"Co-published with McGraw Hill, here is the definitive point-of-care guide to managing critical care patients! This handy, yet comprehensive resource fully reviews the optimal clinical management of patients in the intensive care unit. Numerous clinical and procedural illustrations support this turnkey coverage, which is packed with clinical pearls and presented in an at-a-glance format. The ACP Manual of Critical Care touches on all core content areas and body/system regions, from cardiovascular critical care to critical care of neurological diseases. If it's important to achieving optimal patient outcomes in the critical care setting, you'll find it here"--Publisher.

Title from title page (viewed June 23, 2009).

Sect. I.General aspects of critical care -- Commonly performed ICU procedures -- Central venous catherization / Ravi Sundaram and Gnanaraj Joseph -- Right heart catherization / Anthony Saleh -- Pericardiocentesis and temporary cardiac pacing / Bilak Malik and Suhail Allaqaband -- Bronchoscopy / Sandeep Mehrishi and Udaya Prakash -- Use of endoscopic procedures in the intensive care setting / Maurice A. Cerulli -- Use of ultrasonography in the critical care unit / Paul Mayo -- Chest imaging / Sabiha Raoof -- Administrative aspects of critical care / Lauren Yedvab -- Resucitative techniques -- Fluid resucitation / Naveed Shahid and Sunil Mehra -- The use of pressors to support circulation / Young H. Lee and Alan S. Multz -- Administration of blood and blood products / Judith A. Luce -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation / André de Corla-Souza and Joan McInerney -- Respiratory suppport and monitoring -- Monitoring mechanical ventilatory support / Douglas Haden and Neil Ross McIntyre, Jr. -- Securing the airway / Karl Cribbin -- Use of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy at bedside / Arthur Sung, Ann L. Rutt, and David Feller-Kopman -- Introduction to mechanical ventilation -- Importance of positioning in the critically ill patient / Richard K. Albert -- Miscellaneous issues -- Management of anxiety, agitation, and depression / Kamil Jaghab -- Use of sedatives and neuromuscular blocking agents / Ali Mojaverian and Michael R. Dubin -- Pain management / Akhtar Purvez -- Prognostication systems / Erfan Hussain and Mitchel C. Jacobs -- Health care associated infections / Maria Ninivaggi -- Nutrition assessment and support / Lisa Musillo -- Ethics in intensive care unit / Imran Aurangzeb and Steve Walerstein -- Perioperative care of the critically ill patient / Kaleem M. Rizvon and Samia Qazi. Sect. II. Systemic disorders -- Cardiovascular critical care -- Unstable angina and myocardial infarction / Suhail Allaqaband and Tanvir Bajwa -- Cardiogenic shock / Suhail Allaqaband and Tanvir Bajwa -- Heart failure / Afshan Hameed, Suhail Allaqaband, and Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola -- Recognition and management of common arrhythmias / Vikram Nangia and Masood Akhtar -- Acute pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and cardiac tamponade / Ramagopal J. Tumuluri and Sahail Allaqaband -- Aortic dissection / Ramagopal J. Tumuluri and Suhail Allaqaband -- Hypertensive emergencies / David B. Case -- Pulmonary critical care -- Acute respiratory failure / Nausherwan K. Burki -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome / Liziamma George -- Status asthmaticus / Mani S. Kavuru and Muzaffar Ahmad -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations / Andreas C. Kyprianou and Alan M. Fein -- Upper airway obstruction / José C. Yataco and Atul C. Mehta -- Pnemonia / Michael S. Niederman -- Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis / Mehdi Khosravi and Kenneth E. Wood -- Pneumothorax / Andreas C. Kyprianou and Ashok M. Karnik -- Pulmonary arterial hypertension / Arunabh Talwar -- Critical care and sleep disorders / Gerard T. Lombardo -- Critical care of renal disease -- Peritoneal dialysis, ultrafiltration, hemofiltration, and hemodialysis / George Coritsidis -- Acute and chronic renal failure / Lawrence E. Stam and Kotresha Neelakantappa -- Electrolyte disorders / Sandeep Mehrisi and Donald A. Feinefeld -- Acid-base disorders / Ghulam Saydain and Donald A. Feinfeld -- Critical care of endocrine and metabolic diseases -- Diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycemia / Salini C. Kulmar and Alice K. Lee. Thyroid storm, myxedema coma, and adrenal crisis / James A. Kruse -- Critical care of hematological and oncological diseases -- Hemorrhagic disorders / Bhoomi Mehrotra -- Thrombotic disorders / Michael Garrison -- Oncologic emergencies / Linda Carmosino -- Adverse effects of chemotherapeutic agents / Sarada Krishnamurthy and Alan Dosik -- Critical care of infectious diseases -- Antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit / Stephan L. Kamholz -- The systemic inflammatory response syndrome and septic shock / Steven Y. Chang, Jonathan Edelson, and Alan M. Fein -- Infective endocarditis / Tabassum Yasmin and Getachew Feleke -- Infections in HIV patients and other immunocompromised hosts (excluding pulmonary and CNS infections) / Neelam Patel and Muddasar Chaudry -- Respiratory failure in patients with HIV infection / Mangala Narasimhan and Mark J. Rosen -- Infections of the central nervous system / Mohamed Bakry and Fernando Pujol -- Other serious community-acquired and nosocomial infections / William R. Berrington and W. Conrad Liles -- Critical care of gastrointestinal diseases -- Gastrointestinal bleeding / Bharat K. Misra -- Acute abdomen and acute pancreatitis / Hassan Borghei and Vincent Notar-Francesco -- Acute liver failure / Mohammad Sultan Khuroo -- Critical care of neurological diseases -- Seizures / Satish Kadakia and Bernard Berkowitz -- Muscular weakness / Joel S. Delfiner -- Coma and brain death / Ayman Bishay and Imran Wahedna -- Stroke and cerebrovascular disorders / Sophia R. Sharfstein -- Critical care of rheumatological and autoimmune diseases -- Autoimmune diseases / Prachi Anand and Steven Carsons -- Anaphylaxis / Marianne Frieri -- Environmental emergencies -- Temperature-related illnesses / Sreenivasa R. Chanamolu, Vekata D. Bandi, and Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli -- Burns / Roger L. Simpson -- Near drowning / Anup Banerjee and Praveen N. Mathur -- Poisoning and drug overdose / Kent Smitherman and Janice L. Zimmerman -- Critical care of the pregnant patient -- Critical care of the pregnant patient / Kyle Hogarth and Jesse Hall.