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Evidence-based practice of critical care / [edited by] Clifford S. Deutschman, Patrick J. Neligan.
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English
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Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, [2010], ©2010.
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xxiii, 718 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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"This landmark book provides objective data and expert guidance to help answer the most important questions facing ICU physicians today. An outstanding source for "best practices" in critical care medicine and a valuable framework for translating evidence into practice, it discusses the clinical options, examines the relevant research, and presents authoritative recommendations." "Your purchase entitles you to access the website until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the website be discontinued." "Registration and use of the website is subject to the terms of the non-transferable, limited license under which access to the site and its content is granted by Elsevier. Access to the site by individuals is limited to the first retail purchaser and may not be transferred to another party by resale, lending or other means."--BOOK JACKET.
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"Expert consult"--Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
SECTION 1. NON-ARDS-ASSOCIATED RESPIRATORY FAILURE
1. How does one evaluate and monitor respiratory function in the intensive care unit? / Maurizio Cereda
2. What are the indications for intubation in the critically ill patient? / Clifford S. Deutschtman
3. How should exacerbations of COPD be managed in the intensive care unit? / Katherine Finan
4. What is the role of noninvasive ventilation in the intensive care unit? / Nicholas S. Hill
5. How should acute severe asthma be managed in the intensive care unit? / E.R. McFadden, Jr.
6. How should Pulmonary Embolism be diagnosed and treated? / Jiri Horak
7. What is the optimal approach to weaning and liberation from mechanical ventilation? / David James Cooper
8. Is oxygen toxic? / Pauline Whyte
9. What is the role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the intensive care unit? / Stephen R. Thorn
SECTION 2. ACUTE LUNG INJURY AND ARDA
10. What is the clinical definition of ARDS? / Maurizio Cereda
11. What is the natural history of a patient with ARDS? / Lorraine B. Ware
12. Do nonventilatory strategies for acute lung injury and ARDS work? / Danny F. McAuley
13. What are the pathologic and pathophysiologic changes that accompany acute lung injury and ARDS? / Kathleen D. Liu
14. Is acute lung injury a single syndrome? / Jason D. Christie
15. What is the best mechanical ventilation strategy in ARDS? / Niall D. Ferguson
16. Is permissive hypercapnia helpful or harmful? / John G. Laffey
17. Do patient positioning in general and prone positioning in particular make a difference in ARDS? / John R. Hotchkiss
18. What is the role of airway pressure release ventilation in ARDS? / Penny Andrews
19. What is the role of alveolar recruitment maneuvers in the management of ARDS? / Chirag V. Shah
20. What is the role of high-frequency oscillation in ARDS? / Thomas E. Stewart
21. Inhaled vasodilators in ARDS: do they make a difference? / Maureen O. Meade
22. Are anti-inflammatory therapies in ARDS effective? / Simon V. Baudouin
23. Is extracorporeal life support for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome useful? / R. Duncan Hite
SECTION 3. INFLAMMATION, SEPSIS, AND MODS
24. What is inflammation? What is sepsis? What is MODS? / Steven M. Opal
25. Sepsis-source unknown: how should one work up and manage the patient? / Pamela A. Lipsett
26. Which organs become dysfunctional in sepsis? How does this occur? How is it diagnosed and managed? / Timothy W. Evans
27. Bacterial translocation and gut-derived sepsis: do they exist? / Edwin A. Deitch
28. Is invasive hemodynamic monitoring useful in sepsis? / Andrew Rhodes
29. What is the role of empirical antibiotic therapy in sepsis? / Soumitra R. Eachempati
30. What is the best way to fluid-resuscitate a patient with sepsis? / Niall Fanning
31. What vasopressor agent should be used in the septic patient? / Patrick J. Neligan
32. Should vasopressin be used in septic shock? / James A. Russell
33. What is the role of source control in sepsis? / John C. Marshall
34. Is there immune suppression in the critically ill? / Richard S. Hotchkiss
35. Are the concepts of SIRS and MODS useful in sepsis? / Jean-Louis Vincent
36. Is sepsis-induced organ dysfunction a manifestation of a prosurvival adaptive response? / Richard J. Levy
37. Is chronic critical illness a state of endocrine dysfunction? / Clifford S. Deutschtman
SECTION 4. INFECTIONS
38. How does one diagnose and manage severe community-acquired pneumonia? / Michael S. Niederman
39. How do I diagnose and manage catheter-related blood stream infections? / Michael Scully
40. What is the epidemiology of anti-microbial resistance in the intensive care unit? / Jeanine Wiener-Kronish
41. Is selective decontamination of the digestive tract useful? / Craig M. Coopersmith
SECTION 5. CARDIOVASCULAR CRITICAL CARE
42. What is the evidence that supports current resuscitation guidelines for cardiac arrest? / Noel M. Flynn
43. Should we abandon the pulmonary artery catheter in the intensive care unit? / Terence M. Cone
44. How does one diagnose and manage acute myocardial ischemia in the intensive care unit? / John E. Ellis
45. How is cardiogenic shock diagnosed and managed in the intensive care unit? / Benjamin A. Kohl
46. When is hypertension a true crisis and how should it be managed in the intensive care unit? / John G.T. Augoustides
47. How does one manage and treat atrial fibrillation in postoperative critically ill patients? / Stuart Joel Weiss
48. Is right ventricular failure common in the intensive care unit? How should it be managed? / Steven M. Hollenberg
49. Pulmonary hypertension in ARDS: is it important and should we treat it? / Leo G. Kevin
50. How does one manage postsurgical patients with known coronary artery disease in the intensive care unit? / Lee A. Fleisher
SECTION 6. RENAL CRITICAL CARE
51. What is the value of non-dialytic therapy in acute kidney injury? / Patrick T. Murray
52. How does one optimize care in patients at risk for or presenting with acute kidney injury? / Ravindra L. Mehta
53. What is the role of renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit? / David Lappin
54. Do renal replacement therapy strategies in the intensive care unit affect clinical outcomes? / Rinaldo Bellomo
55. Can radiographie contrast nephropathy be prevented? / Donal Reddan
56. How should acid-base disorders be diagnosed and managed? / Rory O'Donoghue
SECTION 7. NEUROLOGIC CRITICAL CARE
57. What are the etiology, pathogenesis, and pathophysiology of elevated intracranial pressure? / Peter Le Roux
58. How should traumatic brain injury be managed? / W. Andrew Kofke
59. How should aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage be managed? / Joshua M. Levine
60. How should I manage acute ischemic stroke in the intensive care unit? / Steven R. Messe
61. Is there a polymyopathy or polyneuropathy of critical illness? What is it and how is it diagnosed and managed? How does it affect outcome? / Jeevendra A. Martyn
62. Is hypothermia useful in managing critically ill patients? Which ones? Under what conditions? / Patrick M. Kochanek
SECTION 8. NUTRITION, GASTROINTESTINAL, AND HEPATIC CRITICAL CARE
63. How does critical illness change metabolism? / Mark E. Nunnally
64. Does enteral nutrition (including early enteral) result in better outcomes than parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients? / Jane M. Gervasio
65. Is it important to deliver enhanced levels of arginine to critically ill patients? / Adrian Barbul
66. Does trace element deficiency develop in critically ill patients? Should it be treated? / Mette M. Berger
67. Do immunonutrients improve outcome in the critically ill? / Kenneth A. Kudsk
68. Is it appropriate to underfeed the critically ill patient? / Daren K. Heyland
69. How do I diagnose and manage acute gastrointestinal bleeding? / Rachel R. Kelz
70. Is prophylaxis for stress ulceration useful? / Brian Marsh
71. How is acute liver failure managed (including hepatic encephalopathy)? / Mark T. Keegan
SECTION 9. ENDOCRINE CRITICAL CARE
72. Should blood glucose be tightly controlled in the intensive care unit? / Jean-Charles Preiser
73. Can acute adrenal insufficiency be diagnosed in the intensive care unit? If so, how should it be managed? / Yoram G. Weiss
74. Is there a mineralocorticoid deficiency in critically ill patients? How can it be diagnosed? Should it be treated? / Djillali Annane
75. How do I diagnose and manage acute endocrine emergencies in the intensive care unit? / Carrie A. Sims
SECTION 10. PREVENTING SUFFERING IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
76. What is the best way to sedate critically ill patients? / Michael O'Connor --
77. What is the role of α2-adrenergic receptor agonists in the intensive care unit? / Mervyn Maze
78. How does one prevent, diagnose and treat delirium in the intensive care unit? / Pratik P. Pandharipande
79. Sleep disturbances in the intensive care unit: do they matter? / Avery Tung
SECTION 11. TRAUMA, OBSTETRICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJURIES
80. How should patients with thoracic trauma be managed in the Intensive Care Unit? / Bryan A. Cotton
81. What is abdominal compartment syndrome and how should it be managed? / S. Peter Stawicki
82. How should pelvic fractures be managed in the intensive care unit? / Patrick M. Reilly
83. How should patients with Burns be managed in the intensive care unit? / Marc G. Jeschke
84. What is the best approach to fluid management, transfusion therapy, and the end points of resuscitation in trauma? / Samuel A. Tisherman
85. What are the critical care implications of muscle and long bone trauma? / John P. Pryor
86. How should the critically ill pregnant patient be managed? / Valerie A. Arkoosh
87. Should one prevent or treat hypothermia in the intensive care unit? / Dimitry Baranov
88. What are the special considerations in the management of morbidly obese patients in the intensive care unit? / Ali A. El Solh
89. How do I transport the critically ill patient? / John Bates
90. How are patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit after common poisonings diagnosed and managed? / Kurt Kleinschmidt
91. How does one care for the heart-beating, brain dead, adult organ donor patient? / David J. Powner
SECTION 12. HEMATOLOGY
92. What platelet disorders occur in the intensive care unit and how should they be treated? / Lena Napolitano
93. When is transfusion therapy indicated in critical illness and when is it not? / Babak Sarani
SECTION 13. ETHICS AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
94. Is there a better way to deliver optimal critical care services? / Jeremy M. Kahn
95. What is the role of the intensivist and of the intensive care unit medical director? / C. William Hanson III
96. What is the role of teamwork in the intensive care unit? / Charles G. Durbin, Jr.
97. Is a closed intensive care unit better than an open intensive care unit? / Todd Dorman
98. Does telemedicine have a role in the intensive care unit? What is it? Does it make a difference? / Mark E. Nunnally
99. When is intensive care unit care innovative therapy and when is it clinical research? / Scott D. Halpern.
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ISBN
9781416054764
1416054766
LCCN
2010013018
OCLC
592450916
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