ICU Quick Drug Guide
- 1st Edition - July 14, 2020
- Author: Jennifer Pai Lee
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 8 0 4 7 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 8 0 4 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 8 0 4 9 - 3
Offering essential, evidence-based practice guidelines specifically for the critical care setting, ICU Quick Drug Guide contains up-to-date information in a quick-access format.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteOffering essential, evidence-based practice guidelines specifically for the critical care setting, ICU Quick Drug Guide contains up-to-date information in a quick-access format. This portable handbook provides fast, accurate drug therapy information needed at the point of care, including expert advice throughout to help clinicians determine optimal pharmacological therapy.
- Offers a quick summary of current clinical guidelines to experienced clinicians while providing a simplified, focused guide to all entry level clinicians.
- Covers the wide variety of issues seen in the ICU, including sepsis and septic shock, venous thromboembolism, acute heart failure, anaphylaxis, arrhythmias, asthma and COPD, pain, infections, pancreatitis and liver failure, stroke, and many more.
- Begins each topic with a brief discussion of the disease state followed by drug tables that compare and contrast different treatment regimens, including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug interactions, contraindications, and hepatic/renal dosing.
- Contains clinical pearls organized by the top disease states seen in the critical/acute care setting.
- Provides practical and essential drug information from Dr. Jennifer Pai Lee, a clinical pharmacist with expertise in critical care and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
CU prescribers (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants)
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- About the author
- Preface
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- SECTION 1. CARDIOVASCULAR CRITICAL CARE
- 1. Acute coronary syndromes
- Clinical signs and symptoms of ACS (fig. 1.1)
- Causes of troponin elevations (box 1.1)
- Acute management of ACS
- References
- 2. Acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF)
- Definitions
- Precipitating factors
- Pharmacologic management
- References
- 3. Adult advanced cardiovascular life support
- Asystole/pulseless electrical activity
- Ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia
- Bradycardia with pulse
- Tachycardia with pulse
- Post-cardiac arrest care
- Targeted temperature management (TTM) or therapeutic hypothermia (TH)
- References
- 4. Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
- Anticoagulation to prevent thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter
- References
- 5. Hypertensive crisis
- Definitions
- Management
- References
- SECTION 2. ENDOCRINE, GASTROINTESTINAL, AND HEPATIC DISORDERS
- 6. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS)
- Introduction
- Diagnosis criteria (table 6.1)
- Management (table 6.2)
- Insulin preparations (table 6.3)
- References
- 7. Other endocrine emergencies
- Thyroid storm
- Myxedema coma
- Adrenal crisis
- References
- 8. Gastroenterology
- GI fistulas
- Postoperative ileus (POI)
- Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)
- Upper GI bleeding (UGIB)
- References
- 9. Severe acute pancreatitis and liver failure
- Severe acute pancreatitis
- Liver failure
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- References
- SECTION 3. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- 10. Abdominal infections
- Complicated intra-abdominal infection
- Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
- References
- 11. Other infections
- Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia
- Community-associated pneumonia
- Influenza
- Intravascular catheter-related infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (cautis)
- Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)
- Antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery
- Bacterial meningitis
- References
- 12. Sepsis and septic shock
- Definitions
- Management of sepsis and septic shock
- References
- SECTION 4. NEUROCRITICAL CARE
- 13. Acute ischemic stroke (AIS)
- Definitions
- Classification of stroke types (fig. 13.1)
- National institutes of health stroke scale (table 13.1)
- Management
- References
- 14. Other neurocritical care
- Myasthenia crisis
- Guillain-barre syndrome
- Antithrombotic-induced intracranial hemorrhage
- References
- 15. Status epilepticus
- References
- SECTION 5. PULMONARY DISORDERS
- 16. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation
- Asthma exacerbation
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation
- References
- 17. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (group 1 pulmonary hypertension)
- References
- SECTION 6. MISCELLANEOUS
- 18. Acute alcohol and drug poisoning
- Introduction
- Management after patient stabilization
- References
- 19. Anaphylaxis
- Introduction
- Signs and symptoms (table 19.1)
- Triggers (table 19.2)
- Acute management (table 19.3)
- Prevention
- References
- 20. Drug-induced hyperthermia
- Malignant hyperthermia (MH)
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
- Serotonin syndrome
- References
- 21. Fluids and electrolyte disorders
- General overview (tables 21.1, 21.2, and 21.3)
- Hypernatremia
- Hyponatremia
- Other electrolyte abnormalities and management (table 21.6)
- References
- 22. Pain, agitation, delirium, and neuromuscular blockade in the intensive care unit (ICU)
- Pain
- Agitation
- Delirium
- Neuromuscular blockade
- References
- 23. Rapid sequence induction
- Introduction
- Pharmacotherapy
- Vasopressors for blood pressure support
- References
- 24. Venous thromboembolism (VTE)
- Introduction
- Risk factors for VTE
- Prevalence of VTE
- Thromboprophylaxis
- Treatment of VTE with anticoagulants
- References
- Appendix
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 368
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 14, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323680479
- eBook ISBN: 9780323680486
- eBook ISBN: 9780323680493