Critical care secrets. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Polly E. Parsons, Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish.
• Other Names: Parsons, Polly E, 1954-; Wiener-Kronish, Jeanine P, 1951-
• Contents: Front cover; Critical care secrets; Copyright; Dedication; Contributors; Preface; Contents; Top 100 Secrets; I. Basic Life Support; Chapter 1: General Approach to the Critically Ill Patient; 1. Which organ systems are most commonly dysfunctional in critically ill patients?; 2. What system should be evaluated first?; 3. Which should be performed first-diagnostic maneuvers or therapeutic maneuvers?; 4. How do you evaluate the respiratory system?; 5. Define paradoxic respirations and accessory muscle use. What is their significance?; bibliography. 6. What supplemental tests are useful in evaluating the respiratory system?7. What therapy should be considered immediately in a patient with obvious respiratory failure?; 8. How do you evaluate the cardiovascular system?; 9. How is vital organ perfusion assessed?; 10. What supplemental tests are useful in the initial evaluation of the cardiovascular system?; 11. What therapies should be considered immediately in a patient with hypotension and evidence of inadequate vital organ functio; 12. How do you evaluate the metabolic environment? 13. Why are metabolic changes important to detect in a critically ill patient?14. Which laboratory tests should be performed in the initial evaluation of the metabolic environment?; 15. How do you evaluate the CNS?; 16. What diagnostic tests and therapies should be immediately considered in a patient with altered mental status?; 17. How do you evaluate the gastrointestinal tract?; 18. Besides the information about current organ system function, what else should one learn about a patient in the initial evalu; 19. What measures can be taken to reduce patient morbidity in the ICU?; bibliography. Chapter 2: General Approach to Trauma Patients1. Which trauma patients need to be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU)?; 2. What is the top priority when a trauma patient first presents?; 3. How is the airway managed in trauma patients?; 4. What are the most important causes of hypotension in the trauma patient?; 5. How can I rapidly identify the source of bleeding in hemorrhagic shock?; 6. What is the role of the FAST examination in evaluating the trauma patient with hemodynamic instability?; 7. What is damage control resuscitation?; 8. What is hypotensive resuscitation? 9. When fluid resuscitation of the bleeding trauma patient is begun, how should it be carried out?10. What is damage control surgery?; 11. What are the signs of abdominal compartment syndrome, and how is it managed?; 12. How can I clear the cervical spine?; 13. Should patients with spinal cord injury receive steroids?; 14. How is closed-head injury managed?; 15. What are the options for treating massive bleeding from pelvic fractures?; bibliography; 16. When is chemical deep venous thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis safe in traumatically injured patients?; Chapter 3: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
• Edition: 5th ed
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Mo : Mosby Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 644 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.02/8076; Critical care medicine -- Examinations, questions, etc; MEDICAL -- Critical Care; MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Critical & Intensive Care; Critical care medicine; Critical Care; Electronic books; Examinations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323091251; 0323091253
• Related ISBNs: 9780323085007; 0323085008
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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