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Tables of Contents for Handbook of Critical Care
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART I Fundamental Considerations
Protecting the Practitioner: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Hepatitis
1
11
Blood Gas Analysis
12
12
Acid--Base Chemistry and Physiology
24
10
Fluids and Electrolytes
34
32
Fundamentals of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
66
18
Pain Control
84
11
Sedation and Paralysis
95
15
System Concepts for Invasive Pressure Monitoring
110
6
Arterial, Central Venous, and Pulmonary Artery Catheters
116
17
Assessment of Cardiopulmonary Function
133
13
Radiographic Imaging
146
38
Preventive Care
184
11
PART II Techniques and Procedures
Important Intensive Care Unit Procedures
195
28
Feeding Tube Placement
223
6
Transfusion Therapy
229
13
Extracorporeal Circulation for Cardiorespiratory Failure
242
12
Oxygen Therapy
254
8
Ventilatory Support Modes
262
10
Airway Management
272
21
PART III Modulating the Injury Response
Metabolic Response to Injury and Critical Illness
293
8
Oxygen Transport and Consumption
301
5
Progression to Multiple Organ System Failure
306
10
Shock
316
13
Cardiogenic Shock
329
7
Sepsis and Septic Shock
336
7
PART IV The Surgical Patient
Perioperative Pulmonary Function and Care
343
10
Preoperative Evaluation of High-Risk Surgical Patients
353
14
Primary Triage of the Trauma Patient
367
9
Secondary Triage of the Trauma Patient
376
11
Evaluation of Surgical Bleeding
387
9
Abdominal Trauma
396
17
Evaluating the Acute and Complicated Postoperative Abdomen
413
16
Neurologic Injury: Prevention and Initial Care
429
14
Major Orthopedic Complications
443
19
The Obese Surgical Patient
462
8
Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
470
9
Bone Marrow Transplantation
479
11
PART V The Obstetrical Patient
Cardiac Disease and Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
490
9
Pulmonary Abnormalities
499
11
Pregnancy: Trauma and the Acute Abdomen
510
8
PART VI Cardiovascular Disease
Acute Myocardial Infarction
518
10
Cardiac Arrhythmias
528
13
Hypertensive Emergencies and Urgencies
541
14
PART VII Pulmonary Disease
The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
555
13
Aspiration Syndromes
568
14
Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
582
20
Other Embolic Syndromes
602
9
Acute Respiratory Failure in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
611
8
Life-Threatening Bronchospasm
619
10
Pulmonary Barotrauma
629
12
PART VIII Neurologic/Psychiatric Disease
Altered Mental Status and Coma
641
14
Seizures and Status Epilepticus
655
14
Cerebrovascular Disease
669
25
Behavioral Disturbances
694
15
PART IX Gastrontestinal, Renal, and Endocrine Disease
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
709
12
Fulminant Hepatic Failure
721
10
Acute and Chronic Renal Failure
731
27
Disordered Glucose Metabolism
758
12
PART X Environmental Hazads
Burn Injury
770
10
Electrical Injuries
780
12
Temperature-Related Injuries
792
11
Allergy and Immunology
803
11
Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions
814
7
PART XI Infectious Disease
Nosocomial Infections
821
11
Immunodeficiency and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
832
57
APPENDICES The Critical Care Catalog
A Dubois Body Surface Area Nomogram
849
2
B Fluids and Electrolytes
851
10
C Formulas
861
10
D Drugs
871
16
E Dermatomes
887
2
Index
889