Parrillo, J: Critical Care Medicine

PART 1: CRITICAL CARE PROCEDURES, MONITORING, AND PHARMACOLOGY 1 Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 2 Airway Management in the Critically Ill Adult 3 Assessment of Cardiac Filling and Blood Flow 4 Arterial, Central Venous, and Pulmonary Artery Catheters 5 Cardiac Pacing 6 Pericardials Tamponade: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Catheter-Based Therapies 7 Intra-aortic Balloon Counterpulsation 8 Echocardiography 9 General Principles of Mechanical Ventilation 10 Ventilatory Management of Obstructive Airway Disease 11 Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 12 Bronchoscopy and Lung Biopsy in Critically Ill Patients 13 Noninvasive Respiratory Monitoring 14 Tracheostomy 15 Chest Tube Thoracostomy 16 Intracranial Monitoring 17 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 18 Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy 19 Use of Sedatives, Analgesics, and Neuromuscular Blockers 20 Principles of Drug Dosing in Critically Ill Patients PART 2: CRITICAL CARE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 21 Circulatory Shock 22 Cardiogenic Shock 23 Septic Shock 24 Cardiac Tamponade 25 Severe Sepsis and Multiple Organ Dysfunction 26 Hypovolemic Shock 27 Traumatic Shock and Tissue Hypoperfusion: Nonsurgical Management 28 Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactic Shock 29 Severe Heart Failure 30 Acute Coronary Syndromes and Acute Myocardial Infarction 31 Cardiac Arrhythmias 32 Valvular Heart Disease in Critical Care 33 Acute Aortic Dissection 34 Hypertensive Crises 35 General Principles of Postoperative Intensive Care Unit Care 36 Postoperative Management of the Cardiac Surgery Patient PART 3: CRITICAL CARE PULMONARY DISEASE 37 Acute Respiratory Failure 38 Life-Threatening Asthma 39 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 40 Hypoventilation and Respiratory Muscle Dysfunction 41 Nonpulmonary Causes of Respiratory Failure 42 Pneumonia: Considerations for the Critically Ill Patient 43 Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation 44 Acute Pulmonary Embolism 45 Pulmonary

"A superb text that will probably become a mainstay for the internal medicine intensivist. This book will make an excellent addition to the library of any intensive care unit." - "Annals of Internal Medicine"