Critical Care Emergency Medicine

The first comprehensive text on critical care emergency medicine Critical Care Emergency Medicineis destined to become the standard reference for all clinicians who wish to understand the overlap between emergency medicine and critical care. Written by experienced emergency physicians and intensivists, the book is unique in incorporating both perspectives into the practice of emergency medicine and critical care. Critical Care Emergency Medicineteaches emergency physicians everything they must know and do to better care for critically ill patients in an emergency department or to provide care in an ICU. Enhanced by numerous algorithms that speed decision making and full-color illustrations demonstrating anatomy and technique, this book is an essential practice tool. Critical Care Emergency Medicinedelivers expert guidance on managing: Airway and Ventilatory Support Pulmonary Disorders Cardiovascular Disorders Gastrointestinal and Renal Disorders Neurologic and Neurosurgical Disorders Hematologic and Endocrine Disorders Infectious Diseases Toxicologic Disorders You will also find important information on the use of ultrasound, fluid management, nutritional support, pediatric considerations, patient transportation, and end-of-life issues.

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Section I: INTRODUCTION
1. The Emergency Department Intensivist, Scott D. Weingart
Section II: AIRWAY AND VENTILATORY SUPPORT
2. Approach to the Difficult Airway, Timothy B. Jang and Jason C. Wagner
3. The Failed Airway, David R. Gens, David A. Farcy, and Dale J. Yeatts
4. Mechanical Ventilation, David A. Farcy, Paul L. Petersen, Dennis Heard, and Peter DeBlieux
5. Weaning and Extubation, Alex Flexman
6. Noninvasive Ventilation, Brian J. Wright and Todd L. Slesinger
7. Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Membrane Oxygenation, David A. Farcy, David Rabinowitz, and Paola G. Pieri
Section III: PULMONARY DISORDERS
8. Acute Respiratory Failure, Imoigele P. Aisiku
9. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS, Isaac Tawil and Megan L. Garcia
10. Severe Asthma and COPD, Michael T. Dalley
11. Pulmonary Embolism, Rayan A. Rouhizad and Beth A. Longenecker
Section IV: CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
12. Hemodynamic and Perfusion Monitoring, Elizabeth Lea Walters and H. Bryant Nguyen
13. Acute Coronary Syndrome, John P. Marshall and Jonathan Rose
14. Hypertensive Crises, Christopher M. Perry, Qiuping Zhou, and Todd L. Slesinger
15. Post-Cardiac Arrest Management, Alan C. Heffner
16. Vasopressors and Inotropes, Amber Rollstin, John P. Marshall, and William C. Chiu
17. Management After Cardiac Surgery, Justin T. Sambol and Lamont C. Smith
18. Pericardial Diseases, Joseph R. Shiber
Section V: GASTROINTESTINAL AND RENAL DISORDERS
19. Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Marie-Carmelle Elie-Turenne
20. Acute Liver Failure: How to Orchestrate Emergency Critical Care Interventions, Thomas H. Kalb and Jennifer A. Frontera
21. Acid-Base Disorders, Kevin M. Jones and William C. Chiu
22. Electrolyte Disorders, Kevin M. Jones, Samantha L. Wood, and William C. Chiu
23. Acute Renal Failure and Renal Replacement Therapy, Alex Flexman and Deborah M. Stein
Section VI: NEUROLOGIC AND NEUROSURGICAL DISORDERS
24. Alterations in Mental Status, Nestor D. Tomycz and David W. Crippen
25. Management of Acute Intracranial Hypertension, Asma Zakaria and Imoigele P. Aisiku
26. Stroke, Alex M. Barrocas and Beth A. Longenecker
27. Intracranial Hemorrhage, Alex M. Barrocas and Beth A. Longenecker
28. Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury, Jason A. Ellis, Kiwon Lee, and Dorothea Altschul
Section VII: HEMATOLOGIC AND ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
29. Transfusion in Critical Care, Julie A. Mayglothling and Therese M. Duane
30. Deep Venous Thrombosis, Amy Tortorich and David R. Gens
31. Hyperglycemic Emergency, Grace S. Lee and Shyoko Honiden
32. Glucose Management in Critical Care, Ari J. Ciment and Joseph Romero
33. Adrenal Insufficiency, Evie G. Marcolini and William C. Chiu
Section VIII: INFECTIOUS DISORDERS
34. Approach to Fever in Critical Care, Marnie E. Rosenthal
35. Principles of Antimicrobial Use in Critical Care, Anu Osinusi and Manjari Joshi
36. Sepsis and Septic Shock, David A. Farcy, John Yashou, and Emanuel Rivers
37. Nosocomial and Health Care-Associated Pneumonia, Michael T. McCurdy
38. Infectious Endocarditis, Joseph R. Shiber
39. Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI), Claudio D. Tuda
Section IX: TOXICOLOGIC CONDITIONS
40. Approach to Poisoning, Mohan Punja and Robert J. Hoffman
41. The Critically Ill Poisoned Patient, Robert J. Hoffman
42. Acetaminophen Overdose, Seth R. Podolsky
43. Salicylate Overdose, (Shawn) Xun Zhong and Andrew Stolbach
Section X: ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN CRITICAL CARE
44. Point-Of-Care Echocardiography In The Emergency Department, Stephen J. Leech, Falk Eike Flach, and L. Connor Nickels
45. Ultrasound-Guided Critical Care Procedures, Ashika Jain, Lawrence E. Haines, and Eitan Dickman
Section XI: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
46. Classification of Shock, Tiffany M. Osborn and David A. Farcy
47. Fluid Management, Alan C. Heffner and Matthew T. Robinson
48. Nutritional Support in Critical Care, Colleen Casey
49. Percutaneous Tracheostomy for the Intensivist, Jonathan L. Marinaro, Rajeev P. Misra, and Dan Hale
50. Therapeutic Hypothermia: History, Data, Translation and Emergency Department Application, David F. Gaieski and Munish Goyal
51. Pediatric Considerations, Fernando L. Soto
52. Transportation of the Critical Care Patient, Ira Nemeth and Julio R. Lairet
53. End-of-life Issues in Emergency Critical Care, Sangeeta Lamba
Index