Esophageal Disorders
FIGURE 130.1 Barium esophagram shows food bolus impaction obstructing the distal esophagus. Medical therapy has also been considered in the acute treatment of esophageal obstructions. The most extensively studied medical…
Neuromuscular Disorders
FIGURE 122.1 Localization of neuromuscular disorders, with the most important exemplars for each of the nine localizations. ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; CIDP, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. TABLE 122.1 Salient Features…
Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure
MANAGEMENT The optimal treatment strategy for patients with HF depends on numerous clinical factors, particularly the presence or absence of active decompensation. In the critical care setting, management strategies for…
Elevated Intracranial Pressure
FIGURE 118.1 A: Nonlinear nature of the relationship between the volume of intracranial contents and intracranial pressure. B: Actual intracranial pressure (ICP) and jugular venous oxygen saturation (SjO2) tracings in…
Noninvasive Cardiovascular Monitoring
FIGURE 20.1 Schematic illustration of Simpson’s rule of discs for calculating left ventricular volume. (From Armstrong WF, Ryan T. Evolution of systolic function of the left ventricle. In: Feigenbaum’s Echocardiography….
How to Read a Medical Journal and Understand Basic Statistics
FIGURE 7.1 The “measurement value of X” represents numerical data, such as PaO2/FiO2 ratio. A histogram of sample data is graphed with bars indicating the relative frequency of observations in…
Critical Care of Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery Patients
FIGURE 60.1 Diagrammatic representation of liver segments with standard liver resections demonstrated. Bilirubin is a degradation product of heme and is eliminated almost entirely in the bile. It circulates bound…
4 Adult Gastrointestinal Infections
FIGURE 88.4.2 Flow chart showing approach to the evaluation of a patient with acute infectious diarrhea. Once disease onset, presentation, and progression of associated symptoms are evaluated, and immediate laboratory…
Point-of-Care Testing
TABLE 31.2 Examples of Laboratory Tests and the Decisions Based on their Results QUALITY ASSURANCE IN POINT-OF-CARE TESTING Because many ICU decisions are based upon the results of laboratory analyses…
Disaster Response
Along with emergency planning, continuity of operations planning, response and recovery programs, efforts to ensure the welfare of employees who are required to remain at a given facility to support…
