INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Critical care ultrasound (CCUS) is an extension of the physical examination. The front-line clinician performs, interprets, and applies goal-directed examinations to rapidly diagnose and manage life-threatening…
DEFINITION OF EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT Print Section Listen Extracorporeal life support (ECLS), also known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is an artificial form of cardiopulmonary support that allows the heart,…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This chapter discusses trauma resuscitation, burns, organ-specific trauma, chemical warfare, and biological warfare. RESUSCITATION Print Section Listen Trauma is the leading cause of death for those…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Toxicology represent a clinical dilemma for clinicians worldwide and impart a diagnostic challenge, particularly in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. A poisoned patient typically cannot…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Ethics is a moral code of what we believe to be universally accepted principles of rightness and wrongness that influences our medical decisions. Ever-advancing technology and…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Normal body temperature changes during the course of the day and is regulated by the thermoregulatory center in the anterior hypothalamus. The normal temperature at 6…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen We are in an era of evidence-based medicine, with an exponentially increasing information base arising from descriptive and interventional studies. Clinicians are required to use this…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The incidence of dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury (AKI-D) has increased in the past decade in the United States. From 2000 to 2009, there were 1.09 million…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Organ transplantation is an established treatment for patients with a wide variety of end-stage diseases. It is essential for physicians to familiarize themselves with the field…
