213 Beyond Technology Caring for the Critically Ill Phillip D. Levin, Charles L. Sprung Over the last half century, intensive care has grown from the position of a fledgling specialty…

139 Fungal Infections Paul O. Gubbins Medical advances continue to improve the prognosis of patients with cancer and other immunodeficiencies. In the past 50 years, the field of transplantation has…

175 Antidepressant Drug Overdose John W. Kreit Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and extremely important disease. The most recent national survey found a prevalence of 6.6% during the…

195 Management of Patients After Heart, Heart-Lung, or Lung Transplantation Juan C. Salgado, Arthur J. Boujoukos Lung Transplantation Lung transplantation offers hope for improved survival and quality of life for…

34 Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke Amer M. Malik, Lawrence R. Wechsler Stroke is currently recognized as the third most common cause of death and the leading cause of adult…

172 Anticonvulsants Marek A. Mirski The treatment of seizures in the intensive care unit (ICU) involves two distinct elements: (1) acute termination of all clinical and electrographic seizure activity and…

42 Key Issues in Pediatric Neurointensive Care Patrick M. Kochanek, Robert W. Hickey, Hülya Bayir, Ericka L. Fink, Randall A. Ruppel, Robert S.B. Clark In this chapter we outline the…

217 Ethical Controversies in Pediatric Critical Care Jeffrey P. Burns, Robert D. Truog As the field of pediatric critical care medicine continues to evolve, ethical concerns in the care of…

188 Cocaine Janice Zimmerman, Philip Alapat Cocaine abuse is one of the leading causes of drug-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions. Illicit use of this substance can lead to…

W21 Indirect Calorimetry Pierre Singer, Jonathan Cohen Before Procedure Indications • A need for estimating energy expenditure (EE) in critically ill patients in whom the EE is highly variable and…