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Rapid Response Events in the Critically Ill

A Case-Based Approach to Inpatient Medical Emergencies

  • 1st Edition - July 8, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Arsalan Zaidi, Kainat Saleem
  • Language: English

Careful monitoring of at-risk patients, early intervention, and timely escalation to the critical care unit from a general ward has been shown to improve patient clinical outcomes.… Read more

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Careful monitoring of at-risk patients, early intervention, and timely escalation to the critical care unit from a general ward has been shown to improve patient clinical outcomes. The first text of its kind in this important area, Rapid Response Events in the Critically Ill: A Case-Based Approach to Inpatient Medical Emergencies is designed to help you recognize the fundamental signs of deterioration in patients on medical wards and ensure that transfer is made to the ICU before the development of adverse clinical outcomes. Using a highly effective teaching approach preferred by both residents and fellows, this innovative text links theory to practice with a brief review of clinical cases sourced from various academic centers.

Key features

  • Presents 62 real-world clinical cases that demonstrate the principles of diagnosis and therapy, helping you develop a thorough understanding of how to diagnose and treat each condition
  • Provides practical clinical insights into the best methods to improve patient safety and quality of care through the rapid identification and clinical intervention of hospitalized patients suffering acute deterioration
  • Emphasizes how to identify and manage problems in a way that integrates theory and clinical experience
  • Cases contain an algorithmic flow chart for rapid decision-making reference, clinical pearls on diagnosis and management, and a consistent format for quick and easy access to key information
  • 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

Readership

Residents, Fellows and Junior doctors dealing with critically ill patients

Table of contents

PART 1 Cases With Cardiovascular Pathologies

1. Chest Pain in a Patient With Coronary Artery Disease – I

2. Chest Pain in a Patient With Coronary Artery Disease – II

3. Chest Pain in a Patient With Hypertensive Emergency

4. Tachycardia in a Patient With Atrial Fibrillation

5. Tachycardia in a Patient With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

6. Tachycardia in a Patient With Alcohol Withdrawal

7. Tachycardia in a Patient With Severe Pain

8. Tachycardia and Hypotension in a Patient on Anticoagulation

9. Bradycardia in a Patient With Atrial Fibrillation

10. Bradycardia in a Patient With Myocardial Infarction

11 Bradycardia in a Patient With Heart Failure

12. Hypotension in a Patient With Heart Failure

13. Hypotension in a Patient With Myocardial Infarction

14. Cardiac Arrest in a Patient With Pulseless Electrical Activity

15. Cardiac Arrest in a Patient With Ventricular Fibrillation

16. Cardiac Arrest in a Patient With Torsades de Pointes

PART 2 Cases With Respiratory Pathologies

17. Tachypnea in a Patient With Severe Anemia

18. Tachypnea in a Patient With Asthma

19. Tachypnea in a Patient After Hip Repair Surgery

20. Hypoxia in a Patient After Repair of Femoral Fracture

21. Hypoxia in a Patient With No Cardiac or Pulmonary History

22. Acute Hypoxia in a Patient With Stroke

23. Hypoxia in a Patient With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

24. Hypoxia in a Patient With COVID-19

25. Hypoxia in a Patient With Hypertensive Emergency

26. Hypoxia in a Patient With Bullous Emphysema

27. Hypoxia in a Patient With Myasthenia Gravis

28. Hypoxia in a Patient With Sickle Cell Disease

29. Hypoxia in a Patient With Massive Pleural Effusion

30. Hypoxia in a Morbidly Obese Patient

31. Hypoxia in a Patient With Hemoptysis

32. Facial Swelling in a Patient After Bronchoscopy

33. Facial Swelling in a Patient With Penicillin Allergy

PART 3 Cases With Neurological Pathologies

34. Altered Mental Status of Unknown Cause

35. Altered Mental Status From Medication Adverse Effect

36. Altered Mental Status in a Patient With CNS Lymphoma

37. Altered Mental Status in a Patient With Sepsis

38. Altered Mental Status in a Patient With Substance Use Disorder

39. Altered Mental Status in a Patient Transferred From ICU

40. Acute Vision Loss in a Patient With Eye Pain

41. Acute Vision Loss in a Patient With Atrial Fibrillation

42. Acute Onset Facial Droop

43. Loss of Consciousness in a Patient With Viral Gastroenteritis

44. Loss of Consciousness in a Patient With Seizure Disorder

45. Seizures in a Patient With Medication Non-Compliance

46. Seizures in a Patient With Hyponatremia

47. Seizures in a Patient With New Hemodialysis

48. Severe Headache in a Patient With Migraines

49. Severe Headache in a Patient After Lumbar Puncture

50. Hyperthermia in a Patient on Polypharmacy

PART 4 Cases With Gastrointestinal Pathologies

51. Hematemesis in a Patient With Alcohol Use Disorder

52. Hematochezia in a Patient With Diverticulosis

53. Acute Abdominal Pain in a Patient on High Dose Steroids

54. Acute Abdominal Pain in a Patient With Atrial Fibrillation

55. Foreign Body Ingestion

PART 5 Cases With Endocrinological Pathologies

56. Hypotension in a Patient With Adrenal Insufficiency

57. Altered Mental Status in a Patient With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes

58. Hypotension in a Patient With Progressive Neurological Decline

59. Tachycardia in a Patient on Amiodarone

60. Muscle Spasms in a Patient With a History of Thyroidectomy

PART 6 Cases With Musculoskeletal Pathologies

61. Acute Foot Discoloration in a Patient With Peripheral Vascular Disease

62. Acute Leg Pain in a Patient With Cellulitis

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 8, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Arsalan Zaidi

Dr. Zaidi is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center He joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty in 2019 and has clinical interests in the usefulness of blood pressure management in septic shock and EMR sepsis alerts in clinical outcomes. Dr Zaidi has research and publication experience in ICU-associated pneumonia and management of in patients with collapsed lung.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Kainat Saleem

Dr Saleem is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. During her residency at UPMC she conducted, presented, and published research on ICU associated pneumonia, organic drug toxicity and oncology. She joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty in 2019
Affiliations and expertise
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA