49 Patient-Ventilator Interaction V. Marco Ranieri, Cesare Gregoretti, Vincenzo Squadrone The clinical management of patients with acute respiratory failure is based on the assumption that significant abnormalities in respiratory mechanics,…
142 Tuberculosis Edward D. Chan, Marinka Kartalija Epidemiology The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one-third of the world’s population is latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.1 From this pool, approximately…
179 Hydrocarbons Kapil Sharma, Kurt C. Kleinschmidt Hydrocarbons are a diverse array of chemicals composed exclusively of hydrogen and carbon atoms. Some hydrocarbon derivatives such as various halogenated hydrocarbons also…
134 Central Nervous System Infections Karen C. Bloch Central nervous system (CNS) infections represent life-threatening conditions that frequently require treatment in a critical care unit. These infections may be challenging…
93 Mechanical Support in Cardiogenic Shock Jay K. Bhama, Robert L. Kormos, Thomas G. Gleason An estimated 61.8 million people in the United States have heart disease, among whom 950,000…
78 Supraventricular Arrhythmias John Camm, Irina Savelieva Classification and Epidemiology Supraventricular arrhythmias include rhythms arising from the sinus node and the adjacent atrial tissue (inappropriate sinus tachycardia, sinoatrial reentry tachycardia),…
62 Pulmonary Embolism Russell D. Hull, Graham F. Pineo Venous thromboembolism (VTE), deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), or all three can complicate the course of sick hospitalized patients…
104 Acute Pancreatitis Pamela A. Lipsett The term acute pancreatitis describes a wide spectrum of disease ranging from a mild edematous form of acute pancreatitis to severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis….
165 Adrenal Insufficiency Herwig Gerlach The adrenal gland is an important endocrine organ that supports the human organism’s reaction to factors threatening the integrity of the body, either acutely or…
