17: Heart Failure Management
CHAPTER 17Heart Failure Management Raymond E. Bietry Ascension Medical Group, Austin, TX, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE Heart failure is characterized by impaired cardiac function that can lead to symptoms of…
5: Bronchoscopy
CHAPTER 5Bronchoscopy Moses Bachan and Zinobia Khan James J. Peters VA Medical Center, New York, NY, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE In patients with respiratory insufficiency/emergent evaluation with bronchoscopy can prevent…
19: Cardiac Arrest
CHAPTER 19Cardiac Arrest Eyal Herzog1, Lee Herzog2, Emad F. Aziz3, and Stephan A. Mayer4 1 Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel 2 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York,…
10: Palliative Care
CHAPTER 10Palliative Care Umesh K. Gidwani and Nidhi Kavi Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE Palliative care plays an important and growing…
1: Airway Management
CHAPTER 1Airway Management Michael Kitz Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE Airway management is a vital life‐saving skill for the ICU provider….
7: Nutritional Support and Total Parenteral Nutrition
CHAPTER 7Nutritional Support and Total Parenteral Nutrition Rohit R. Gupta and Roopa Kohli‐Seth Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE Critically ill patients…
9: Prevention of Complications
CHAPTER 9Prevention of Complications Anthony R. Manasia and Nidhi Kavi Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE ICU‐related complications can increase morbidity, mortality,…
2: Sedation and Analgesia
CHAPTER 2Sedation and Analgesia Colin J. Sheehan and Michael Kitz Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE Analgesia and sedation are primarily indicated…
