Chapter 55 Hypothermia and Hyperthermia C. Crawford Mechem Hypothermia and hyperthermia are potentially fatal emergencies caused by environmental exposure, underlying disease processes, or drugs. Although therapy is often initiated in…
Chapter 106 Sleep Deprivation and Sleepiness in Medical Housestaff and Appropriate Countermeasures Indira Gurubhagavatula, Barry Fields and Ilene M. Rosen In the past century, average sleep duration fell from 9…
Chapter 105 Providing Culturally Competent Care Horace M. DeLisser Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are not only medically complex, but also diverse in terms of culture, race, ethnicity,…
Chapter 100 Thoracic Trauma John C. Kucharczuk and Jeffrey E. Cohen The initial management of thoracic trauma should be identical to that of other traumatic injuries: rapid evaluation of airway,…
Chapter 27 Care of the Patient with End-Stage Liver Disease Karen L. Krok End-stage liver disease (ESLD) encompasses the clinical manifestations generally associated with advanced cirrhosis. The term ESLD is…
Chapter 4 Liberation and Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Extubation Kristin Hudock and Paul N. Lanken Critical care clinicians routinely “liberate” their patients from mechanical ventilation to allow them to resume breathing…
Chapter 28 Care of the Maternal-Fetal Unit Christopher Nold and Samuel Parry Care of the obstetric patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) presents a number of challenges. For example,…
Chapter 88 Cardiac Surgery Bilal Shafi, Pavan Atluri and Benjamin A. Kohl The field of cardiac surgery has seen remarkable advances. Procedures that once required a large sternotomy incision and…
Chapter 26 Care of the Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease Alan G. Wasserstein and Melissa B. Bleicher End-stage renal disease (ESRD) or stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its…
Chapter 66 Necrotizing Fasciitis and Related Soft Tissue Infections Eugene F. Reilly and Vicente H. Gracias In 1871, Confederate Army surgeon Joseph Jones reviewed more than 2600 cases of “hospital…
