The book is designed to make you fit for the management of critically ill patients (among other things of COVID-19 patients) in the intensive care unit. It contains all topics of critical care medicine:
- airway management
- ventilation principles and ventilation techniques
- weaning
- tracheotomy
- chest tube [thoracic drainage]
- analgosedation
- catecholamine therapy
- - hemodynamic monitoring
- shock
- nutrition
- resuscitation
- sepsis
- ECMO
- acute kidney injury
- renal replacement therapy
- acute coronary syndrome
- cardiogenic shock
- extracorporeal circulatory support
- cardiac arrhythmias
- inflammatory heart diseases [endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis]
- hypertensive crisis
- pulmonary embolism
- acute aortic syndrom
- ARDS
- pulmonary hypertension
- acute right heart failure
- obstructive lung diseases [status asthmaticus, exacerbated COPD]
- interstitial lung diseases
- bronchial hemorrhage
- gastrointestinal bleeding
- acute pancreatitis
- gastrointestinal atony
- complications of liver cirrhosis
- acute liver failure
- acute mesenteric ischemia
- pneumonia
- multi-drug-resistant organisms
- skin and soft tissue infections
- fungal infections (mycoses)
- malaria
- endocrinological emergencies
- disorders of the electrolytes
- disorders of the acid-base balance
- blood products
- DIC
- hyerfibrinolysis
- HIT
- ITP
- thrombotic microangiopathies
- oncological emergencies
- stroke
- intracranial hemorrhage
- status epilepticus
- meningitis
- brain death (irreversible loss of brain function)
- organ donation
- neuromuscular diseases
- crises in movement disorders
- toxicology
- electrical / drowning / diving accidents
- hypothermia
- hyperthermia (heat stroke)
- major trauma
- burns
- ethics & law
- a separate detailed chapter on COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)practical presentation for the clinician (“from practitioner for practitioner”)
Textbook and reference book - no multi-author book (“made from one piece”) - ideal for the preparation for the exam in Intensive Care Medicine - everything compact and clear for daily work in the intensive care unit - didactically clearly structured
The book conveys the latest and current status in Intensive and Critical Care Medicine.
Numerous illustrations, schemes and memos are intended to make reading and learning easier.
Among all ICU books bestseller Lehmanns Media in Germany since 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
General Part
Accesses
Venous Accesses
Arterial Accesses
Airway Management
Mechanical Ventilation (basics, types)
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
Weaning
Tracheotomy
Analgosedation
Hemodynamic monitoring
Circulatory therapy
Volume therapy
Catecholamine therapy
Shock
Nutrition of critically ill patients
Resuscitation
Resuscitation of children
Resuscitation of adults
Special Part
Cardiology
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
Cardiogenic shock
Cardiac arrhythmias
Inflammatory heart diseases (endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis [i.a. pericardial effusion, pericardial puncture])
Hypertensive crisis
Angiology
Acute pulmonary embolism
Acute aortic syndrome
Pulmonology
ARDS
Pulmonary hypertension
Acute right heart failure
Obstructive lung diseases
Status asthmaticus
Acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)
Interstitial lung diseases
Bronchial hemorrhage
Gastroenterology
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Acute pancreatitis
Gastrointestinal atony
Complications of liver cirrhosis
Portal hypertension
Ascites
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy
Hepatorenal syndrome
Hepatic encephalopathy
Hepatopulmonary syndrome
Hepatic hydrothorax
Spontaneous bacterial empyema
Acute liver failure
Acute mesenteric ischemia
Endocrinology
Endocrinological emergencies
Diabetic coma (diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome)
Thyroid storm
Myxedema coma
Addison crisis (acute adrenocortical insufficiency)
Pheochromocytoma
Conn syndrome
Cushing syndrome
Hypopituitarism (i.a. pituitary coma)
Acute intermittent porphyria
Disorders of electrolytes
Disorders of sodium
Disorders of potassium
Disorders of calcium
Disorders of magnesium
Disorders of phosphate
Disorders of acid-base balance
Acidoses
Alkaloses
Nephrology
Acute kidney injury
Renal replacement therapy
Neurology
Stroke
Intracranial hemorrhage
Epidural hemorrhage
Subdural hemorrhage
Subarachnoidal hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Status epilepticus
Bacterial meningitis
Brain death (irreversible loss of brain function), organ donation
Neuromuscular diseases
Critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP)
Critical illness myopathy (CIM)
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
Malignant hyperthermia (MH)
Tetanus
Transient global amnesia (TGA)
Crises in movement disorders
Acinetic crisis
Myasthenic crisis
Dystonic crisis
Toxicology
General toxicology
Special toxicology
Intoxications with medicaments
Intoxications with drugs
Intoxications with alcohols
Intoxications with chemicals
Intoxications with metals
Intoxications with gases
Intoxications with mushrooms
Intoxications with plants
Intoxications with fish
Intoxications with snakes
Traumatology
Polytrauma
Electrical accident
Drowning accident
Diving accident
Hypothermia
Hyperthermia (heat stroke)
Burns
Ethics & Law
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