51 Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation Thomas Rajan, Nicholas S. Hill Noninvasive ventilation is defined as the provision of ventilatory assistance to the lungs without an invasive artificial airway. Noninvasive ventilators consist…
185 Pesticides and Herbicides Rick Kingston The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broadly defines a pesticide as any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating…
118 Glomerulonephritis and Interstitial Nephritis Christina R. Kahl, Ronald J. Falk Over half of all critically ill patients develop some degree of acute kidney injury (AKI), and nearly 5% require…
50 Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation Belén Cabello, Ferran Roche-Campo, Jordi Mancebo The Concept of Liberation and Extubation Weaning from mechanical ventilation represents the period of transition from total ventilatory support…
92 Inotropic Therapy Jean-Louis Teboul, Xavier Monnet, Christian Richard Rationale for Using Inotropic Therapy in the Critically Ill On can consider two objectives for inotropic therapy in the critically ill:…
68 Pulmonary Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient Carlos Agustí, Carmen Lucena, Antoni Torres Improvements in solid-organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SOT and HSCT) techniques, expanded use of chemotherapeutic treatments…
36 Seizures in the Critically Ill Sarice L. Bassin, Thomas P. Bleck Seizures complicate the course of about 3% of adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients admitted for non-neurologic conditions.1…
65 Pleural Disease and Pneumothorax J. Terrill Huggins, Peter Doelken, Steven A. Sahn Pleural disease is an unusual cause for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Exceptions are a…
127 Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract Anne Marie, G.A. De Smet Infections acquired in the intensive care unit (ICU) often occur during the treatment of critically ill patients, increasing…
