Absorption of irrigating fluid Circulatory overload and hypoosmolality Hyponatremia Glycine and ammonia toxicity Bladder perforation Transient bacteremia and septicemia Hypothermia Bleeding and coagulopathy TURP syndrome The Surgical Procedure The TURP…
where U = urinary concentration of creatinine (mg/100 ml); P = plasma concentration of creatinine (mg/100 ml); and V = urine volume (ml/min) [7]. Normal CrCl are 85–125 ml/min in…
Principles of Critical Care Ultrasonography Phillips Perera, Laleh Gharahbaghian, Thomas “Tom” Mailhot, Sarah R. Williams, and Diku P. Mandavia BACKGROUND Traditionally, clinicians have divided shock into four distinct categories. In…
Infections in the Immunocompromised Host M. Cristina Vazquez-Guillamet, Joshua J. Mooney, and Joe L. Hsu BACKGROUND Recent decades have challenged the emergency physician to manage an evolving spectrum of infections…
Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy Chanu Rhee and Michael Klompas BACKGROUND In the past several decades, advances in the development of antimicrobial agents have supplied the physician with dozens of drugs…
Ischemic Stroke Mohamed Teleb and Paul Singh BACKGROUND Stroke is the fourth leading cause of mortality in the United States and incurs an estimated cost of 38.6 billion dollars anually.1…
Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation Jon-Emile S. Kenny and Stephen Ruoss BACKGROUND Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a life-threatening process that requires rapid identification and treatment by the emergency physician.1…
Left Ventricular Assist Devices Joe L. Hsu and Rachel H. Dotson BACKGROUND Heart failure affects over 6 million people in the United States and accounts for 1 million hospital admissions…
Pulmonary Ultrasonography Feras Khan and Anne-Sophie Beraud BACKGROUND Over the past decade, bedside point-of-care ultrasonography, or ultrasound (US), has become an indispensable tool in critical care and emergency medicine. It…
Electrolyte Disorders Katy M. Deljoui and Michael T. McCurdy BACKGROUND Electrolyte disorders are frequently observed in critically ill patients and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This chapter reviews…
