CURRENT Essentials of Critical Care.pdf

ContentsvLife-Threatening Hemoptysis ..................................................... 96Mechanical Ventilation ............................................................... 97Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS................................................. 98Mechanical Ventilation in Neuromuscular Disorders ................. 99Mechanical Ventilation in Status Asthmaticus ......................... 100Mechanical Ventilation, Complications of ................................ 101Mechanical Ventilation, Failure to Wean from ......................... 102Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)................. 103Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) ................................ 104Respiratory Failure from Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease... 105Respiratory Failure from Neuromuscular Disorders ................ 106Respiratory Failure from Thoracic Cage Disorders.................. 107Respiratory Failure: Arterial Hypercapnia................................. 108Respiratory Failure: Hypoxemia ............................................... 109Status Asthmaticus .................................................................. 110Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ............................................ 1119. Cardiology ............................................................. 113Angina Pectoris........................................................................ 115Aortic Dissection, Acute........................................................... 116Aortic Valvular Heart Disease................................................... 117Arterial Insufficiency, Acute ..................................................... 118Atrial Fibrillation ....................................................................... 119Cardiac Tamponade ................................................................. 120Congestive Heart Failure .......................................................... 121Heart Block............................................................................... 122Hypertensive Crisis & Malignant Hypertension........................ 123Mesenteric Ischemia and Infarction, Acute.............................. 124Mitral Valvular Heart Disease................................................... 125Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Acute.......................................... 126Supraventricular Tachycardia................................................... 127Syncope ................................................................................... 128Unstable Angina (USA) & Non-ST-Segment ElevationMyocardial Infarction (NSTEMI) .......................................... 129Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias .................................................. 13010. Infectious Disease .................................................. 131Bacterial Meningitis.................................................................. 133Botulism................................................................................... 134Central Nervous System (CNS) Infections inHIV-Infected Patients ........................................................... 135Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea ................................. 136Community-Acquired Pneumonia ............................................ 137Encephalitis, Brain Abscess, Spinal Epidural Abscess............. 138Fever in the ICU ....................................................................... 139Hematogenously Disseminated Candidiasis............................. 140Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts............................... 141Infective Endocarditis............................................................... 142Intra-abdominal Infection......................................................... 143