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9783540373612

Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine

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    9783540373612

  • ISBN10:

    3540373616

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-01-30
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag
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Summary

The volume provides a concise review of the important applied physiological issues associated with the management of the critically ill patients, provinding short direct Physiologic Note and Seminal Physiologic Reviews relevant to the practicing critical care physician. This practical approach, being bound by strong physiological principals and written by many of the leaders in this field is a unique volume of practical information, essential for any practicing critical care physician to apply their art effectively and efficiently.

Table of Contents

Physiological Notes
Pulmonary
Respiratory Mechanics
Intrinsic (or auto-) positive end-expiratory pressure during controlled mechanical ventilationp. 3
Intrinsic (or auto-) positive end-expiratory pressure during spontaneous or assisted ventilationp. 7
Work of breathingp. 11
Interpretation of airway pressure waveformsEvans R. Fernandez-Perezp. 15
Gas exchange
Dead spacep. 17
Alveolar ventilation and pulmonary blood flow: The V[subscript A]/Q[subscript T] conceptp. 21
Mechanisms of hypoxemiap. 25
Pulse oximetryp. 29
Effects of body temperature on blood gasesp. 33
Venous oximetryp. 37
Influence of F[subscript l]O[subscript 2] on the P[subscript a]O[subscript 2]/F[subscript l]O[subscript 2] ratiop. 41
Cardiovascular
Pulmonary vascular resistance: A meaningless variable?p. 45
Pulmonary artery occlusion pressurep. 49
Clinical significance of pulmonary artery occlusion pressurep. 53
Pulmonary capillary pressurep. 57
Ventricular interdependence: how does it impact on hemodynamic evaluation in clinical practice?p. 61
Cyclic changes in arterial pressure during mechanical ventilationp. 65
Metabolism and Renal Function
Lactic acidosisp. 69
Defining renal failure: Physiological principlesp. 73
Hypotension during intermittent hemodialysis: new insights into an old problemp. 79
Cerebral Function
Intracranial pressure: Part one: Historical overview and basic conceptsp. 85
Intracranial pressure: Part two: Clinical applications and technologyp. 89
Physiological Reviews
Measurement techniques
Fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients: a review of indices used in intensive carep. 95
Different techniques to measure intra-abdominal pressure (IAP): time for a critical re-appraisalp. 105
Tissue capnometry: does the answer lie under the tongue?p. 121
Noninvasive monitoring of peripheral perfusionp. 131
Ultrasonographic examination of the venae cavaep. 143
Physiological processes
Sleep in the intensive care unitp. 147
Magnesium in critical illness: metabolism, assessment, and treatmentp. 157
Pulmonary endothelium in acute lung Injury: from basic science to the critically illp. 171
Pulmonary and cardiac sequelae of subarachnoid haemorrhage: time for active management?p. 185
Permissive hypercapnia-role in protective lung ventilatory strategiesp. 197
Right ventricular function and positive pressure ventilation in clinical practice: from hemodynamic subsets to respirator settingsp. 207
Acute right ventricular failure - from pathophysiology to new treatmentsp. 217
Red blood cell rheology in sepsisp. 229
Stress-hyperglycemia, insulin and immunomodulation in sepsisp. 239
Hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction in critically ill patients with traumatic and nontraumatic brain injuryp. 249
Matching total body oxygen consumption and delivery: a crucial objective?p. 259
Normalizing physiological variables in acute illness: five reasons for cautionp. 269
Seminal Studies in Intensive Care
Manipulating afterload for the treatment of acute heart failure: a historical summaryp. 279
Nosocomial pneumoniap. 283
The introduction of positive end-expiratory pressure into mechanical ventilation: a retrospectivep. 291
Elastic pressure-volume curves in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndromep. 295
The concept of "baby lung"p. 303
The effects of anesthesia and muscle paralysis on the respiratory systemp. 313
Diaphragmatic fatigue during sepsis and septic shockp. 323
The use of severity scores in the intensive carep. 331
Oxygen transport-the oxygen delivery controversyp. 337
Organ dysfunction during sepsisp. 345
Ventilator-induced lung injury: from the bench to the bedsidep. 357
Remembrance of Weaning Past: the Seminal Studiesp. 367
Subject Indexp. 377
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