Care of the Maternal-Fetal Unit
Chapter 28 Care of the Maternal-Fetal Unit Christopher Nold and Samuel Parry Care of the obstetric patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) presents a number of challenges. For example,…
Care of the Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease
Chapter 26 Care of the Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease Alan G. Wasserstein and Melissa B. Bleicher End-stage renal disease (ESRD) or stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its…
Cardiac Surgery
Chapter 88 Cardiac Surgery Bilal Shafi, Pavan Atluri and Benjamin A. Kohl The field of cardiac surgery has seen remarkable advances. Procedures that once required a large sternotomy incision and…
Necrotizing Fasciitis and Related Soft Tissue Infections
Chapter 66 Necrotizing Fasciitis and Related Soft Tissue Infections Eugene F. Reilly and Vicente H. Gracias In 1871, Confederate Army surgeon Joseph Jones reviewed more than 2600 cases of “hospital…
Thrombocytopenia
Chapter 45 Thrombocytopenia Rebecca Kruse-Jarres and Marc J. Kahn Platelets are cell fragments derived from megakaryocytes in the bone marrow. Platelets initiate hemostasis by adhering to damaged vessels, forming a…
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Chapter 61 Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Junsuke Maki and Faten N. Aberra Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is defined as bleeding from a source proximal to the ligament of Treitz (Table 61.1),…
Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Colitis
Chapter 60 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Colitis Stephen Kim and Nuzhat A. Ahmad Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (LGIB) Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a common clinical problem, accounting for ~1% of acute hospital…
Skin Rashes
Chapter 43 Skin Rashes Misha Rosenbach Primary dermatologic diagnoses rarely require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), but many patients in the ICU develop dermatologic manifestations of their underlying…
Increased Intracranial Pressure
Chapter 41 Increased Intracranial Pressure Joshua M. Levine, David N. Levine and Diana Goodman An acute rise in intracranial pressure (ICP) in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is…
