FIGURE 23.1 Microscopic images of a normal lung and a lung in the advanced stages of ARDS, which shows a dense infiltration of leukocytes and proteinaceous material that fills and obliterates…
Henry VIII The human body is a metabolic furnace that generates enough heat to raise the body temperature by 1°C every hour, even at rest (1). For-tunately, the external surface…
1875 The earliest sea-living organisms showed a preference for intracellular potassium and a disdain for intracellular sodium, and this behavior eventually changed the composition of the oceans from a potassium…
Table 53.2 Effects of Catecholamine Drugs on Adrenergic Receptors Dobutamine Dobutamine is a synthetic catecholamine that is classified as an inodilator because it has positive inotropic and vasodilator effects. Actions…
1903 The conventional modes of ventilation described in the last chapter are appropriate for most patients with acute respiratory failure. However, there are occasions when conventional mechanical ventilation is either…
FIGURE 46.1 Areas of brain injury and corresponding neurological abnormalities. ‡Indicates deficits involving the same side of the face and the opposite side of the body. Stroke Mimics For patients admitted…
Senior Dissertation Univ. PA School of Medicine 1803 This chapter describes three types of movement disorder that you are likely to encounter in the ICU: (a) involuntary movements (i.e., seizures),…
American Heart Association, 1951 About 60 years have elapsed since the warning in the introductory quote, yet the same imprecise method continues to be the accepted standard for the measurement…
FIGURE 30.1 The power of diaphragmatic contractions (equivalent to the product of contractile force and velocity) during spontaneous breathing (control) and after 3 days of assisted (i.e., patient-triggered) mechanical ventilation (AMV)…
FIGURE 26.1 Pressure and flow changes during a single ventilator breath using volume control and pressure control methods of lung inflation at equivalent inflation (tidal) volumes. Changes in airway pressure (Paw)…
