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Textbook of Critical Care

  • 7th Edition - November 27, 2016
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Mitchell P. Fink
  • Editors: Jean-Louis Vincent, Frederick A. Moore
  • Language: English

Comprehensive, concise, and readable, Textbook of Critical Care, 7th Edition, brings you fully up to date with the effective management of critically ill patients, providing… Read more

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Comprehensive, concise, and readable, Textbook of Critical Care, 7th Edition, brings you fully up to date with the effective management of critically ill patients, providing the evidence-based guidance you need to overcome a full range of practice challenges. Drs. Jean-Louis Vincent, Edward Abraham, Frederick A. Moore, Patrick Kochanek, and Mitchell P. Fink are joined by other international experts who offer a multidisciplinary approach to critical care, sharing expertise in anesthesia, surgery, pulmonary medicine, and pediatrics. This highly acclaimed text offers ICU clinicians a new understanding of the pathophysiology of critical illness and new therapeutic approaches to critical care.

Key features

  • Features a wealth of tables, boxes, algorithms, diagnostic images, and key points that clarify important concepts and streamline complex information for quick reference
  • Includes procedural videos online
  • Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Table of contents

1. Sudden Deterioration of Neurological Status

2. Agitation and Delerium

3. Management of Acute Pain in the Intensive Care Unit

4. Fever

5. Very High Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure

6. Low Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure

7. Tachycardia and Bradycardia

8. Arterial Hypoxemia

9. Acute Respiratory Failure

10. Pulmonary Edema

11. Polyuria

12. Oliguria

13. Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia

14. Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia

15. Hyperphosphatemia and Hypophosphatemia

16. Hypomagnesemia

17. Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia

18. Hypoglycemia

19. Hyperglycemia

20. Anemia

21. Thrombocytopenia

22. Coagulopathy in the ICU

23. Jaundice

24. Gastrointestinal Bleeding

25. Ascites

26. Acute Abdominal Pain

27. Ileus

28. Diarrhea

29. Rashes and Fever

30. Chest Pain

31. Biochemical or Electrocardiographic Evidence of Acute Myocardial Injury

32. Point-of-Care Ultrasound

33. Echocardiography

34. Cardiovascular Monitoring

35. Bedside Monitoring of Pulmonary Function

36. Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation

37. Tracheal Intubation

38. Tracheostomy

39. Mechanical Ventilation

40. Renal Replacement Therapy

41. Targeted Temperature Management and Therapeutic Hypothermia

42. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (Venovenous and Venoarterial ECMO)

43. Nutritional Support in Adults

44. Nutritional Support in Children

45. Early Ambulation in the ICU

46. Role of Early Mobilization in the Prevention of ICU-Acquired Weakness

47. Advanced Bedside Monitoring

48. Coma

49. Use of Brain Injury Biomarkers in Critical Care Settings

50. Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation

51. Delerium

52. Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke

53. Nontraumatic Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

54. Seizures in the Critically Ill

55. Neuromuscular Disorders in the Critically Ill

56. Traumatic Brain Injury

57. Spinal Cord Injury

58. Neuroimaging

59. Intensive Care After Neurosurgery

60. Key Issues in Pediatric Neurointensive Care

61. Patient-Ventilator Interaction

62. Non-Invasive Ventilation

63. Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation

64. Adjunctive Respiratory Therapy

65. Hyperbaric Oxygen in Critical Care

66. Imaging of the Chest

67. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

68. Aspiration Pneumonitis and Pneumonia

69. Severe Asthma Exacerbation

70. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

71. Pulmonary Embolism

72. Pulmonary Hypertension

73. Pneumothorax

74. Community Acquired Pneumonia

75. Nosocomial Pneumonia

76. Drowning

77. Acute Parenchymal Disease in Pediatric Patients

78. Acute Coronary Syndromes: Therapy

79. Supraventricular Arrhythmais

80. Ventricular Arrhythmais

81. Conduction Disturbances and Cardiac Pacemakers

82. Myocarditis and Acute Cardiomyopathies

83. Acquired and Congenital Heart Disease in Children

84. Pericardial Disease

85. Emergency Heart Valve Disorders

86. Infectious Endocarditis

87. Hypertensive Crisis: Emergency and Urgency

88. Pathophysiology and Classification of Shock States

89. Resuscitation From Circulatory Shock

90. Inotropic Therapy

91. Mechanical Support in Cardiogenic Shock

92. Portal Hypertension: Critical Care Considerations

93. Hepatorenal Syndrome

94. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

95. Hepatic Encephalopathy

96. Fulminant Hepatic Failure

97. Calculous and Acalculous Cholecystitits

98. Acute Pancreatitis

99. Peritonitis and Intraabdominal Infection

100. Ileus and Mechanical Bowel Obstruction

101. Toxic Megacolon and Ogilvie’s Syndrome

102. Clinical Assessment of Renal Function

103. Biomarkers Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

104. Metabolic Acidosis and Alkalosis

105. Water Metabolism

106. Disorders Of Calcium and Magnesium Metabolism

107. Fluid and Volume Therapy in the ICU

108. Fluid and Electrolytes in Pediatrics

109. Acute Kidney Injury

110. Urinary Tract Obstruction

111. Contrast Dye-Induced Acute Knee Injury

112. Glomerulonephritis

113. Interstitial Nephritis

114. Antibiotic Stewardship

115. Prevention, Control of Nosocomial Infection

116. Antimicrobial Agents with Primary Activity Against Gram-Negative Bacteria

117. Antimicrobial Agents with Primary Activity Against Gram-Positive Bacteria

118. Antimicrobial Agents with Primary Activity Against Obligate Anaerobic Bacteria

119. Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract

120. Vascular Catheter-Related Infections

121. Septic Shock

122. Sepsis and Multiple Organ System Failure in Children

123. Infections of the Urogenital Tract

124. Central Nervous System Infections

125. Infections of Skin, Muscle and Soft Tissue

126. Head and Neck Infections

127. Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient

128. Infectious Endocarditis

129. Fungal Infections

130. Influenza

131. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

132. Tuberculosis

133. Malaria and Other Tropical Infections in the Intensive Care Unit

134. Acute Viral Syndromes

135. Clostridium Difficile Colitis

136. Anemia and RBC Transfusion

137. Blood Component Therapy

138. Venous Thromboembolism in Medical-Surgical Critically Ill Patients

139. Monitoring of Coagulation Status

140. Anticoagulation in the Intensive Care Unit

141. Critical Care of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient

142. Cardiovascular and Endocrinological Changes Associated with Pregnancy

143. Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

144. Acute Pulmonary Complications of Pregnancy

145. Postpartum Hemorrhage

146. Neurological Complications of Pregnancy

147. Hyperglycemia and Blood Glucose Control

148. Adrenal Insufficiency

149. Thyroid Disorders

150. Diabetes Insipidus

151. Metabolic and Endocrine Crises in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

152. General Principles of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

153. Poisoning: Overview of Approaches for Evaluation and Treatment

154. Resuscitation of Hypovolemic Shock

155. Mediastinitis

156. Epistaxis

157. Management of the Postoperative Cardiac Surgical Patient

158. Intensive Care Unit Management of Lung Transplant Patients

159. Management of the Postoperative Liver Transplant Patient

160. Intenstinal and Multivisceral Transplantation: The Ultimate Treatment for Intestinal Failure

161. Aortic Dissection

162. Splanchnic Ischemia

163. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

164. Extremity Compartment Syndromes

165. Thromboembolization and Thrombolytic Therapy

166. Atheroembolization

167. Pressure Ulcers

168. Burns, Including Inhalation Injury

169. Thoracic Trauma

170. Abdominal Trauma

171. Pelvic and Major Long Bone Fractures

172. Pediatric Trauma

173. Management of the Brain-Dead Organ Donor

174. Donation After Cardiac Death (Non-Heart Beating Donation)

175. Conversations with Families of Critically Ill Patients

176. Resource Allocation in the Intensive Care Unit

177. Basic Ethical Principles in Critical Care

178. Determination of Brain Death

179. Building Teamwork to Improve Outcomes

180. The Pursuit of Performance Excellence

181. Severity of Illness Indices and Outcome Prediction: Adults

182. Severity of Illness Indices and Outcome Prediction: Children

183. Long Term Outcomes of Critical Illness

184. Mass Critical Care

185. Telemedicine in Intensive Care

186. Teaching Critical Care

Online Only Chapters:
E1: Difficult Airway Management for Intensivists
E2: Bedside Ultrasonography
E3: Central Venous Catheterization
E4: Arterial Cannulation and Invasive Blood Pressure Measurement
E5: Bedside Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
E6: Cardioversion and Defibrillation
E7: Transvenous and Transcutaneous Cardiac Pacing
E8: Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
E9: Pericardiocentesis
E10: Paracentesis and Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage
E11: Thoracentesis
E12: Chest Tube Placement, Care, and Removal
E13: Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
E14: Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Protected Specimen Bronchial Brushing
E15: Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy
E16: Esophageal Balloon Tamponade
E17: Nasoenteric Feeding Tube Insertion
E18: Lumbar Puncture
E19: Jugular Venous and Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension Monitoring
E20: Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
E21: Indirect Calorimetry
E22: Extracorpeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannulation
E23: Bedside Laparoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit
E24: Pediatric Intensive Care Procedures

Review quotes

"...could be considered the gold standard intensive care medicine reference text

This book remains a worldwide standard for English-speaking critical care providers. Content has been updated and quality of presentations is excellent. …this is the most effective multidisciplinary adult and pediatric critical care reference currently available." - David Dries, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School) for Doody’s Review Services

Product details

  • Edition: 7
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 27, 2016
  • Language: English

About the editors

JV

Jean-Louis Vincent

Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD

Professor of Intensive Care Medicine

Universit é Libre de Bruxelles

Department of Intensive Care

Erasme University Hospital

Brussels, Belgium

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Universit é Libre de Bruxelles, Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

FM

Frederick A. Moore

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Surgery, Head, Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

About the author

MF

Mitchell P. Fink

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Vice Chair for Critical Care, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of MedicineUniversity of California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California