ACP manual of critical care / editor, Suhail Raoof ; associate editors, Liziamma George, Anthony Saleh ; contributing editor, Arthur Sung.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sect. I. General aspects of critical care. -- Commonly performed ICU procedures. -- Central venous catherization / Ravi Sundaram and Gnanaraj Joseph -- Right heart catherization / Anthony Saleh -- Pericardiocentesis and temporary cardiac pacing / Bilak Malik and Suhail Allaqaband -- Bronchoscopy / Sandeep Mehrishi and Udaya Prakash -- Use of endoscopic procedures in the intensive care setting / Maurice A. Cerulli -- Use of ultrasonography in the critical care unit / Paul Mayo -- Chest imaging / Sabiha Raoof -- Administrative aspects of critical care / Lauren Yedvab -- Resucitative techniques. -- Fluid resucitation / Naveed Shahid and Sunil Mehra -- The use of pressors to support circulation / Young H. Lee and Alan S. Multz -- Administration of blood and blood products / Judith A. Luce -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation / André de Corla-Souza and Joan McInerney -- Respiratory suppport and monitoring. -- Monitoring mechanical ventilatory support / Douglas Haden and Neil Ross McIntyre Jr. -- Securing the airway / Karl Cribbin -- Use of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy at bedside / Arthur Sung, Ann L. Rutt, and David Feller-Kopman -- Introduction to mechanical ventilation -- Importance of positioning in the critically ill patient / Richard K. Albert -- Miscellaneous issues. -- Management of anxiety, agitation, and depression / Kamil Jaghab -- Use of sedatives and neuromuscular blocking agents /Ali Mojaverian and Michael R. Dubin -- Pain management / Akhtar Purvez -- Prognostication systems / Erfan Hussain and Mitchel C. Jacobs -- Health care associated infections / Maria Ninivaggi -- Nutrition assessment and support / Lisa Musillo --

Ethics in intensive care unit / Imran Aurangzeb and Steve Walerstein -- Perioperative care of the critically ill patient / Kaleem M. Rizvon and Samia Qazi -- Sect. II. Systemic disorders. -- Cardiovascular critical care. -- Unstable angina and myocardial infarction/ Suhail Allaqaband and Tanvir Bajwa -- Cardiogenic shock / Suhail Allaqaband and Tanvir Bajwa -- Heart failure / Afshan Hameed, Suhail Allaqaband, and Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola -- Recognition and management of common arrhythmias / Vikram Nangia and Masood Akhtar -- Acute pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and cardiac tamponade / Ramagopal J. Tumuluri and Sahail Allaqaband -- Aortic dissection / Ramagopal J. Tumuluri and Suhail Allaqaband -- Hypertensive emergencies / David B. Case -- Pulmonary critical care. -- Acute respiratory failure / Nausherwan K. Burki -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome / Liziamma George -- Status asthmaticus / Mani S. Kavuru and Muzaffar Ahmad -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations / Andreas C. Kyprianou and Alan M. Fein -- Upper airway obstruction / José C. Yataco and Atul C. Mehta -- Pnemonia / Michael S. Niederman -- Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis / Mehdi Khosravi and Kenneth E. Wood -- Pneumothorax / Andreas C. Kyprianou and Ashok M. Karnik -- Pulmonary arterial hypertension / Arunabh Talwar -- Critical care and sleep disorders / Gerard T. Lombardo -- Critical care of renal disease. -- Peritoneal dialysis, ultrafiltration, hemofiltration, and hemodialysis / George Coritsidis -- Acute and chronic renal failure / Lawrence E. Stam and Kotresha Neelakantappa -- Electrolyte disorders / Sandeep Mehrisi and Donald A. Feinefeld -- Acid-base disorders / Ghulam Saydain and Donald A. Feinfeld -- Critical care of endocrine and metabolic diseases. -- Diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycemia / Salini C. Kulmar and Alice K. Lee --

Thyroid storm, myxedema coma, and adrenal crisis / James A. Kruse -- Critical care of hematological and oncological diseases. -- Hemorrhagic disorders / Bhoomi Mehrotra -- Thrombotic disorders / Michael Garrison -- Oncologic emergencies / Linda Carmosino -- Adverse effects of chemotherapeutic agents / Sarada Krishnamurthy and Alan Dosik -- Critical care of infectious diseases. Antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit / Stephan L. Kamholz -- The systemic inflammatory response syndrome and septic shock / Steven Y. Chang, Jonathan Edelson, and Alan M. Fein -- Infective endocarditis / Tabassum Yasmin and Getachew Feleke -- Infections in HIV patients and other immunocompromised hosts (excluding pulmonary and CNS infections) / Neelam Patel and Muddasar Chaudry -- Respiratory failure in patients with HIV infection / Mangala Narasimhan and Mark J. Rosen -- Infections of the central nervous system / Mohamed Bakry and Fernando Pujol -- Other serious community-acquired and nosocomial infections / William R. Berrington and W. Conrad Liles -- Critical care of gastrointestinal diseases. -- Gastrointestinal bleeding / Bharat K. Misra -- Acute abdomen and acute pancreatitis / Hassan Borghei and Vincent Notar-Francesco -- Acute liver failure / Mohammad Sultan Khuroo -- Critical care of neurological diseases. --Seizures / Satish Kadakia and Bernard Berkowitz -- Muscular weakness / Joel S. Delfiner -- Coma and brain death / Ayman Bishay and Imran Wahedna -- Stroke and cerebrovascular disorders / Sophia R. Sharfstein -- Critical care of rheumatological and autoimmune diseases. -- Autoimmune diseases / Prachi Anand and Steven Carsons -- Anaphylaxis / Marianne Frieri -- Environmental emergencies. -- Temperature-related illnesses / Sreenivasa R. Chanamolu, Vekata D. Bandi, and Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli -- Burns / Roger L. Simpson --

Near drowning / Anup Banerjee and Praveen N. Mathur -- Poisoning and drug overdose / Kent Smitherman and Janice L. Zimmerman -- Critical care of the pregnant patient. -- Critical care of the pregnant patient / Kyle Hogarth and Jesse Hall.