Principles of Critical Care Ultrasonography

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Principles of Critical Care Ultrasonography Phillips Perera, Laleh Gharahbaghian, Thomas “Tom” Mailhot, Sarah R. Williams, and Diku P. Mandavia BACKGROUND Traditionally, clinicians have divided shock into four distinct categories. In…

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Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

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Infections in the Immunocompromised Host M. Cristina Vazquez-Guillamet, Joshua J. Mooney, and Joe L. Hsu BACKGROUND Recent decades have challenged the emergency physician to manage an evolving spectrum of infections…

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Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy

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Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy Chanu Rhee and Michael Klompas BACKGROUND In the past several decades, advances in the development of antimicrobial agents have supplied the physician with dozens of drugs…

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Ischemic Stroke

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Ischemic Stroke Mohamed Teleb and Paul Singh BACKGROUND Stroke is the fourth leading cause of mortality in the United States and incurs an estimated cost of 38.6 billion dollars anually.1…

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Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation

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Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation Jon-Emile S. Kenny and Stephen Ruoss BACKGROUND Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a life-threatening process that requires rapid identification and treatment by the emergency physician.1…

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Left Ventricular Assist Devices

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Left Ventricular Assist Devices Joe L. Hsu and Rachel H. Dotson BACKGROUND Heart failure affects over 6 million people in the United States and accounts for 1 million hospital admissions…

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Pulmonary Ultrasonography

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Pulmonary Ultrasonography Feras Khan and Anne-Sophie Beraud BACKGROUND Over the past decade, bedside point-of-care ultrasonography, or ultrasound (US), has become an indispensable tool in critical care and emergency medicine. It…

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Electrolyte Disorders

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Electrolyte Disorders Katy M. Deljoui and Michael T. McCurdy BACKGROUND Electrolyte disorders are frequently observed in critically ill patients and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This chapter reviews…

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Severity of Illness Scores and Prognostication

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Severity of Illness Scores and Prognostication David M. Maslove INTRODUCTION The ability to quickly and accurately assess a patient’s clinical status is essential to effective triage. This is especially true…

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Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring

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Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring Vidya K. Rao and John E. Arbo BACKGROUND Arterial blood pressure (ABP) is an essential cardiovascular vital sign and monitoring parameter for all critically ill patients….

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