Principles of Critical Care
Jesse Hall,Gregory Schmidt,Lawrence Wood

ISBN: 0071416404,
Division: Kingscourt/Mcgraw-Hill,
Price: £125,
Pub Date: SEP-05,

Pages: 1720
Edition: 03
Format: Hardback

Availability: In Stock

Description

The classic text in critical care medicine! The 3rd Edition of this classic text is streamlined and focused on the needs of the working critical care physician and features important new treatment strategies. Organized by organ systems, this text, the only critical care source that includes evidence-based learning, guides physicians from initial patient assessment and differential diagnosis through therapeutic plan.
Features

  • Pathophysiology (the disease process) is integrated throughout.
  • FEATURE: Pathophysiology (the disease process) is integrated throughout the entire book. BENEFIT: This helps to make complex areas of critical care medicine more understandable. Our competitors only have a separate chapter devoted to pathophysiology.
  • Organ system approach.
  • FEATURE: Organ system approach. BENEFIT: Makes it easy find thorough, practical information for managing a patient?s specific condition.
  • Case studies in each chapter
  • FEATURE: Case studies in each chapter BENEFIT: Demonstrate the clinical application of concepts, and further hone diagnostic skills
  • NEW TO THIS EDITION: Completely revised cardiovascular section, including new interventional therapies in cardiac shock; the latest in imaging, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), and ultrasound equipment; totally revised section in pulmonary medicine, including information on the most current mechanical ventilation treatments and more; revised hematology/oncology section, including the latest information on chemotherapies in critical care.
    • Author Biography

  • Gregory Schmidt
    Gregory A. Schmidt, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Pritzker School of Medicine Dr. Hall is a recognized leader in the discipline and runs one of the top departments in the country. Both Drs. Hall and Schmidt are active presenters at national meetings and known internationally through their software company MedSym.

  • Jesse Hall
    Jesse B. Hall, MD Professor of Medicine, and of Anesthesia and Critical Care Chief, Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago Dr. Hall is a recognized leader in the discipline and runs one of the top departments in the country. Both Drs. Hall and Schmidt are active presenters at national meetings and known internationally through their software company MedSym.

    • Table of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    PART I: An Overview of the Approach to and Organization of Critical Care
    Chapter 1. Approach to Critical Care
    Chapter 2. Assessing Cost-Effectiveness in the ICU
    Chapter 3. Improving the Quality of Care in the ICU
    Chapter 4. Infection Control and Surveillance in the Intensive Care Unit
    Chapter 5. Legal Issues in Critical Care
    Chapter 6. Assessment of Severity of Illness
    Chapter 7. Transportation of the Critically Ill Patient
    Chapter 8. Telemedicine
    Chapter 9. Preparedness for Catastrophe
    PART II General Management of the Patient
    Chapter 10. Preventing Morbidity
    Chapter 11. Nutrition in the Critically Ill Patient
    Chapter 12. Intravascular Devices
    Chapter 13. Clinical Use of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter
    Chapter 14. Pain Control, Sedation and Use of Muscle Relaxants
    Chapter 15. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
    Chapter 16. Therapeutic Hypothermia
    Chapter 17. Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapy & Administering Palliative Care
    Chapter 18. Chronic Critical Illness
    Chapter 19. Long-Term Outcomes of Critical Illness
    PART III Cardiovascular Disorders
    Chapter 20. The Pathophysiology of the Circulation in Critical Illness
    Chapter 21. Shock
    Chapter 22. Ventricular Dysfunction in Critical Illness
    Chapter 23. Diagnostic and Management Strategies for Acute Failure in the ICU
    Chapter 24. Cardiac Arrhythmias, Pacing, Cardioversion/Defibrillation in the Critical Care Setting
    Chapter 25. Myocardial Ischemia
    Chapter 26. Acute Right Heart Syndromes
    Chapter 27. Pulmonary Embolic Disorders: Thrombus, Air, and FAT
    Chapter 28. Pericardial Disease
    Chapter 29. Valvular Heart Disease
    Chapter 30. Aortic Dissection
    PART IV Pulmonary Disorders
    Chapter 31 The Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Failure
    Chapter 32. Ventilator Waveforms: Clinical Interpretation
    Chapter 33. Noninvasive Ventilation
    Chapter 34. Upper Airway Obstruction
    Chapter 35. Airway Management
    Chapter 36. Management of the Ventilated Patient
    Chapter 37. Ventilator-Induced Lung Inquiry
    Chapter 38. ARDS
    Chapter 39. Acute-On-Chronic Respiratory Failure
    Chapter 40. Severe Asthma
    Chapter 41. Massive Hemoptysis
    Chapter 42. Restrictive Disease of the Respiratory System and the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
    Chapter 43. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
    Chapter 44. Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation
    PART V Infectious Disorders
    Chapter 45. Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy and the Clinical Pharmacology of Antimicrobial Drugs
    Chapter 46. Sepsis with Acute Organ Dysfunction
    Chapter 47. Approach to Infection in Patients Receiving Cytotoxic Chemotherapy for Malignancy
    Chapter 48. AIDS in the Intensive Care Unit
    Chapter 49. Endocarditis and Other Intravascular Infections
    Chapter 50. Intravascular Access Devices Used in Critical Care
    Chapter 51. Pneumonia
    Chapter 52. Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System
    Chapter 53. Encephalomyelitis
    Chapter 54. Life-Threatening Infections of the Head, Neck and Upper Respiratory Tract
    Chapter 55. Soft Tissue Infections
    Chapter 56. Urinary Tract Infections
    Chapter 57. Gastrointestinal Infections
    Chapter 58. Severe Malaria
    Chapter 59. Tetanus
    Chapter 60. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
    Chapter 61. Biowarfare Agents
    PART VI Neurologic Disorders
    Chapter 62. Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit
    Chapter 63. Cerebrovascular Disease
    Chapter 64. Seizures in the Intensive Care Unit
    Chapter 65. Intracranial Pressure: Monitoring and Management
    Chapter 66. Neuromuscular Diseases Leading to Respiratory Failure
    Chapter 67. Coma, Persistent Vegetative State, and Brain Death
    PART VII Hematologic and Oncologic Disorders
    Chapter 68. Anemia and Blood Transfusion
    Chapter 69. Bleeding Disorders
    Chapter 70. Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Hemolytic Syndromes, and the Approach to Thrombotic Microangiopathies
    Chapter 71. Acute Leukemia
    Chapter 72. Oncologic Emergencies
    Chapter 73. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Graft-Versus-Host Disease
    Chapter 74. Toxicities of Chemotherapy
    PART VIII Renal and Metabolic Disorders
    Chapter 75. Acute Renal Failure
    Chapter 76. Electrolyte Disorders in Critical Care
    Chapter 77. Acid-Base Balance
    Chapter 78. Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma, and Hypoglycemia
    Chapter 79. Adrenocortical Insufficiency
    Chapter 80. Thyroid Disease
    PART IX Gastrointestinal Disorders
    Chapter 81. Gut and Hepatobiliary Dysfunction
    Chapter 82. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
    Chapter 83. Fulminant Hepatic Failure
    Chapter 84. Management of the Patient with Cirrhosis
    Chapter 85. Acute Pancreatitis
    Chapter 86. Mesenteric Ischemia
    PART X The Surgical Patient
    Chapter 87. Special Considerations in the Surgical Patient
    Chapter 88. Preoperative Assessment of the High-Risk Surgical Patient
    Chapter 89. The Acute Abdomen and Intraabdominal Sepsis
    Chapter 90. The Transplant Patient
    Chapter 91. Care of the Multiorgan Donor
    Chapter 92. Priorities in Multisystem Trauma
    Chapter 93. Head Injury and Intracranial Hypertension
    Chapter 94. Spine Injuries
    Chapter 95. Torso Trauma
    Chapter 96. Pelvic Ring Injuries and Extremity Trauma
    Chapter 97. Electrical Trauma
    Chapter 98. Burns: Resuscitation Phase (0-36 Hours)
    Chapter 99. Burns: Post-Resuscitation Phase (Day 2 to Day 6)
    Chapter 100. Burns: Inflammation-Infection Phase (Day 7 to Wound Closure)
    Chapter 101. Interventional Radiology
    PART XI Special Problems in Critical Care
    Chapter 102. Toxicology in Adults
    Chapter 103. Critical Care Pharmacology
    Chapter 104. Rheumatology in the Intensive Care Unit
    Chapter 105. Critical Illness in Pregnancy
    Chapter 106. Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions
    Chapter 107. Dermatologic Conditions
    Chapter 108. Sickle Cell Disease
    Chapter 109. The Obesity Epidemic and Critical Care
    Chapter 110. Hypothermia
    Chapter 111. Hyperthermia
    Chapter 112. Diving Medicine and Near-Drowning
    Reviews

    ??Principles of Critical Care is a very thorough and well-written textbook that has been carefully edited by three masters of intensive care medicine?it succeeds in achieving that tricky balance of being thorough and complete yet readable and practical. It's the kind of book that benefits all intensivists and anybody dealing with the critically ill.?



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