31: Coma and Brain Death
CHAPTER 31Coma and Brain Death Errol Gordon1 and Stephan A. Mayer2 1 St. John Hospital, Tulsa, OK, USA 2 New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE Disorders…
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37: Surgical Trauma
CHAPTER 37Surgical Trauma Eric S. Weiss1 and Pak Shan Leung2 1 Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI, USA 2 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE Trauma remains…
35: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
CHAPTER 35Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Leon D. Boudourakis1 and Onaona U. Gurney2 1 NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County, New York, NY, USA 2 NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA…
21: Mechanical Ventilatory Support
CHAPTER 21Mechanical Ventilatory Support Nisha Kotecha1, Mark Collazo2, and Kamal Medlej3 1 Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2 Mount Sinai Morningside‐West, New York, NY,…
17: Heart Failure Management
CHAPTER 17Heart Failure Management Raymond E. Bietry Ascension Medical Group, Austin, TX, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE Heart failure is characterized by impaired cardiac function that can lead to symptoms of…
8: Glycemic Control
CHAPTER 8Glycemic Control Amira Mohamed1 and Adel Bassily‐Marcus2 1 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA 2 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA…
5: Bronchoscopy
CHAPTER 5Bronchoscopy Moses Bachan and Zinobia Khan James J. Peters VA Medical Center, New York, NY, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE In patients with respiratory insufficiency/emergent evaluation with bronchoscopy can prevent…
19: Cardiac Arrest
CHAPTER 19Cardiac Arrest Eyal Herzog1, Lee Herzog2, Emad F. Aziz3, and Stephan A. Mayer4 1 Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel 2 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York,…
10: Palliative Care
CHAPTER 10Palliative Care Umesh K. Gidwani and Nidhi Kavi Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE Palliative care plays an important and growing…
1: Airway Management
CHAPTER 1Airway Management Michael Kitz Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA OVERALL BOTTOM LINE Airway management is a vital life‐saving skill for the ICU provider….
