Chapter 4 – Respiratory Critical Care in the Elderly
Chapter 4 Respiratory Critical Care in the Elderly Jonathan M. Siner and Margaret A. Pisani Key Points The incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome rises with age and is likely…
CRITICAL CARE
Chapter 5 – Neurocognitive Dysfunction and Geriatric Neurocritical Care
Chapter 5 Neurocognitive Dysfunction and Geriatric Neurocritical Care Tracy J. McGrane , Pratik P. Pandharipande and Christopher G. Hughes Key Points Acute brain dysfunction is common among the elderly population…
Chapter 3 – Principles of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy
Chapter 3 Principles of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy John W. Devlin and Jeffrey F. Barletta Key Points Older adults frequently experience adverse drug events in the intensive care unit (ICU), due to…
Chapter 2 – Chronic Critical Illness in Geriatric Patients
Chapter 2 Chronic Critical Illness in Geriatric Patients Amit Bardia and Shamsuddin Akhtar Key Points Chronic critical illness is used to describe patients who survive the initial acute episode of…
Chapter 1 – Epidemiology of Critical Illness in the Elderly
Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Critical Illness in the Elderly Kristin Oliveira and Linda L. Maerz Key Points Caring for the aging population is one of the most important challenges of…
Section 5 – Acute Disorders
Section 5 Acute Disorders 25A Resuscitation after Adult Cardiac Surgery Jonathan H Mackay Defibrillation, ventilation, pacing and resuscitation are essential components of cardiac surgical care. The 2015 European Resuscitation Council (ERC)…
Section 7 – Disease Management in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit: Incidence; Aetiology; Diagnosis; Prognosis; Treatment
Section 7 Disease Management in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit: Incidence; Aetiology; Diagnosis; Prognosis; Treatment 44 Respiratory Disorders: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Alastair Proudfoot and Charlotte Summers Definitions and Epidemiology…
Section 6 – Perioperative Care: The Patient Post Cardiac Surgery
Section 6 Perioperative Care: The Patient Post Cardiac Surgery 37 Management after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery Sam Nashef and Paolo Bosco Professor Kolesov performed the first beating-heart left internal…
Section 8 – Provision and Delivery of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care
Section 8 Provision and Delivery of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care 53 Cardiothoracic Critical Care Nursing, Outreach and Follow-up Jo-anne Fowles Introduction Caring for the critically ill cardiothoracic patient requires a multidisciplinary…
Section 4 – Advanced Organ Support
Section 4 Advanced Organ Support 21 Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Evgeny Pavlushkov and Marius Berman Short-term mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices are used to maintain haemodynamic stability in cardiogenic shock…