Chapter 109 Long-Term Acute Care in the Spectrum of Critical Care Medicine Michael A. Grippi and Michael J. Soisson With implementation of the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) in…
Chapter 81 Acute Kidney Injury and Rhabdomyolysis Rhonda S. King and Michael R. Rudnick Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an abrupt decline in renal function manifested by increased plasma creatinine…
Chapter 33 Arrhythmias (Bradycardias) Suraj Kapa and David Callans Bradyarrhythmias, or slow heart rhythms, occur commonly in patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU). Assessment of the critically ill…
Chapter 80 Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome and Other Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders Bernie Sunwoo, Nirav P. Patel†, Aharon Sareli and Richard J. Schwab Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) falls on the severe end…
Chapter 11 Vascular Access Issues and Procedures Christopher T. Dibble, Benjamin A. Kohl and Paul N. Lanken Obtaining access to the vasculature is an essential skill for clinicians in intensive care…
Chapter 29 Care of the Patient with Morbid Obesity Joshua Diamond and William Schweickert As the prevalence of overweight and obesity continues to increase, efforts have been made to quantify this…
Chapter 78 Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Lee Gazourian, Maryl Kreider and Gerald L. Weinhouse Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is characterized by the clinical triad of (1) blood in the terminal airspaces,…
Chapter 59 Acute Liver Failure Karen L. Krok In acute liver failure (ALF) there is rapid deterioration of liver function in a previously healthy individual. By definition there is evidence…
Chapter 36 Change in Mental Status Michael G. Shashaty and Paul N. Lanken The patient who has a change in mental status upon admission to the intensive care unit (ICU)…
Chapter 51 Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections Fenton McCarthy, Benjamin A. Kohl and Bonnie L. Milas Aortic Aneurysms The term aneurysmal is used when the luminal diameter of the aorta grows…
