Surgical and Postsurgical Bleeding
CHAPTER 56 Surgical and Postsurgical Bleeding POUYA J. BENYAMINI and DANNY M. TAKANISHI, JR. INTRODUCTION It is crucial that clinicians who provide care to surgical patients understand the dynamic interplay…
Initial Management of the Critically Ill Trauma Patient
CHAPTER 55 Initial Management of the Critically Ill Trauma Patient REX T. CHUNG and DANIEL R. MARGULIES INTRODUCTION Throughout the years, trauma has consistently been a leading cause of mortality…
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the ICU
CHAPTER 51 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the ICU ARNO L. ZARITSKY INTRODUCTION Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and advanced life support (ALS) interventions are commonly performed in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting….
Splanchnic Flow and Resuscitation
Intestinal tissue injury can be induced by the initial ischemia (either from inadequate oxygen content or inadequate flow) or by the generation of oxygen-derived free radicals during reperfusion (1,7). Ischemic…
Quality Assurance, Safety, Outcomes, and External Compliance
FIGURE 8.1 A model for translating research evidence into practice. (Adapted from Pronovost PJ, et. al. Translating evidence into practice: a model for large-scale knowledge translation. BMJ 2008;337:963–965, with permission…
The Virtual ICU and Telemedicine: Computers, Electronics, and Data Management
FIGURE 9.1 A screen shot of the computerized system demonstrating the use of different information sources to provide a clinical picture. In this screen, information from the microbiology lab (panel…
Blood Volume Measurement
FIGURE 27.1 Dynamic equilibrium between hydrostatic (capillary) and oncotic pressures. Under normal conditions, there is a balance between the net hydrostatic pressure causing flux from the blood vessels into the…
Policy, Politics, and the Intensive Care Unit
FIGURE 1.1 Estimated effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the uninsured. (Data from Congressional Budget Office. Insurance coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act. CBO’s March 2015 Baseline….
Transferring Critically Ill Patients
FIGURE 11.1 Example of an intrahospital transport checklist developed by Brunsveld-Reinders et al. (From Brunsveld-Reinders AH, Arbous MS, Kuiper SG, de Jonge E. A comprehensive method to develop a checklist…
Judicial Involvement in End-of-Life Decisions and Informed Consent
If courts are not involved with a patient’s ability to make decisions, health care providers commonly invoke the term “medical competence,” but they are really referring to the patient’s capacity….
