Chapter 1Emergency Critical Care
Robert M. Rodriguez
Section 2 Hemodynamic Monitoring
Chapter 2Tissue Oxygenation and Cardiac Output
Geoffrey K. Lighthall and Catherine S. Reid
Chapter 3Noninvasive Hemodynamic Monitoring
Chad M. Meyers
Chapter 4Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring
Vidya K. Rao and John E. Arbo
Chapter 5The Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Catheter
Carlos Brun and Geoffrey K. Lighthall
Section 3 Critical Care Ultrasonography
Chapter 6Principles of Critical Care Ultrasonography
Phillips Perera, Laleh Gharahbaghian, Thomas “Tom” Mailhot, Sarah R. Williams, and Diku P. Mandavia
Chapter 7Pulmonary Ultrasonography
Feras Khan and Anne-Sophie Beraud
Section 4 Pulmonary Critical Care
Chapter 8Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation
Jon-Emile S. Kenny and Stephen Ruoss
Chapter 9Ventilation Strategies in COPD, Asthma, and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Jey K. Chung, Paul K. Mohabir, and Stephen Ruoss
Chapter 10Acute Pulmonary Edema
Nina Patel Shah and Margaret J. Neff
Chapter 11High Risk Pulmonary Embolism
Tsuyoshi Mitarai
Chapter 12Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Darryl Abrams and Daniel Brodie
Chapter 13Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Vidya K. Rao, Darryl Abrams, Cara Agerstrand, and Daniel Brodie
Section 5 Cardiac Critical Care
Chapter 14Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock
Daniel Sedehi and Venu Menon
Chapter 15Right Ventricular Failure
Joshua Sternbach, Francois Haddad, John E. Arbo, and Anne-Sophie Beraud
Anand Swaminathan and Michael P. Jones
Chapter 17Controversies in Arrhythmia Management
Sam Senturia
Chapter 18Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Joe L. Hsu and Rachel H. Dotson
Chapter 19Management of the Post–Cardiac Arrest Patient
Cappi Lay
Section 6 Neurological Critical Care
Mohamed Teleb and Paul Singh
Chapter 21Subarachnoid and Intracerebral Hemorrhage
A.L.O. Manoel, Cappi Lay, D. Turkel-Parrella, Joshua Stillman, and Alberto Goffi
Chapter 22Seizure and Status Epilepticus
Brandon Foreman and Anil Mendiratta
Chapter 23Myasthenic Crisis and Peripheral Neuromuscular Disorders
Christina Ulane
Section 7 Gastrointestinal and Hematological Critical Care
Chapter 24Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Parvathi A. Myer and Shai Friedland
Chapter 25Acute Liver Failure and Hepatic Encephalopathy
Robert J. Wong and Glen A. Lutchman
Susan Y. Quan and Walter G. Park
Martina Trinkaus
Richard Ward
Chapter 29Platelet Disorders and Hemostatic Emergencies
Shawn K. Kaku and Catherine T. Jamin
Michael P. Jones and John E. Arbo
Section 8 Sepsis and Septic Shock
Michael C. Scott and Michael E. Winters
Chapter 32asopressors and Inotropes
Matthew C. Strehlow
Chapter 33Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
Chanu Rhee and Michael Klompas
Chapter 34Infections in the Immunocompromised Host
M. Cristina Vazquez-Guillamet, Joshua J. Mooney, and Joe L. Hsu
Chapter 35Burns and Soft Tissue Infections
Carla M. Carvalho and Paul Maggio
Chapter 36Biomarkers in Sepsis
David M. Maslove
Section 9 Disorders of Acid-Base, Electrolytes, and Fluid Balance
Tara Scherer and Corey Slovis
Chapter 38Electrolyte Disorders
Katy M. Deljoui and Michael T. McCurdy
Audrey K. Wagner and Deborah M. Stein
Chapter 40Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy
Emilee Willhem-Leen and Glenn Chertow
Section 10 Endocrine Critical Care
Chapter 41Glycemic Control in the Critically Ill
Daniel Runde and Jarone Lee
Chapter 42Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
Catherine T. Jamin and Jeffrey Manko
Chapter 43Adrenal Insufficiency
Thomas B. Perera
Chapter 44Thyroid Storm and Myxedema Coma
James Lantry III, John E. Arbo, and Geoffrey K. Lighthall
Section 11 Toxicologic Critical Care
Nicholas J. Connors and Silas W. Smith
Hong K. Kim and Rama B. Rao
Chapter 47Toxicologic Hyperthermic Syndromes
Mai Takematsu and Rama B. Rao
Chapter 48Metabolic Inhibitors
Lauren K. Shawn and Lewis S. Nelson
Payal Sud and Mark Su
Betty C. Chen and Lewis S. Nelson
Rana Biary and Jane Marie Prosser
Nicole Bouchard
Section 12 Environmental Critical Care
Morgan Eutermoser and Jay Lemery
Chapter 54Altitude Emergencies
Christopher Davis, Zina Semenovskaya, and Jay Lemery
Samuel Gerson and Jose Evangelista III
Section 13 Sedation and Delirium
Jin H. Han, Eduard E. Vasilevskis, and E. Wesley Ely
Chapter 57Sedation of the Agitated Patient
Randall Wood and Jin H. Han
Chapter 58Induction of Intubation and Sedation of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
Jin H. Han and Pratik Pandharipande
Section 14 Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Chapter 59The Geriatric Patient
Mary R. Mulcare, Alexis Halpern, and Michael E. Stern
Chapter 60Palliative Care in the Emergency Department
Lawrence A. Ho and J. Randall Curtis
Section 15 The ED-ICU Transfer of Care
Chapter 61ED Evaluation of the Critically Ill Patient
Geoffrey K. Lighthall and John E. Arbo
Chapter 62Severity of Illness Scores and Prognostication
David M. Maslove
Chapter 63Indications for Contact and Respiratory Isolation
Chanu Rhee and Michael Klompas
Epilogue
Scott Weingart