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This best-selling resource provides a general overview and basic information for all adult intensive care units. The material is presented in a brief and quick-access format which allows for topic and exam review. It provides enough detailed and specific information to address most all questions and problems that arise in the ICU. Emphasis on fundamental principles in the text should prove useful for patient care outside the ICU as well.

New chapters in this edition include hyperthermia and hypothermia syndromes; noninvasive ventilation; and non-pharmaceutical toxic ingestions. Sections have been reorganized and consolidated when appropriate to reinforce concepts.

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1 Circulatory Blood Flow
2 Respiratory Gas Transport
3 The Threat of Oxidant Injury
4 Vascular Access
5 The Indwelling Vascular Catheter
6 Gastrointestinal Prophylaxis
7 Venous Thromboembolism
8 Analgesia and Sedation
9 Arterial Blood Pressure
10 The Pulmonary Artery Catheter
11 Central Venous Pressure and Wedge Pressure
12 Thermodilution: Methods and Applications
13 Tissue Oxygenation
14 Hemorrhage and Hypovolemia
15 Colloid and Crystalloid Resuscitation
16 Acute Heart Failures
17 Cardiac Arrest
18 Hemodynamic Drugs
19 Early Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
20 Tachyarrhythmias
21 Hypoxemia and Hypercapnia
22 Oximetry and Capnography
23 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
24 Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
25 Respiratory Pharmacotherapy
26 Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
27 Patterns of Assisted Ventilation
28 The Ventilator-Dependent Patient
29 Discontinuing Mechanical Ventilation
30 The Febrile Patient
31 Infection, Inflammation, and Multiorgan Injury
32 Nosocomial Pneumonia
33 Sepsis from the Abdomen and Pelvis
34 The Immunocompromised Patient
35 Antimicrobial Therapy
36 Acid-Base Interpretations
37 The Organic Acidoses
38 Metabolic Alkalosis
39 Acute Oliguria
40 Hypertonic and Hypotonic Syndromes
41 Potassium
42 Magnesium
43 Calcium and Phosphorus
44 Erythrocyte Transfusions
45 Platelet Disorders and Replacement
46 Nutrient and Energy Requirements
47 Enteral Nutrition
48 Parenteral Nutrition
49 Adrenal and Thyroid Dysfunction
50 Disorders of Mentation
51 Disorders of Movement
52 Stroke and Related Disorders
53 Pharmaceutical Toxins and Antidotes
54 Drug Dosing Adjustments in the ICU
App. 1 Units and Conversions
App. 2 Selected Reference Ranges
App. 3 Clinical Scoring Systems
App. 4 Health Care and Vital Statistics
Index