Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care

Kaushal Shah, Jarone Lee, Kamal Medlej, Scott D. Weingart

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781107626850
• eBook ISBN:
  9781107497603
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Emergency Medicine & Critical Care

Acute resuscitation and care of unstable and critically ill patients can be a daunting experience for all trainees in the emergency department or the intensive care unit. The practical, easy-to-read and evidence-based information in Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care will help all physicians understand and begin management of these patients. This book offers the collaborative expertise of dozens of critical care physicians from different specialities, including but not limited to: emergency medicine, surgery, medicine and anaesthesia. Divided into sections by medical entities, it covers essential topics that are likely to be encountered in the emergency department where critical care often begins. The portable format and bullet point style content allows all practitioners instant access to the principle information that is necessary for the diagnosis and management of critical care patients.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Section 1 General critical care
• 1 Shock
• 2 Monitoring
• 3 Airway management
• 4 Mechanical ventilation
• 5 The boarding ICU patient in the emergency department
• Section 2 Trauma
• 6 General trauma principles
• 7 Severe traumatic brain injury
• 8 Spinal cord trauma
• 9 Neck trauma
• 10 Thoracic trauma
• 11 Solid organ abdominal trauma
• 12 Severe pelvic trauma
• 13 Compartment syndrome
• 14 Soft tissue injury: crush injury, arterial injury, and open fractures
• 15 Burns
• Section 3 Neurological emergencies
• 16 Ischemic strokes
• 17 Intracranial hemorrhage
• 18 Status epilepticus
• 19 Acute spinal cord compression
• Section 4 Cardiovascular emergencies
• 20 Acute coronary syndrome
• 21 Tachyarrhythmias
• 22 Bradyarrhythmias
• 23 Post–cardiac arrest care
• 24 Acute decompensated heart failure
• 25 Aortic dissection
• 26 Pericarditis and myocarditis
• 27 Hypertensive emergencies
• 28 Valvular diseases
• Section 5 Respiratory emergencies
• 29 Upper airway emergencies
• 30 Asthma
• 31 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• 32 Acute respiratory distress syndrome
• 33 Massive hemoptysis
• 34 Pulmonary embolism
• Section 6 Gastrointestinal emergencies
• 35 Gastrointestinal bleeding
• 36 Abdominal aortic aneurysms
• 37 Acute pancreatitis
• 38 Fulminant hepatic failure
• 39 Acute mesenteric ischemia
• 40 The surgical abdomen
• 41 Abdominal compartment syndrome
• 42 Esophageal perforation and mediastinitis
• 43 Small bowel obstruction
• Section 7 Renal emergencies
• 44 Acid–base interpretation
• 45 Common electrolyte disorders (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium)
• 46 Acute kidney injury and emergent dialysis
• 47 Rhabdomyolysis
• Section 8 Hematology–oncology emergencies
• 48 Reversal of anticoagulation
• 49 Disseminated intravascular coagulation and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/hemolytic uremic syndrome
• 50 Neutropenic fever
• 51 Tumor lysis syndrome
• 52 Sickle cell emergencies
• Section 9 Infectious disease emergencies
• 53 Severe sepsis and septic shock
• 54 Pneumonia
• 55 Meningitis and encephalitis
• 56 Infective endocarditis
• 57 Necrotizing soft tissue and skin infections
• 58 Complications of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
• Section 10 Endocrine emergencies
• 59 Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state
• 60 Thyroid storm
• 61 Adrenal crisis
• 62 Pheochromocytoma
• Section 11 Environmental emergencies
• 63 Anaphylaxis
• 64 Hyperthermia
• 65 Hypothermia
• 66 Overdoses
• Section 12 End of life
• 67 Care of the dying patient
• Index