biary, Jane Marie Prosser
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Alcohol Withdrawal – Nicole Bouchard
Section 12 Environmental Critical Care
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Hypothermia – Morgan Eutermoser, Jay Lemery
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Altitude Emergencies - Zina Semenovskaya, Christopher Davis, Jay Lemery
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Drowning and Dive-Related Emergencies – Samuel Gerson, Jose Evangelista III
Section 13 Sedation and Delirium
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Delirium – Jin H. Han, Eduard E. Vasilevsis, E. Wesley Ely
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Sedation of the Agitated Patient – Randall Wood, Jin H. Han
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Induction of Intubation and Sedation of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient – Jin H. Han, Pratik Pandharipande
Section 14 Geriatrics and Palliative Care
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The Geriatric Patient – Mary Mulcare, Alexis Halpern, Michael Stern
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Palliative Care in the Emergency Department – Lawrence Ho, J. Randall Curtis
Section 15 The ED-ICU Transfer of Care
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Emergency Department Evaluation of the Critical Ill Patient – Geoffrey K. Lighthall, John E. Arbo
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Severity of Illness Scores and Prognostication – David Maslove
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Indications for Contact and Respiratory Isolation – Chanu Rhee, Michael Klompas
Epilogue – Scott Weingart