W4 Arterial Cannulation and Invasive Blood Pressure Measurement Phillip D. Levin, Yaacov Gozal Before Procedure Indications • Continuous beat-to-beat monitoring of blood pressure • Data source for noninvasive cardiac output…
224 Key Issues in Critical Care Nursing Franco A. Carnevale, Annie S. Chevrier Prevailing issues in critical care nursing are reviewed in this chapter. The topics examined have particular importance…
135 Infections of Skin, Muscle, and Soft Tissue David Clay Evans, Steven M. Steinberg Infections of skin, soft tissue, and muscle include a broad range of diseases from those originating…
215 Resource Allocation in the Intensive Care Unit Gordon D. Rubenfeld Two truisms of economics are that the supply of goods and services is finite and that the supply will…
98 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Horacio Hojman, Christina J. Wai, Stanley A. Nasraway Definitions Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding can occur from anywhere throughout the GI tract. Classically, GI hemorrhage was classified into upper…
W16 Esophageal Balloon Tamponade Howard R. Doyle Before Procedure Indications • Failure to achieve hemostasis after endoscopic treatment of bleeding esophageal varices • As a temporizing measure when endoscopic treatment…
145 Acute Viral Syndromes Yoshiro Hayashi, David L. Paterson Acute infections with viruses produce a variety of clinical manifestations with a wide spectrum of clinical severity. Viral upper respiratory tract…
162 Trauma in the Gravid Patient Samuel A. Tisherman, Greta Piper Trauma is the most common nonobstetric cause of death in pregnant women, accounting for 46% of maternal deaths.1 In…
81 Sudden Cardiac Death Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Frédéric L. Paulin, Derek V. Exner Since its initial development in the 1970s1 and its introduction to clinical practice in the 1980s,2 the implantable…
168 Endocrine and Metabolic Crises in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Andrew C. Argent Increasing numbers of endocrine and metabolic conditions are being recognized, and the number of children in…
