Emergent Valvular Disorders
86 Emergent Valvular Disorders Catherine M. Otto In the critical care setting, there are two distinct presentations of valvular heart disease: acute valve dysfunction resulting in acute heart failure and…
Management of the Postoperative Cardiac Surgical Patient
194 Management of the Postoperative Cardiac Surgical Patient Sajid Shahul, Daniel Talmor, Alan Lisbon The first days of care for the cardiac surgery patient present multiple challenges for the intensivist….
Pulmonary Edema
73 Pulmonary Edema Zvi Vered, Saar Minha, Edo Kaluski, Nir Uriel Definition Pulmonary edema is a potentially life-threatening syndrome caused by excess fluid transition into the alveoli due to alternations…
Clinical Assessment of Renal Function
108 Clinical Assessment of Renal Function Todd W.B. Gehr, Anton C. Schoolwerth Five to 15 percent of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) experience acute deterioration in renal function.1,2 Conversely,…
Postpartum Hemorrhage
161 Postpartum Hemorrhage Marie R. Baldisseri Definition The commonly accepted definition of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is excessive and life-threatening bleeding after 20 weeks of gestation, which occurs at the time…
Thrombolytics
202 Thrombolytics Ryan M. McEnaney, Edith Tzeng Thrombolytic agents comprise a diverse group of compounds that indirectly initiate lysis of thrombi. In the formation of a thrombus, fibrin forms the…
Jugular Venous and Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension Monitoring
W19 Jugular Venous and Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension Monitoring Lucido Ponce, Jovany Cruz, Santhosh Sadasivan, Shankar Gopinath, Bartley Mitchell, Claudia Robertson Ultrasound-Guided Internal Jugular Vein Oxygen Saturation (Sjvo2) Catheter Placement:…
Organ Toxicity of Cancer Chemotherapy
156 Organ Toxicity of Cancer Chemotherapy Amélie Seguin, Virginie Lemiale, Anne-Sophie Moreau, Michaël Darmon, Adeline Max, Lionel Karlin, Élie Azoulay Substantial improvements in survival rates among cancer patients admitted to…
Acute Kidney Injury
114 Acute Kidney Injury Elwaleed A. Elhassan, Robert W. Schrier Acute kidney injury (AKI) is characterized by an abrupt decrease in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) that results in accumulation…
Fulminant Hepatic Failure
102 Fulminant Hepatic Failure Su Min Cho, Raghavan Murugan, Ali Al-Khafaji Acute liver failure (ALF), also known as fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), embraces a spectrum of clinical entities characterized by…
