Pneumothorax
Chapter 67 Pneumothorax Madison Macht, MD , Michael E. Hanley, MD 1 What are the major etiologic classifications of pneumothoraces? Pneumothoraces are classified as spontaneous or traumatic: Spontaneous: Spontaneous pneumothoraces…
CRITICAL CARE
Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically ill Patient
Chapter 46 Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically ill Patient George Kasotakis, MD , George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, MSEd 1 What are the anatomic definitions of upper versus lower gastrointestinal…
Liver and Heart Transplantation
Chapter 70 Liver and Heart Transplantation Claus U. Niemann, MD , Abbas Ardehali, MD, FACS Liver transplantation 1 How many liver transplantations are performed in the United States annually? Approximately…
Pericardial Disease (Pericarditis and Pericardial Tamponade)
Chapter 31 Pericardial Disease (Pericarditis and Pericardial Tamponade) Stuart F. Sidlow, MD , C. William Hanson, III , MD 1 What is the structure of the pericardium? The pericardium is…
Disaster Medicine: Impact on Critical Care Operations
Chapter 74 Disaster Medicine Impact On Critical Care Operations John R. Benjamin, MD, MSc , Edward E. George, MD, PhD Disaster medicine encompasses extraordinarily wide and disparate scenarios. Despite the…
Acute Bacterial Pneumonia
Chapter 20 Acute Bacterial Pneumonia Kenneth Shelton, MD , Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, MD , Aranya Bagchi, MBBS 1 Define severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) Patients with severe CAP have a number…
Allergy and Anaphylaxis
Chapter 75 Allergy and Anaphylaxis Susan A. Vassallo, MD 1 When was anaphylaxis first described? In 2641 BC, a wasp from the Hymenoptera order (wasps, bees, ants, sawflies) stung Pharaoh…
Burns and Frostbite
Chapter 66 Burns and Frostbite Shawn P. Fagan, MD , Jeremy Goverman, MD, FACS 1 What determines the degree of tissue destruction after a thermal injury? The degree of tissue…
Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in The Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 88 Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in The Intensive Care Unit Nitin Puri, MD, FACP , Antoinette Spevetz, MD, FCCM, FACP , Carolyn E. Bekes, MD, MHA, FCCM 1…
Sedation and Delirium
Chapter 73 Sedation and Delirium Pratik Pandharipande, MBBS, MSCI , Arna Banerjee, MD 1 What is delirium? Delirium is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)…
