Decision Making in Emergency Critical Care An Evidence-Based Handbook

• Prepare for effective critical care practice in the emergency room’s often chaotic and resource-limited environment with expert guidance from fellows and attending physicians in the fields of emergency medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, and neurocritical care.
• Master critical care fundamentals as experts guide you through the initial resuscitation and the continued management of critical care patients during their first 24 hours of intensive care.
• Confidently make sustained, data-driven decisions for the critically ill patient using expert information on everything from hemodynamic monitoring and critical care ultrasonography to sepsis and septic shock to the ED-ICU transfer of care.

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Section 1         Introduction
 
 

1. Emergency Critical Care – Robert Rodriguez

 
Section 2         Hemodynamic Monitoring
 
 

1. Tissue Oxygenation and Cardiac Output – Catherine S. Reid, Geoffrey K.  Lighthall
2. Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring – Chad Myers
3. Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring – Vidya Rao, John E. Arbo
4. The Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Catheter – Carlos Brun, Geoffrey K. Lighthall

 
 
Section 3         Critical Care Ultrasonography
 
 

1. Principles of Critical Care Ultrasonography – Philips Perera, Laleh Gharahbaghian, Thomas Mailhot, Sarah Williams, Diku P. Mandavia
2. Pulmonary Ultrasonography – Feras Khan, Anne-Sophie Beraud

 
 
Section 4         Pulmonary Critical Care
 
 

1. Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation – John-Emile Kenny, Stephan J. Ruoss
2. Ventilation Strategies in COPD, Asthma, and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – Jey Chung, Paul Mohabir, Stephen J. Ruoss
3. Acute Pulmonary Edema – Nina Patel, Margaret Neff
4. High Risk Pulmonary Embolism – Tsuyoshi Mitari
5. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Darryl Abrams, Daniel Brodie
6. Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Membrane Oxygenation – Vidya Rao, Darryl Abrams, Cara Agerstrand, Daniel Brodie

 
Section 5         Cardiac Critical Care
 
 

1.  Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock – Daniel Sedehi, Venu Menon
2.  Right Ventricular Failure – Joshua Sternbach, Francois Haddad, John E. Arbo, Anne-Sophie Beraud
3. Hypertensive Crises – Anand Swaminathan, Michael P. Jones
4. Controversies in Arrhythmia Management – Sam Senturia
5. Left Ventricular Assist Devices – Joseph Hsu, Rachel Dotson
6. Management of the Post-Cardiac Arrest Patient – Cappi Lay

 
Section 6         Neurological Critical Care
 
 

1. Acute Ischemic Stroke – Mohamed Teleb, Paul Sing
2. Subarachnoid and Intracerebral Hemorrhage – Airton Leonardo de Oliveira Manoel, David Turkel-Parrella, Cappi Lay, Albert Goffi, Joshua Stillman
3. Seizure and Status Epilepticus – Brandon Foreman, Anil Mendiratta
4. Myasthenic Crisis and Peripheral Neuromuscular Disorders – Christina Ulane

 
Section 7         Gastrointestinal and Hematological Critical Care
 
 

1. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage – Parvathi Myer, Shai Freidland
2. Acute Liver Failure and Hepatic Encephalopathy – Robert Wong, Glen Lutchman
3. Pancreatitis – Susan Quan, Walter Park
4. Leukemia – Martina Trinkaus,
5. Sickle Cell Disease – Richard Ward
6. Platelet Disorders and Hemostatic Emergencies – Shawn Kaku, Catherine T. Jamin
7. Transfusion Therapy – Michael P. Jones, John E. Arbo

 
Section 8         Sepsis and Septic Shock
 
 

1. Sepsis – Michael Scott, Michael Winters
2. Vasopressors and Inotropes – Matthew Strehlow
3. Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy – Chanu Rhee, Michael Klompas
4. Infections in the Immunocompromised Host – Maria Cristina Vazquez-Guillamet, Joshua Mooney, Joseph Hsu
5. Burns and Soft Tissue Infections – Carla M. Carvalho, Paul Maggio
6. Biomarkers in Sepsis – David M. Maslove

 
Section 9         Disorders of Acid-Base, Electrolytes, and Fluid Balance
 
 

1. Acid-Base Disorders – Tara Scherer, Corey Slovis
2. Electrolytes Disorders – Katy Deljoui, Michael McCurdy
3. Rhabdomyolysis – Audrey Wagner, Deborah M. Stein
4. Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy – Emilee Ruth Willhem-Leen, Glen Chertow

 
Section 10       Endocrine Critical Care
 
 

1. Glycemic Control in the Critically Ill – Daniel Runde, Jarone Lee
2. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State – Catherine T. Jamin, Jeffrey Manko
3. Adrenal Insufficiency – Thomas B. Perera
4. Thyroid Storm and Myxedema Coma – James Lantry III, John E. Arbo Geoffrey K.  Lighthall

 
Section 11       Toxicological Critical Care
 
 

1. Cardiotoxins – Nicholas Connor, Silas W. Smith
2. Pulmonary Toxins – Hong Kim, Rama B. Rao
3. Toxicologic Hyperthermic Syndromes – Mai Takematsu, Rama B. Rao
4. Metabolic Inhibitors – Lauren Shawn, Lewis S. Nelson
5. Caustics – Payal Sud, Mark Su
6. Anticoagulants – Betty Chen, Lewis S. Nelson
7. Drugs of Abuse – Rana Biary, Jane Marie Prosser
8. Alcohol Withdrawal – Nicole Bouchard

 
Section 12       Environmental Critical Care
 
 

1. Hypothermia – Morgan Eutermoser, Jay Lemery
2. Altitude Emergencies - Zina Semenovskaya, Christopher Davis, Jay Lemery
3. Drowning and Dive-Related Emergencies – Samuel Gerson, Jose Evangelista III

 
Section 13       Sedation and Delirium
 
 

1. Delirium – Jin H. Han, Eduard E. Vasilevsis, E. Wesley Ely
2. Sedation of the Agitated Patient – Randall Wood, Jin H. Han
3. Induction of Intubation and Sedation of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient – Jin H. Han, Pratik Pandharipande

 
Section 14       Geriatrics and Palliative Care
 
 

1. The Geriatric Patient – Mary Mulcare, Alexis Halpern, Michael Stern
2. Palliative Care in the Emergency Department  – Lawrence Ho, J. Randall Curtis

 
Section 15       The ED-ICU Transfer of Care
 
 

1. Emergency Department Evaluation of the Critical Ill Patient – Geoffrey K. Lighthall, John E. Arbo
2. Severity of Illness Scores and Prognostication – David Maslove
3. Indications for Contact and Respiratory Isolation – Chanu Rhee, Michael Klompas

 
 
Epilogue – Scott Weingart
 

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