Critical Care Secrets, 5/e
Author:
Parsons
Edition:
5/e
ISBN:
9788131234891
Language:
English
Published:
2013
Publisher:
Elsevier, India
Get the most out of your study and review with Critical Care Secrets! This easy-to-read book uses the popular and trusted Secrets Series® question-and-answer format to cover all areas of critical care medicine, focusing on the practical, "in-the-trenches" know-how you need to succeed both in practice, and on board and recertification exams.
Critical Care Secrets, 5/e
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Get the most out of your study and review with Critical Care Secrets! This easy-to-read book uses the popular and trusted Secrets Series® question-and-answer format to cover all areas of critical care medicine, focusing on the practical, "in-the-trenches" know-how you need to succeed both in practice, and on board and recertification exams. The easy-to-read approach of the Secrets books has been serving medical professionals for decades. |
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Table of Contents
1.General Approach to the Critically Ill Patient |
2. General Approach to Trauma victims |
3. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
4. Assessments of Oxygenation |
5. Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, and Blood Gas Analysis |
6. Hemodynamic Monitoring |
7. Fluid Therapy |
8. Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients |
9. Mechanical Ventilation/Non-invasive |
10. Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation |
11. Arterial and Central Venous Catheters |
12. Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit |
13. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator (ECMO) |
14. Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management |
15. Tracheotomy and Upper Airway Obstruction |
16. Chest Tubes |
17. Bronchoscopy |
18. Pacemakers and Defibrillators |
19. Circulatory Assist Devices |
20. Acute Bacterial Pneumonia |
21. Asthma |
22. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
23. Cor Pulmonale |
24. Acute Respiratory Failure/ARDS and Acute Chest Syndrome/ALI |
25. Hemoptysis |
26. Venous Thromboembolism and Fat Embolism |
27. Heart Failure and Valvular Heart Disease |
28. Acute Myocardial Infarction |
29. Dysrhythmias and Tachyarrhythmias |
30. Aortic Dissection |
31. Pericardial Disease (Pericarditis and Pericardial Tamponade) |
32. Sepsis, Severe Sepsis Syndrome, and Septic Shock |
33. Endocarditis |
34. Meningitis and Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit |
35. Disseminated Fungal Infections |
36. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria |
37. Bioterrorism |
38. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections |
39. H1N1/Influenza |
40. Immunocompromised Host |
41. Hypertension |
42. Acute Renal Failure |
43. Renal Replacement Therapy and Rhabdomyolysis |
44. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia |
45. Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia |
46. Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill |