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Preface to Third Edition; Acknowledgements; A Note to the Reader; Contents; Part I: General ICU Topics; Chapter 1: Evidence Based Critical Care; References; Chapter 2: "Less Is More": The New Paradigm in Critical Care; References; Chapter 3: "Classic" Papers; Chapter 4: Critical Care Medicine 101; Factors to Consider When a Patient is Admitted to the ICU; Initial "Generic" Treatment Orders; Reference; Chapter 5: House Officers Guidelines 1: Housekeeping; Admission History and Physical Examination; Daily Examination; General; Vital Signs (24 h Min and Max and Current); Additional Observations
The VentilatorHeart; Chest; Abdomen; CNS; Importance of the Daily Neurological Examination; Laboratory Tests; Imaging; Presenting on Daily Rounds; New Admissions; Follow Up Patients; Clinical Pearls; References; Chapter 6: House Officers Guidelines 2: Procedures; Murphy's Laws of Procedures; Central Venous Access; Subclavian Vein Catheterization; Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization; Femoral Vein Catheterization; Complications of Central Venous Access; Arterial Catheters; Naso/Oro Gastric Tubes; Feeding Tubes; Thoracentesis and Paracentesis; Clinical Pearls; References
Chapter 7: Admission-Discharge CriteriaICU Admission Criteria [1]; Prioritization of Potential ICU Admissions; Priority 1; Priority 2; Priority 3; Priority 4; Transfer from Another Hospital: Variable Priority; Disease Specific Indications for ICU Admission; Cardiovascular System; Pulmonary System; Neurological Disorders; Drug Ingestion and Drug Overdose; Gastrointestinal Disorders; Endocrine; Renal Disorders; Postoperative Care; Miscellaneous; Physiologic Indication for ICU Admission; Discharge Criteria; Reference; Chapter 8: Chronic Critical Illness and the Long Term Sequela of Critical Care
Neuromuscular AbnormalitiesCritical Illness Polyneuropathy; Critical Illness Myopathy (See also Chap. 32 on Nutrition); Brain Dysfunction; "Prevention" of CCI; Management of CCI; Testing; General Management; Stress Hyperglycemia; Metabolic Bone Disease; Anabolic Steroids; Exercise Program; References; Chapter 9: Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Resuscitation; Echocardiographic Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness; Static Echocardiographic Parameters; Dynamic Echocardiographic Parameters; Passive Leg Raising (PLR); The Fluid Challenge; Fluid Boluses in Volume Responsive Patients
What Type of Fluid?Lactated Ringer's (Hartmann's Solution) vs. 0.9 % NaCl (Ab-Normal Saline); Complications Associated with 0.9 % NaCl vs. Lactate Ringers Solution; Renal Failure; Hyperchloremic Metabolic Acidosis and DEATH; Lactate Generates HCO3-; Ringer's Lactate and Kidney Disease; Ringers Lactate and Liver Disease; Coagulopathy; Lactate as a Metabolic Fuel; Albumin; Hetastarches (HES); So, Which Fluid?; Resuscitation in Specific Disease States; Hemorrhage; Traumatic Brain Injury; Dehydration; Sepsis (and SIRS); Burns; Management of Oliguria
The VentilatorHeart; Chest; Abdomen; CNS; Importance of the Daily Neurological Examination; Laboratory Tests; Imaging; Presenting on Daily Rounds; New Admissions; Follow Up Patients; Clinical Pearls; References; Chapter 6: House Officers Guidelines 2: Procedures; Murphy's Laws of Procedures; Central Venous Access; Subclavian Vein Catheterization; Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization; Femoral Vein Catheterization; Complications of Central Venous Access; Arterial Catheters; Naso/Oro Gastric Tubes; Feeding Tubes; Thoracentesis and Paracentesis; Clinical Pearls; References
Chapter 7: Admission-Discharge CriteriaICU Admission Criteria [1]; Prioritization of Potential ICU Admissions; Priority 1; Priority 2; Priority 3; Priority 4; Transfer from Another Hospital: Variable Priority; Disease Specific Indications for ICU Admission; Cardiovascular System; Pulmonary System; Neurological Disorders; Drug Ingestion and Drug Overdose; Gastrointestinal Disorders; Endocrine; Renal Disorders; Postoperative Care; Miscellaneous; Physiologic Indication for ICU Admission; Discharge Criteria; Reference; Chapter 8: Chronic Critical Illness and the Long Term Sequela of Critical Care
Neuromuscular AbnormalitiesCritical Illness Polyneuropathy; Critical Illness Myopathy (See also Chap. 32 on Nutrition); Brain Dysfunction; "Prevention" of CCI; Management of CCI; Testing; General Management; Stress Hyperglycemia; Metabolic Bone Disease; Anabolic Steroids; Exercise Program; References; Chapter 9: Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Resuscitation; Echocardiographic Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness; Static Echocardiographic Parameters; Dynamic Echocardiographic Parameters; Passive Leg Raising (PLR); The Fluid Challenge; Fluid Boluses in Volume Responsive Patients
What Type of Fluid?Lactated Ringer's (Hartmann's Solution) vs. 0.9 % NaCl (Ab-Normal Saline); Complications Associated with 0.9 % NaCl vs. Lactate Ringers Solution; Renal Failure; Hyperchloremic Metabolic Acidosis and DEATH; Lactate Generates HCO3-; Ringer's Lactate and Kidney Disease; Ringers Lactate and Liver Disease; Coagulopathy; Lactate as a Metabolic Fuel; Albumin; Hetastarches (HES); So, Which Fluid?; Resuscitation in Specific Disease States; Hemorrhage; Traumatic Brain Injury; Dehydration; Sepsis (and SIRS); Burns; Management of Oliguria