Treatment The only effective long-term means of reversing malignancy-associated hypercalcemia is reduction in tumor burden (Table 147.2). Antihypercalcemic therapy is a temporizing measure that does not affect survival (5). The…
The indications for diagnostic thoracentesis are not different in the ICU patient, and receiving mechanical ventilation is not a contraindication. Establishing the diagnosis quickly in critically ill patients may be…
FIGURE 101.1 Schematic diagram of the relation between changes in lung volume and pulmonary vascular resistance, where the extra-alveolar and alveolar vascular components are separated. Note that pulmonary vascular resistance…
FIGURE 18.1 A historic paradigm was created to depict immune activation after injury or sepsis. It was thought that initial innate inflammatory response was followed by a compensatory anti-inflammatory adaptive…
PRECAUTIONS In addition to vaccination, several types of precautions for use in patient care settings are critical to protecting the HCW. Making sense of them and knowing when to implement…
Next, medical causes of disruptive behavior should be ruled out. ICU patients acting in a bizarre or agitated manner often do so as part of a delirium. This may entail…
CHAPTER 108 Oxygen Therapy, Respiratory Care, and Monitoring VITTORIA COMELLINI, LARA PISANI, and STEFANO NAVA INTRODUCTION Supplemental oxygen is one of the most widely used therapies for people admitted to…
CHAPTER 93 Emergent Pandemic Infections LENNOX K. ARCHIBALD and GAUTAM SUBBAIAH KALYATANDA INTRODUCTION An epidemic of communicable infection that becomes very widespread, affects a whole region or continent, or spreads…
