Table of Contents

Section 1. PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES 1. Airway Management and Endotracheal Intubation 2. Central Venous Catheters 3. Arterial Line Placement and Care 4. Pulmonary Artery Catheters 5. Temporary Cardiac Pacing 6. Cardioversion and Defibrillation 7. Pericardiocentesis 8. Chest Tube Insertion and Care 9. Bronchoscopy 10. Thoracentesis 11. Arterial Puncture for Blood Gas Analysis 12. Tracheostomy 13. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 14. Paracentesis and Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage 15. Gastroesophageal Balloon Tamponade for Acute Variceal Hemorrhage 16. Endoscopic Placement of Feeding Tubes 17. Cerebrospinal Fluid Aspiration 18. Percutaneous Suprapubic Cystostomy 19. Aspiration of the Knee and Synovial Fluid Analysis 20. Anesthesia for Bedside Procedures 21. Interventional Radiology: Drainage Techniques 22. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 23. Management of Pain in the Critically Ill Patient. 24. Therapeutic Paralysis Section 2. MINIMALLY INVASIVE MONITORING 25. Routine Monitoring of Critically Ill Patients 26. Indirect Calorimetry 27. Minimally Invasive Cardiology 28. Neurologic and Intracranial Pressure Monitoring 29. Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit 30. Monitoring Gastrointestinal Tract Function 31. Respiratory Monitoring during Mechanical Ventilation Section 3. CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS AND CORONARY CARE 32. Approach to the Patient with Hypotension and Hemodynamic Instability 33. Management of Advanced Heart Failure 34. Valvular Heart Disease 35. Critical Care of Pericardial Disease 36. Acute Aortic Syndromes 37. Evaluation and Management of Hypertension in the Intensive Care Unit 38. Cardiac Trauma 39. Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Segment- Elevation Myocardial Infarction 40. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction 41. Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction 42. Ventricular Tachycardia 43. Supraventricular Tachycardia 44. Bradyarrhythmias and Temporary Pacing Section 4. PULMONARY PROBLEMS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT 45. Respiratory Failure Part I: A Physiologic Approach to Respiratory Failure 46. Respiratory Failure Part II: Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Pulmonary Edema 47. Respiratory Failure Part III: Status Asthmaticus 48. Respiratory Failure Part IV: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Section 5. RENAL PROBLEMS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Section 6. INFECTIOUS DISEASE PROBLEMS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Section 7. GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE PROBLEMS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Section 8. ENDOCRINE PROBLEMS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Section 9. HEMATOLOGIC PROBLEMS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Section 10. PHARMACOLOGY, OVERDOSES, AND POISONINGS Section 11. SURGICAL PROBLEMS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Section 12. SHOCK AND TRAUMA Section 13. NEUROLOGIC PROBLEMS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Section 14. TRANSPLANTATION Section 15. METABOLISM/NUTRITION Section 16. RHEUMATOLOGIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC PROBLEMS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Section 18. CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT APPENDIX Index