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  Autorentext
  Renee D. Stapleton is Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, USA

  Inhalt

  I. General ICU Care

  1. Glycemic Control in the ICU
  2. Early Mobility
  3. Sedation, Analgesia, Delirium
  4. Pain Management in the ICU
  5. Ethics and Palliative Care
  6. Fluid Therapy
  7. Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
  8. Mechanical Ventilation
  9. Noninvasive Respiratory Support
  10. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Extubation
  11. Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in the ICU

  II. Monitoring

  12. Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, and Blood Gas Analysis
  13. Hemodynamic Monitoring
  14. Neuromonitoring

  III. Procedures

  15. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  16. Arterial and Central Venous Catheters
  17. Critical Care Ultrasound
  18. Ventricular Assist Device
  19. Percutaneous Assist Devices
  20. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
  21. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
  22. Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management
  23. Tracheotomy and Upper Airway Obstruction
  24. Chest Tubes and Pneumothorax
  25. Bronchoscopy
  26. Pacemakers and Defibrillators

  IV. Pulmonary

  27. Acute Pneumonia
  28. Asthma
  29. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  30. Acute Respiratory Failure/ARDS
  31. Hemoptysis
  32. Venous Thromboembolism and Fat Embolism

  V. Cardiology

  33. Heart Failure and Valvular Heart Disease
  34. Acute Myocardial Infarction
  35. Cardiac Arrhythmia
  36. Aortic Dissection
  37. Pericardial Disease (Pericardial Tamponade and Pericarditis)

  VI. Infectious Disease

  38. Sepsis and Septic Shock
  39. Endocarditis
  40. Meningitis and Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit
  41. Disseminated Fungal Infections
  42. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
  43. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
  44. H1N1/Influenza
  45. Immunocompromised Host

  VII. Renal Disease

  46. Hypertensive Crises
  47. Acute Kidney Injury
  48. Renal Replacement Therapy and Rhabdomyolysis
  49. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
  50. Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia

  VIII. Gastroenterology

  51. Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patient
  52. Acute Pancreatitis
  53. Hepatitis and Cirrhosis

  IX. Endocrinology

  54. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
  55. Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive Care Unit
  56. Thyroid Disease in the ICU

  X. Hematology/Oncology

  57. Blood Products and Coagulation
  58. Thrombocytopenia and Platelets
  59. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

  XI. Neurology

  60. Coma
  61. Brain Death
  62. Status Epilepticus
  63. Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  64. Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis
  65. Alcohol Withdrawal

  XII. Surgery and Trauma

  66. Burns and Frostbite
  67. Thoracic Trauma (Flail Chest and Pulmonary & Myocardial Contusion)
  68. Acute Abdomen and Peritonitis
  69. Organ Donation

  XIII. Emergency Medicine

  70. Disaster Medicine, Bioterrorism and Ebola
  71. Allergy and Anaphylaxis
  72. Hypothermia
  73. Heat Stroke

  XIV. Toxicology

  74. General Approach to Poisonings
  75. Analgesics and Antidepressants
  76. Toxic Alcohol Poisoning
  77. Cardiovascular Medications
  78. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

  XV. Unique Patient Populations

  79. Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
  80. Care of the Obese patient
  81. Oncologic Emergencies
  82. Post-Intensive Care Syndrome & Chronic Critical Illness
  83. ICU Survivors

  XVI. Emerging Therapies

  84. Sepsis: Emerging Therapies