Critical Care Secrets (The Secrets Series)

This best-selling volume in The Secrets Series® is back in an exciting, fully updated 4th Edition! You'll find all of the features you rely on the Secrets for―such as a question-and-answer format · bulleted lists · mnemonics · "Key Points" boxes · and tips from the authors.Equips you with the evidence-based guidance you need to provide optima care for the critically ill.Expedites reference and review with a question-and-answer format, bulleted lists, mnemonics, and practical tips from the authors.Features a two-color page layout, "Key Points" boxes, and lists of useful web sites to enhance your reference power.Presents a chapter containing "Top Secrets", providing you with an overview of essential material for last-minute study or self-assessmentProvides coverage of the principles of gas and fluid flow · pulmonary mechanics · and electronic circuitry.Discusses protocols and guidelines.Offers effective solutions to patients' medical and ethical problems from a wide range of specialists such as pulmonologists · surgeons · anesthesiologists · psychiatrists · pharmacists · and infectious disease experts. A Comprehensive Text Providing The Information Needed For Teaching Rounds, Clinical Situations, And Oral Exams. Features Concise Answers, Tips, Bulleted Lists For Quick Review, And A Comprehensive Index. Question And Answer Format. I. Basic Life Support -- 1. General Approach To The Critically Ill Patient / Manuel Pardo, Jr. And Michael A. Gropper -- 2. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / David Shimabukuro -- 3. Pulse Oximetry And Capnography / Philip E. Bickler -- 4. Hemodynamic Monitoring / Jack A. Sava And Mark W. Bowyer -- 5. Interpretation Of Arterial Blood Gases / E. Michael Canham -- 6. Fluid Therapy / James E. Wiedeman And Mark W. Bowyer -- 7. Nutrition In Critically Ill Patients / Lee-iynn Chen And Annette Stralovich-romani -- 8. Noninvasive Ventilation / Manuel Pardo, Jr. -- 9. Mechanical Ventilation / Carolyn H. Welsh -- 10. Discontinuation Of Mechanical Ventilation / Theodore W. Marcy And Katherine Habeeb -- Ii. Procedures -- 11. Tracheal Intubation And Airway Management / Manuel Pardo, Jr. -- 12. Tracheotomy And Upper Airway Obstruction / John E. Heffner -- 13. Chest Tubes / Mark W. Bowyer -- 14. Bronchoscopy / Amy E. Morris And Lynn M. Schnapp -- 15. Pacemakers And Defibrillators / Noah E. Gordon And Linda L. Liu -- 16. Circulatory Assist Devices / Lundy J. Campbell -- Iii. Pulmonary Medicine -- 17. Acute Pneumonia / Rachel H. Dotson And Jeanine P. Wiener-kronish -- 18. Asthma / Gil Allen And David A. Kaminsky -- 19. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / Enrique Fernandez And Anne Dixon -- 20. Cor Pulmonale / John M. Taylor -- 21. Acute Respiratory Failure / Dan Burkhardt And Martin R. Zamora -- 22. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Kapilkumar Patel And Polly E. Parsons -- 23. Aspiration / Derek Haerle And Thomas J. Donnelly -- 24. Hemoptysis / Michael E. Hanley -- 25. Venous Thromboembolism And Fat Embolism / Pajman A. Danai And Marc Moss -- Iv. Cardiology -- 26. Chest Pain / Jacob T. Gutsche, Benjamin A. Kohl And Clifford S. Deutschman -- 27. Acute Myocardial Infarction And Pressors / Benjamin A. Kohl And Clifford S. Deutschman -- [edited By] Polly E. Parsons, Jeanine P. Wiener-kronish. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This best-selling volume in The Secrets Seriesʼ is back in an exciting, fully updated 4th Edition! You'll find all of the features you rely on the Secrets for--such as a question-and-answer format bulleted lists mnemonics "Key Points" boxes and tips from the authors. Equips you with the evidence-based guidance you need to provide optima care for the critically ill. Expedites reference and review with a question-and-answer format, bulleted lists, mnemonics, and practical tips from the authors. Features a two-color page layout, "Key Points" boxes, and lists of useful web sites to enhance your reference power. Presents a chapter containing "Top Secrets", providing you with an overview of essential material for last-minute study or self-assessment