Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

by Gullo, Antonino; Besso, Jose; Lumb, Philip D.; Williams, Ged F.

• ISBN13: 9788847014350
• ISBN10: 8847014352
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The focus of this volume is the state of the art of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, as well new insights into basic science, clinical research, and therapeutical interventions, highlighting the process of building the pillars of this discipline, namely partnership, ethics, professionalism, and competence.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Mission
History of Critical Care Medicine: The Past, the Present and the Future	p. 3
The Mission of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM)	p. 19
Professionalism, Ethics and Evidence-Based Practice
Professionalism	p. 29
Ethics of Decision Making in Critical Care	p. 41
Evidence-Based Medicine in Critical Care	p. 47
Clinical Governance
Clinical Governance: Definitions and Recommendations	p. 61
Optimization of Limited Resources and Patient Safety	p. 69
Improving Quality of Care in ICUs	p. 81
Scoring Systems	p. 93
Nursing Perspectives
Nursing Workforce Management in Intensive Care	p. 107
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Perspectives	p. 119
Central Nervous System, Circulation and Kidney
Central Nervous System Monitoring	p. 135
Definition, Monitoring, and Management of Shock States	p. 143
Plasma Volume Expansion: The Current Controversy	p. 151
Predicting the Success of Defibrillation and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	p. 163
Acute Renal Failure	p. 175
Respiratory System and Protective Ventilation
The Evolution of Imaging in Respiratory Dysfunction Failure	p. 195
ALI, ARDS, and Protective Lung Ventilation	p. 207
Infections Surveillance, Prevention and Management
From Surveillance to Prevention	p. 221
Antibiotic Policy in Critically III Patients	p. 237
The Physiopathology of Antimicrobial Resistance on the Intensive Care	p. 251
Infections in ICU: An Ongoing Challenge	p. 261
Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract (SDD) Twenty-five Years of European Experience	p. 273
Antifungal Management	p. 285
Sepsis, Organ Dysfunction and the Bundles
Sepsis: Clinical Approach, Evidence-Based at the Bedside	p. 299
Intra-Abdominal Infections: Diagnostic and Surgical Strategies	p. 315
Surviving Sepsis Campaign and Bundles	p. 325
Trauma
The Trauma: Focus on Triage	p. 335
Damage Control in Surgery	p. 353
Section X
Emergency Mass Critical Care	p. 367
Natural Disaster	p. 379
The Needs of Children in Natural or Manmade Disasters	p. 391
Special Clinical Conditions
The Neuroendocrine Response to Sepsis	p. 417
Blood Transfusion and Its Components	p. 435
Pain Management in Neonates and Children	p. 447
Obstetrics at High Risk	p. 469
Intensive Care in the Elderly	p. 487
Severe Malaria in the ICU	p. 501
End-of-Life in the ICU	p. 515
Environment and Clinical Research
Designing Safe Intensive Care Units of the Future	p. 525
How to Plan and Design a Clinical Research Project	p. 543
Subject Index	p. 563
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